How to grow Indoor at home blueprints?

In recent decades, Indo-girls have become very popular among those who have a backyard and are engaged in amateur breeding of poultry. The correct name for these birds is musky ducks.

Muscovy ducks or Indo-duck

They are native to America, Central and South. They differ from ordinary ducks in that they have a different color, size, and various exterior characteristics. In terms of nutritional parameters, Indo-duck meat is at an intermediate stage between duck and goose. It is non-greasy, with a pleasant dense texture, soft, and is considered dietary. Many even prefer Indo-duck meat to broiler chickens. And in Europe they are bred not only for meat, but because of the delicious fatty liver.

Indoor cooked in the oven

What are they - Indo-women

Indoor women come in different breeds. Today, several species have been bred for home cultivation in private farmsteads. They differ from each other in the color of their feathers.

Black musk duck

There are:

• with white feathers completely;
• with red or reddish-brown feathers;
• in brown plumage;
• with black and white, randomly spaced feathers;

  Black and white Indo-duck with ducklings

• black body and white wings.

White Indoor

All breeds of Indo-Ducks have common features.

1. Fat accumulation in meat is insignificant.
2. The plumage is of increased rigidity, there is no down.
3. Indo-women prefer plant food to any animal food.
4. They have a good instinct for flying, which has to be extinguished by cutting off the wings.
5. Indo-ducks carefully raise ducklings until they gain independence, with the onset of adulthood.
6. They have a medium-sized head, a thickened neck, and not a long elliptical body.
7. There are coral-like growths on the upper part of the beak. Males have a bump-shaped growth at the base of the beak.
8. It is enough to grow an indoor meat for 60-65 days. At this age, subject to all conditions of detention, the weight of a bird carcass is 2.4-2.5 kg.
9. For laying eggs, Indo-ducks are grown from 10 months. At this age, egg production is up to one hundred and twenty or more eggs per year, with a yellowish-white shell, weighing about 80 g each.
10. This bird has a fairly stable immune system. It is the least susceptible of other poultry to infections and other diseases.

Indoor breeding

By the way! It is impossible not to note an important positive feature of Indo-Ducks, which will be understood by everyone who was engaged in breeding ordinary ducks and geese, or at least adjacent to the yards where they are bred. Indo-girls do not grunt, do not cackle. They behave almost silently - only sometimes quietly hiss. They are called "mutees" for this. While other geese and ducks with their sound effects greatly interfere with the lives of others.

Musk Indoor Mute

The optimal feeding time for Indo-Ducks for meat is 60 days. It is impractical to feed them for more than 70 days, since the cost of feed exceeds the return on weight gain. In addition, at the age of 2.5 months, Indo-women begin to shed. When moulting, birds lose weight, no matter how hard they are fed. The old feather falls off, and new hemp-like short feathers form on the skin, which are very difficult to remove when processing a bird carcass.

Features of the content of Indo-dongs

Keeping duck ducks

1. Indo-ducks do not belong to land birds, but these waterfowl do not tolerate dampness in the place of detention.
2. They should not be crowded - there should be no more than four adult Indo-Ducks per square meter of poultry house area. There can be up to eight ducklings in this area.
3. They are not demanding on the temperature of the content - it is not necessary to maintain heat for them in the dwelling.
4. The room must be well ventilated and kept clean and dry.
5. House litter should be changed regularly, or at least freshly added. Straw and small sawdust are used as filler.

   In the photo there is an Indo-duck in a goose house and a hatched duckling

6. In the warm season, Indo-girls should be on the walk. These birds cannot sit in a cage like broilers - they have to move in order not to get sick. Adults are released for walking no earlier than ten in the morning, since they rush early in the morning and late in the evening.
7. During the walk, for Indo-girls, nails, screws, metal wires and other objects can be dangerous, which they can swallow or prick their feet on.
8. Indoor women need water for bathing. It is not necessary to build an artificial reservoir on the site - it is enough to put several containers with water or dig out small grooves by filling them with a hose.
9. If you don't cut off the wings of this bird, it will fly away. Indo-girls fly far and high. In order for the bird to get used to the inability to fly away and not make attempts to take off, it will have to clip its wings. Rather, one wing is half the length of the feathers. This will be enough to keep the bird at home.

   Duck wing trimming

Indoor breeding

Indo-female breeding is much easier than the rest of the poultry. You can do three things in order for Indo-girls to appear on your site.

1. Raise your own ducklings from eggs in your home incubator.
2. Buy ready-made bred ducklings from the farm.
3. Purchase or rent one drake and two muscovy ducks from familiar poultry farmers for several months.

The third method is usually used. With the arrival of spring, a "family" of Indo-Ducks is born, which immediately regularly begin to multiply. Indo-ducks perfectly hatch eggs and then take care of the chicks on their own without any problems. Thus, by the fall, you can provide yourself with the meat of young Indo-women, leaving one drake and several ducks for breeding for the next season.

Duckling duck

Advice! Mass clutch of eggs in Indo-Ducks begins in April. It is important that the eggs do not sit in the nest for a long time. If the clutch is not very intensive, the first laid eggs must be removed from the nest over time. After the bird has laid about two dozen eggs, it begins to incubate them.

How the sex is determined in little goslings

Indoor nest

The owners need to think about preparing the nest, and it is advisable to do this even before the onset of April.

1. For the nest, an ordinary box made of thick cardboard is quite suitable, the bottom of which is covered with burlap (you cannot use any natural fabric - you cannot use synthetic).

   Duck Nest Box

2. If necessary, after two days of incubation, you can put in the nest (having made it larger in advance), twenty more eggs, for example, which you wanted to use for an incubator. Indoor mother can handle double the number of chicks.

   Duck nest

3. Next to the nest, it is necessary to equip not only a feeder, but also a drinking bowl combined with a bath. The bird will bathe throughout the entire period of incubation. Water procedures destroy parasites that actively start in the feathers of a bird from sitting for a long time in one place. In addition, moisturizing the feathers of the Indo-duck helps maintain the necessary moisture in the nest.

   Duck bath

Advice! The nest must be reliably protected from the penetration of stranger chicks of young Indo-ducks. Seeing other Indo-fowls, the expectant mother can abandon her own nest to fend for herself and start caring for the foster chicks.

Ducklings care

How to breed Indo-girls and take care of their offspring

On the 33-35th day of incubation, chicks will hatch in the nest. They have a yellow shiny down, stand well on their feet, they have shiny convex eyes, not covered with a cloudy film. A healthy chick weighs about 60 grams.

In contrast to broiler chickens, day-olds cannot eat and drink on their own. If they are bred by an Indo-duck, the mother will teach them. If you've raised or bought chicks in your home incubator, you'll have to trick them a little to get them to feed as quickly as possible. First feeding - boiled egg, white and yolk together, finely chopped. Egg crumbs are poured directly onto the backs of the ducklings. They immediately begin to peck it off each other or when the crumb rolls to the floor.

Feeding ducklings from the first days

On the second day, milk and bran are added to the egg. On the fifth day, you can begin to give meat waste, well cooked and chopped.

On the tenth day, boiled potatoes are added.

Advice! A vitamin and mineral supplement that protects against rickets is required. You can use any, purchase at a veterinary pharmacy, give according to the dosage in the instructions.

Vitamin and mineral supplement for chickens, chickens, ducks and geese

Growing Indo-Ducks

The main positive quality of this bird is undemanding to the conditions of keeping. Absolutely any room can be adapted for growing Indo-ducks - a barn, a storage room, a utility house, a trailer. The main thing is that in the makeshift poultry house it is not cold, not damp and there are no drafts.

Recommendations for growing duck ducks

Indo-women are surprisingly resilient. Under normal conditions, their mortality rate is at most five percent. Moreover, these figures are typical not only for adults, but also for young animals.

When growing Indo-Ducks, special conditions are not needed, for example, a large reservoir.

They are not afraid of humans, pets, do not react with harsh sounds to irritating factors, create coziness in the courtyard and decorate the landscape with their beautiful plumage.

Indoor women in the courtyard

Content type

According to the type of content for Indo-women grown for meat, only walking is suitable. They need an individual room with the ability to enter and leave as needed. Do not keep Indo-dogs with other pets and birds. The room should have a door and windows that face south. Keep the house cool in summer.

Bird walking is very important

By the way! A flock of Indo-Ducks - parents intended for reproduction of offspring, can be kept without walking. But regular walks will promote their health and increase the bird's resistance to disease.

In order for the Indo-girls to get more sunlight, the walking area should be located on the south side of the house. For the safe and quick release of birds for walking in the wall at a height of 30 cm from the floor, a number of closing manholes are made, 40 centimeters in size. Boards-ladders are brought to them from both sides so that the Indo-girls do not injure their paws when entering and exiting.

The herd can be sent for walking after morning feeding (egg-laying individuals - after laying eggs). Usually it is 10-11 am. An hour before the end of daylight hours, the birds can be driven back into the dwelling.

Bathing ducks is permissible only at freezing temperatures.

Although Indo-ducks are considered cold-hardy birds, their legs can freeze in spring and autumn. And in cold weather, at subzero temperatures, they should not be allowed to swim - due to the low fat content, their feathers can become icy.

Litter making

Different materials can be used for the wide bedding on which these birds are usually kept. Suitable:

• sawdust,
• wood shavings,
• straw,
• peat,
• chaff,
• flaxseed.

During the season, one Indoor will take about 10-12 kg of bedding material.

What to make bedding from

Before laying the bedding, the bottom of the house should be covered with a thin layer of lime (about a kilogram of powder per square meter). The first layer of litter can be no more than seven centimeters. Then the material must be poured. By the end of the maintenance period, the height of the litter should be 20 centimeters.

Features of keeping indoor dogs in winter

Advice! If Indo-Ducks continue to be kept in the house in the winter, for breeding, the litter should be changed and be thicker than 20 centimeters so that the birds do not freeze. A new batch of ducklings cannot be placed on an old bedding. All material is completely removed, the room is disinfected, fresh material is filled in.

Indoor feeders

Do-it-yourself feeders for Indo-girls

Bird feeders are easy to make yourself. The material at hand will come in handy, usually these are not thick boards. A rectangular trough is knocked out of the boards, about two centimeters thick. To prevent the ducklings from getting into the feeder with their paws, a vertical bar must be nailed on top.

Making feeders for ducks

If you grow a little Indoor, you can make lightweight hanging feeders from old cans.

Bird Feeders

It is easy to calculate the number and length of feeders - for each indoor feed for dry food, there are at least two centimeters of the square area of ​​the feeder. And for a mash - 10 cm in length.

Important! Feeders should not be placed next to drinkers. The distance between them should be more than three meters. If this condition is not met, the Indo-women will drink more, and then return to the feeders again and overeat, consuming more feed.

Video - Feeders and drinkers for muscovy ducks

Water rate

Drinking water norm

Water is very important for Indo-girls. It should always be abundant, fresh and of good quality.

For ducklings a day is necessary in the first week of life	100 ml of water for each.
In the second	150 ml each.
In the third	the rate increases to 250 ml.
In the fourth	up to 300 ml.
An adult Indo-woman consumes a day	up to half a liter of water.

Norms and characteristics of feed

What to feed the ducks

Indo-duck women need a variety of food for good nutrition and good development. In feeding, cereals, legumes, protein, green and vegetable products, as well as vitamin and mineral supplements are used. Cereals and legumes should make up at least half of the diet. Animal feed - suppliers of complete protein - dairy and meat products, canned fish. They are needed for the rapid growth and weight gain of birds. Vegetables and greens increase the biological value of food, provide vitamins. Indo-ducks willingly eat any greens; from vegetables they prefer carrots, beets, zucchini, potatoes, pumpkin and cabbage.

To supply the birds with minerals, crushed shells, chalk powder, bone meal, a little table or sea salt are added to their food. A free-standing small feeder should always contain fine gravel.

One adult Indo-duck eats about 350 grams of feed per day. If the birds are on the walk all day, it is quite possible to reduce the amount of feed to 250-200 grams per day.

Feed requirements table

Name of feed	Winter season	Spring season	Summer season	Autumn season
Wheat grain	30 g	60 g	30 g	10 g
Barley grain	20 g	30 g	30 g	20 g
Oats or oat bran	20 g	20 g	20 g	20 g
Wheat bran	15 g	20 g	not required	10 g
Meat bone meal or fish bone meal	10 g	15 g	not required	not required
Raw beets	20 g	not required	not required	30 g
Raw potatoes	30 g	40 g	not required	60 g
Chopped silage	20 g	20 g	not required	not required
Mineral additives (shells, chalk)	8 g	12 g	8 g	5 g
Salt	1 g	1 g	not required	1 g

As you can see, Indo-ducks are very promising for breeding by poultry, which breed easily, are unpretentious in food and living conditions, and are resistant to diseases and cold. They allow you to get high productivity at the lowest cost. Growing Indo-Ducks is not a big deal. Subject to the simple rules and conditions of investing in the cultivation of Indo-dogs, they will certainly meet expectations and bring good results.

Video - How to feed the ducks. How to make duck food

The correct name for Indo-duck is musky ducks. It is a breed of wood ducks that were domesticated by the Aztecs in Latin America. A little later, it was brought to Africa, Europe, and then spread throughout the world. The topic of this article is "Indoor women: breeding, maintenance and care at home"

Indoor women: breeding, maintenance and care at home

Who are the Indo-girls?

In Russia, they learned about this breed in the early 80s of the XX century. Indo-duck differs from ordinary domestic ducks in appearance, size, and characteristics of meat. It is considered dietary and tastes like a mixture of duck and goose meat. In Europe, they appreciate not only meat, but also the fatty liver of the Indo-duck, which is considered a delicacy.

Duck liver

Distinctive characteristics

There are several breeds of Indo-Ducks bred specifically for the household. They differ in plumage color:

• white;
• brownish;
• reddish brown or red;
• white and black or multi-colored.

Individuals of different colors

Regardless of the color of the color, all Indo-women have common features:

1. Lack of down, hard plumage.
2. Lean meat.
3. The body is long, elliptical, the head is medium in size, the neck is thickened.
4. There is an outgrowth on the beak: in a drake at the base of the beak, and in females in the upper part.
5. Good immunity; among poultry, they are the least susceptible to various infections and diseases.
6. They retain the instinct to fly.
7. Caring parents: I bring up chicks until they become completely independent.
8. They prefer plant foods.
9. The average growing time for meat is 60 days, at this age the carcass weight is about 2.5 kg.
10. Average rearing time for laying eggs is 10 months. From this age, the bird lays up to 120 eggs per year. The eggs have a yellow-white shell and an average weight of about 80 g.

Indo-duck is often called mute

Indo-duck is often called mute. They received such a nickname for their characteristic quiet hiss, which replaces the cackle and cry inherent in other poultry. This makes the breed even more attractive for home breeding due to the absence of unpleasant noise.

Conditions of detention

To get a good result and grow an Indoor, you need to follow simple care rules.

Indoor content

General rules

1. Despite the fact that Indo-Ducks are not considered land birds, they do not tolerate dampness in places of detention.
2. Take care of the correct resettlement. You should not settle more than four adults per square meter. If we are talking about ducklings, then their number can be increased to eight.
3. These birds are unpretentious to the temperature of keeping, it is not necessary to keep warm in their habitat.
4. It is important to keep it clean and well ventilated. Change the bedding regularly, you can make it from small sawdust or straw.
5. You can't keep birds in a cage all the time. Ducks should be walking, especially during the warmer months. It is necessary to release adults no earlier than ten o'clock in the morning, since at an earlier time they lay eggs.
6. Take care of the cleanliness of the walking area. Remove nails, miscellaneous metal parts, broken glass and other debris. Birds can swallow it or pierce its legs.
7. In warmer months, place a large basin or trough outside. You can also dig shallow grooves and fill them with water. These "ponds" will be enough for muscovy ducks to both drink and rinse.

Indoor ducklings bathe in a trough

Premises

If in countries with a hot climate, ducks of this breed can constantly live on the street, then the conditions of the middle lane allow this only in the summer. At other times of the year, you need to settle an Indoor in a special poultry house.

Equipped poultry house with nests

Its height should be about 1.8 m, and the windows should be positioned at a height of one meter. Moreover, their total area should be 1/10 of the floor area of ​​the poultry house. It is best to whitewash the walls of the duckhouse. The floor is allowed with a litter, from a net, as well as combined. In this case, the thickness of the rods is allowed at least 3 mm, and it is necessary to place the grid at a height of about 25-30 cm. The roost is made wide at a height of about 15-20 cm from the floor level.

It is necessary to observe the temperature regime

Keep the house temperature above zero degrees. During the period of laying eggs, the optimum temperature will be 18-20 degrees.

It is important to equip the feeder in the duckhouse in such a way that all individuals can eat at the same time. It should be about 10 cm high, about 25 cm wide and about 5 cm long for each bird.

Indoor feeder

For drinkers, trough-shaped containers are best suited. But watch out for their size, do not allow ducks to swim in them during the cold season.

Take care of dryness in the house, because Indo-girls do not like dampness in the room. It is also necessary to provide artificial lighting of about 5 watts per square meter.

Nest

First of all, you need to create a nest.

Nest

Step 1... Find a suitable item for nesting. You can also use a regular box made of thick cardboard as a nest. Recommended dimensions: width approx. 30 cm, depth approx. 45 cm.

Step 2. Place burlap or any other natural fabric at the bottom of the nest. Synthetic fabrics are absolutely not suitable. Make sure the sockets are darkened.

Step 3. Not far from the nest, you need to equip a feeder, as well as a container for drinking and bathing.

Step 4... You can plant up to three ducks in one nest. In this case, it is worth separating the layers from the hatching ducks.

Step 5. Protect the nest from intruding ducklings. Otherwise, the mother duck may abandon her chicks and start caring for the nailed chicks.

Step 6. After two days of incubation, you can lay up to 20 more eggs. But for this, the nest must first be expanded.

Protect the nest from intruding ducklings

Food

One of the hallmarks of Indo-Ducks is their omnivorousness. That is why breeding them, as well as keeping them, is considered a simple matter. It is worth remembering, however, that muscovy ducks need a balanced diet to gain weight and lay eggs.

Indoor food can be varied

First of all, you should take care of drinking. Birds must have constant access to water. In summer, the role of a watering hole can be played by a trough, basin or groove with water. Ducks will drink from it, and they will swim and splash in it. But in winter, bathing is prohibited, so you need to take care of a drinker that will prevent the duck from getting into it. In the winter season, each person needs water in an amount of at least 0.5 liters per day.

Birds should always have access to water

Water norms for individuals of different ages

First week	100
Second week	150
Third week	250
Fourth week	300
Adults	500

If you don't want to buy ready-made compound feed, you can make it yourself. To do this, you need to mix grains with nutrients. As the latter, dry premixes, protein in the form of peas or lupine, calcium are suitable. The cereal base can be a mixture. Required are barley, wheat, oatmeal, corn.

Grain mix for nutrition

Feeding should be done three times a day. About 10% of the total diet should be greens. In warm weather, the bird itself will find it in the yard, but in winter it must be replaced with grass flour with legumes and silage. Choose food carefully. It must contain vitamins, nutrients and trace elements necessary for this breed.

Meat and bone meal

In addition, muscovy ducks need meat and bone meal and fish meal or waste from fish and meat. Vitamins must be added to the feed. This is especially important for young individuals, as well as sick and weakened birds.

Wing clipping

Since this breed retains the instincts for flying, you need to take care of wing clipping. The following instructions must be observed.

Pruning scheme

Step 1. Take heavy gloves and sharp scissors. Gloves are essential so that the bird does not bite or hurt you.

Step 2... Clamp the bird between your knees.

Step 3... Spread out your wing. It is necessary to trim the longest feathers - flight feathers.

Step 4. Cut them to about half, that is, to the tubular part of the wing.

Manipulation is done with only one wing, since if both are cut off, the ability to fly will remain. You need to do this once a season, but for many Indo-girls, a one-time circumcision is enough.

Indoor woman in flight

Do not cut too short, because in this case the bird will lose its attractive appearance, which is necessary to lure individuals of the opposite sex.

Video - Maintenance and care of musky ducks

Reproduction

Indo-women reproduce quite well. Many farmers note that this breed is much easier to breed than other poultry.

Male and female

Forming families

The most profitable is the cultivation of several families of muscovy ducks. One family is formed from 3-5 ducks and one drake. The male may be the same age as the females or about 6 weeks older. In the latter case, you can take a male from the previous hatched batch.

In order to prevent closely related crosses, it is recommended to periodically take drakes from another farm. It is possible to cross Indo-Ducks with other breeds, but the hatched offspring will lose their reproductive function.

A family can be formed when the drake reaches 20 weeks of age. Until then, it is necessary to keep them separate from each other.In spring, the fertility of ducks will be higher than at the end of summer. This is due to the seasonality of the sexual instinct. Females begin to lay eggs from the end of March. So that they begin to rush earlier, artificial conditions can be made by increasing the light day with the help of lamps.

Indo-duck eggs

Breeding ducklings

The female begins to nest when at least 15-20 eggs are laid. After a couple of days, she can lay up to 10 more eggs from other females. Laying hens are separated by partitions, otherwise, if foreign ducklings get in, they can throw the nest.

Two hens of muscovy ducks

The hatching time for chicks is 33-35 days. They need to be left with the duck mom for about half an hour, and then carried away under the lamp. When all the ducklings hatch and dry under the lamp, they can be returned to the duck. On average, one hen hatches from 40 to 60 ducklings in one season.

Incubator

Incubator

An incubator is considered the most effective way to breed ducklings. In the incubator, chicks must be hatched in three stages.

Stage 1... In the first week, it is necessary to maintain a temperature of +38 degrees and a humidity of no more than 60%.

Stage 2... From the second week to the fifth, the temperature is lowered to +37 degrees, and the humidity is maintained around 45%.

Stage 3... Starting from the fifth week, the humidity is increased to 75%, and the temperature is left at the same level.

On days 33-34, ducklings usually appear.

Raising chicks

Healthy musk ducklings weigh an average of 50-70 grams. They stand confidently on their feet, their fluff is yellow and shiny. If the chicks are raised without a duck, then at first they are kept in boxes. In this case, the bottom can be covered with shavings or straw. It is necessary to heat the ducklings with a lamp with a reflector.

Indo-duck chicks

When the young are two weeks old, it is necessary to separate the boys from the girls. The fact is that drakes develop much faster and can suppress females. How to tell the sex of tiny ducklings? In boys, you can see a small rudiment of the penis in the form of a curved process, approximately 1.5-2 mm long. It is hidden in a fold of the mucous membrane of the cloaca. In females, flatish spherical thickenings can be seen in the cloaca.

Sex determination in chicks

You can walk ducklings after two weeks. It is worth remembering that if you grow them without a duck, then bathing should not be allowed until they reach the age of 1 month. When the ducklings are a little older, they can be planted on a mesh floor or deep bedding. Up to 26 weeks of age, the stocking density is 5-6 individuals per square meter, later this number is reduced to 3-4 heads.

Chicks can be fed with bran

At first, you can feed the hatched chicks with boiled eggs, bran, crushed grain, milk, herbs. A little later, after four days, they begin to give meat waste. After the tenth day, boiled potatoes are allowed. It is important to add vitamins to the drink for the first five days.

Indo-female diseases and their treatment

Despite the fact that this breed has a fairly good immunity, sometimes they still suffer from diseases and various parasites. It is very important to notice the disease in time and stop it, preventing the massive spread of the disease to the entire brood.

Pooh-eaters

The most common parasite is the downy eater. When it appears, the birds begin to behave restlessly, lose parts of their feathers, constantly make attempts to shake off the parasites. You can get rid of these pests by using a special bath. To prepare it, take a bag of purified feed sulfur and mix it with sand. Sprinkle the mixture on the infected bird. This must be done until her complete recovery. As a preventive measure, you can pour this mixture into a trough and put it out into the yard. Birds will swarm in it themselves.

An enlarged goiter begins to press on the airways and cause asphyxiation attacks

Another non-infectious disease is inflammation of the mucous membrane or goiter catarrh.This ailment may appear due to improper feeding (poor-quality feed) or due to swallowing of a foreign object (glass, nail, needle, etc.). Hosts usually notice the problem quickly with a swollen goiter and change in behavior. The bird does not eat, often keeps its beak open, while secreting a liquid with a sour odor. You can get rid of catarrh by rinsing with a weak solution of soda, and ampicillin will help with inflammation.

Avitaminosis

Some illnesses can be caused by improper care or feeding. For example, a lack of vitamin A in the diet, which is found in fresh grass, carrots, milk, pumpkin, leads to eye diseases. In winter, vitamin A can be replenished with grass meal from silage with an admixture of legumes, and in case of severe shortage, you can turn to the use of concentrated vitamins.

Breeding benefits

Indoor male

For those who are going to keep Indook, it is certainly important to know the benefits of breeding these birds.

1. Easy to grow and breed. Indo-ducklings do not need a reservoir, they will be quite satisfied with a small trough, which will become both a drinking bowl, and a place for splashing, and teaching the cubs to swim. Special conditions for breeding are not required, an ordinary courtyard will do.
2. Unpretentiousness in food. In the warm summer, you can easily save on feed, because the birds themselves will find their own food in the form of grass or insects. In general, these birds are quite omnivorous, so even in winter there will be no problems with food.
3. Good survival rate. Strong immunity allows these birds to tolerate many diseases and infections that kill other breeds of poultry.
4. Fast growth. In just a couple of months, chicks grow into adults and are already suitable for slaughter for meat.
5. Great character. Muscovy ducks are non-aggressive, get along well with other representatives of birds and do not create conflict situations. In addition, they do not giggle or shout. This provides peace of mind to the owners and their neighbors.
6. Excellent characteristics of meat and eggs. Indo-duck meat is low-fat, dietary. Many people highly value it, noting the lack of a specific taste inherent in other waterfowl. Meat is more expensive than chicken. The same goes for eggs. Due to the fact that they are not as common as chicken, they are more expensive. In addition, they are characterized by a high content of protein and carotenoids.

Sale of meat and eggs

Indo-duck meat

Muscovy ducks are raised not only for personal needs. Many are setting up their own businesses selling meat and eggs. Indoor meat is tasty and dietary, many people value it much more than chicken, so they are ready to pay. Eggs also sell for a higher price than chicken eggs. This is due to the increased protein content.

Indo-duck eggs are more valuable than chicken eggs

In order to establish your own business, raising muscovy ducks, you need to start a small number of individuals for the first time. When you understand the rules of care and rearing, increase the number to at least 100 heads. Adjust the breeding so that slaughter occurs every month. The average weight of an adult duck is 2.5-3 kg. Males can weigh up to 6 kg. The average egg production of one Indo-female is 100-110 eggs per year, each weighing 80 g.

Indo-female breeding is a profitable business

You can sell meat and eggs by ad, at a local producers' fair, and also try to negotiate with food outlets or shops. The profit will depend on many factors. Livestock breeders who are already breeding Indo-cows for sale claim that the profit from a small farm is around US $ 250 per month.

Recently, poultry farmers are increasingly interested in muscovy ducks (Indo-duck). Breeding, keeping, caring for these birds at home have some peculiarities.

general information

What are Indo-girls? Breeding, maintenance, home care are not yet so popular in our country. Muscovy ducks differ from other breeds and can be classified as a transitional type between geese and ducks.

Indo-ducks are popular for their lean meat, good egg production and ease of maintenance. They behave non-aggressively towards other birds and do not make loud noises. Muscovy ducks do not quack, but hiss, which makes it convenient to keep them close to home.

Indo-girls are characterized by the following features:

• lean meat;
• hard plumage;
• a simple diet of mainly greens;
• the ability to fly and the instinct to fly;
• strong parental instinct.

A distinctive feature of muscovy ducks is the coral growths at the base of the beak, resembling a bump. Ducks can be black and white, brown or white in plumage color.

Why breed an Indoor

How can Indo-girls be useful? Breeding, maintenance, care at home are interesting for novice poultry breeders and those who want to build their own business in the field of agriculture.

Indo-duck, mute, musk duck - these are the names of one species of birds. Their original name is musky, because of their characteristic scent. Indoor birds are called because of the growth over the beak, similar to the growth of a turkey. Shipunami - because of the sounds made.

Ducks are bred for meat and eggs. Sale of chickens is possible. Let's consider these aspects in more detail.

Meat and eggs

Indoor breeding at home is suitable for domestic poultry farming. They relate primarily to the meat sector and can give a good meat yield compared to other breeds. Muscovy ducks grow quickly when fed well. The meat is lean, tender.

Shipunov are considered promising for doing business. With good care, ducklings are able to gain the minimum slaughter weight by the thirteenth week, and the optimal one for sale by the twentieth. Young animals are not kept for sale longer than 24 weeks, as the bird begins to fatten. Duck eggs are also used for sale.

A muscovy duck can carry 80-110 eggs with an average weight of 70 grams per year. Birds lay eggs only twice a year, in autumn and spring, for several months.

Due to the seasonality, it will not be possible to sell duck eggs all year round. But you can still make money on eggs. Muscovy ducks at the beginning of clutch are very productive, hatchability of ducklings is high, more than 90%. This is a good hatching egg and is expensive.

There should be 3-5 ducks per drake. If there are more of them, then the proportion of fertilized eggs will decrease. If less, then females will be difficult due to frequent harassment.

Males are much larger than females, their weight is 5-6 kg versus 3 kg in females. There are times when drakes injure ducks. Indoor breeding and for sale will be better if the recommended ratio of 1 drake to 3-5 females is maintained.

Sale of ducklings

Muscovy ducks are good brood hens, so selling ducklings is also beneficial. You need to know that the musk duck starts hatching only after a significant number of eggs, 15-20 eggs, have accumulated in the nest. Incubation lasts 30-35 days. The first hatched ducklings must be taken out of the nest immediately, otherwise the duck will not sit out the remaining eggs. It is better to raise babies on your own, since the mute ears are scattered enough and can simply lose some of the ducklings.

You should be aware of a few more features of Indo-egg eggs. Breeding at home in an incubator is not as effective as hatching by the mother. Also, regardless of the method of incubation in the clutch, more than 60% of the chicks will be drakes. This is a good tendency for ducks to be raised for meat as they are larger.

Advantages

Indoor breeding at home is suitable for beginners, since these birds are unpretentious. Mute are hardy, resistant to avian diseases and can do without a reservoir.Indo-ducks are not aggressive towards other birds, keep aloof in the yard, do not provoke fights.

Muscovy ducks grow quickly, reaching readiness early. In terms of dietary and taste qualities, Indo-meat meat is superior to chicken. It is gentle, soft, suitable for dietary nutrition.

Muscovy ducks are almost omnivorous. They eat greens, food waste, earthworms and other insects. The mortality rate in Indo-Ducks is low, even among young animals. The birds are resistant to various diseases. Mutees become sexually mature at the age of 180-210 days.

Premises, equipment and inventory

What do birds like Indo-birds need? Breeding, maintenance, home care will require some financial costs. In countries with warm climates or in temperate summer climates, birds can live free-range. In cold weather, they should be placed in a house at least 1.8 meters high. The windows are located at a height of one meter, their total area should be 10% of the floor area. For every meter of ducklings, there should be 2-3 individuals, no more.

In the duckhouse, artificial lighting of 5 W per 1 sq. m. The walls need to be whitewashed. The floor can be littered, mesh or combined. The thickness of the mesh rods is at least 3 mm, it must be placed at a height of 25-30 cm from the floor. Manhole for ducks at a height of 5-8 cm from the floor, 40x40cm.

The temperature in the duckhouse should not drop below zero. During the laying period, the optimum temperature is 18-20 degrees. Indo-women are afraid of dampness, so good ventilation is needed. A wide roost is needed for ducks, in the form of a bench 15-20 cm wide at a height of 15-20 cm from the floor.

Feeders should be positioned so that all livestock can feed at the same time. Feeder height - 10 cm, width - 25 cm, length - at least 5 cm per head. It is recommended to use trough-shaped drinkers, but small, so that birds do not use them for bathing, especially in winter.

In a dark place, place the 40x50x50cm plywood nests with a threshold no higher than 10 cm. The bottom of the nest can be covered with wood shavings or straw, sawdust will not work. There is one nest for every 2-3 ducks.

Ducks are released for walking in the afternoon. The walking yard is fenced off with a fence of at least two meters. If the fence is smaller, then the wings of the birds are clipped. The bathing container must be at least 15 liters. Indoor women do not need a large open reservoir, you can limit yourself to a small pond or a groove.

Feeding basics

Breeding and keeping Indo-Ducks at home is considered easy, including due to the omnivorous nature of birds. But do not forget that in order for ducks to gain weight and rush well, their nutrition must be balanced. Birds should receive mineral feed.

If you are fascinated by indoor dogs, breeding, keeping, caring for, feeding at home, then you should understand that these birds need constant access to water. At the same time, keep in mind that they cannot swim in winter, but at the same time each duck can drink a liter of water per day. You need to think about what the drinking bowl will be.

You need to feed three times a day. Greens should be at least 10% of the feed. Indo-ducks are herbivores and grass must be fed constantly. There are two well-proven methods of feeding Indo-duck.

The first is compound feed with added vitamins. The choice of feed must be approached responsibly, since it must fully satisfy all the needs of the bird in nutrients, vitamins and trace elements.

The second way is to eat cereals with added nutrients. Cereals are combined with dry premixes, calcium, vegetable protein (peas, lupine). The grain mixture itself should be varied in composition. The required minimum is oats, barley, wheat and corn.

Indoor women also need fish, meat and bone meal or dairy products, fish and meat waste. Premixes are necessary in the absence of complete feed.They improve growth, egg production, and increase muscle mass. They can be both universal and specialized, suitable for a specific species and age of the bird.

Fat-soluble or water-soluble vitamins must be added to the feed. Young birds, sick and weakened birds have a higher need for vitamins. When exposed to stress factors, the need for vitamins increases 2-4 times.

Forming families

It is more profitable to grow several families of Indo-duck at the same time. 3-5 females and a male of the same age or 1.5 months older (from the previous farmed batch). In order to exclude closely related crossbreeding, drakes need to be periodically changed to birds from another farm.

The family is formed from spring ducklings when the males reach 20 weeks of age. Until then, they are kept separately. Mute ducks can be crossed with other types of ducks, but such offspring will be sterile.

Sexual intercourse in ducks is seasonal, therefore, egg fertilization is much higher in spring than at the end of summer. Oviposition begins at the end of March, an earlier start can be triggered by increasing daylight hours with artificial lighting. During the year, 100 eggs weighing 70 grams can be obtained from each female.

Breeding ducklings

Eggs intended for incubation are removed from the nest every day and stored indoors at a temperature of 15 degrees. Each must be stamped with the date of removal. To maintain moisture, a container of water is placed near the eggs. They need to be stored for 15-18 days, then they will acquire optimal incubation properties.

The female nests when 15-20 eggs are laid. After 2-3 days, another 20 eggs from other ducks can be placed under the hen. During the season, you can get from one hen 2-3 broods of 20 ducklings in each.

If several ducks are sitting on the nest, then they need to be separated by partitions. Alien ducklings are not allowed to the brood hen, otherwise it will leave the nest. Chicks leave the nest after 33-35 days of incubation. They are left with their mother for 30 minutes, after which they are carried away under the lamp. After all the chicks hatch and dry, they can be returned to their mother or continue growing without her.

Raising ducklings

How fast do Indo-girls grow? Breeding and keeping at home muscovy ducks has its own characteristics. Healthy ducklings weigh 50-70 grams. They stand well on their feet, the fluff is yellow, shiny.

Breeding, keeping, caring for Indo-women at home is not difficult, but young animals need to be monitored especially carefully. The first days of the ducklings are kept in a cardboard box covered with large wood shavings or straw. Children are warmed up with a lamp with a reflector.

At two weeks of age, the drakes are separated from the ducks and kept separately. This must be done due to the fact that males develop much faster and will suppress weak females.

Grown-up ducklings are raised on deep litter or mesh floor. Stocking density 5-6 heads per meter up to 26 weeks, 3-4 after. The ducklings are released for walking when they reach the age of 2 weeks. If the babies are brought up separately from the mother, then they should not be bathed until they are one month old.

In the early days, boiled eggs, milk, bran, cottage cheese, herbs, and crushed grain are used as feed. Already on the fourth day, you can give meat waste, on the tenth - boiled potatoes. In the first 5 days, vitamins are added to the water.

Sales and profit making

Breeding and caring for Indo-women at home is possible not only for your own needs. You can build your business on this. To make a profit, you need to keep at least 100 heads, but it's better to start with a smaller number in order to understand the intricacies of care.

There should be no problems with sales, since Indo-duck meat is tasty, dietary. You can arrange sales to shops and food service outlets. To increase sales, be sure to use the Internet. Poultry breeding should be planned so that a batch of poultry is ready for slaughter every month.A small farm can generate a profit of $ 250 per month.

Business in the countryside: we are engaged in the cultivation of Indo-women

Growing Indo-Ducks in recent years has been gaining immense popularity among lovers of animal husbandry and farming in general. Such animals are also called musky ducks, but the first name stuck among the people. They called them that because they are the transitional type.

The roots of this unusual creature can be found in Central and South America, where almost all farmers raise just such birds. It is worth noting that in terms of productive qualities, they are very different from their closest relatives.

In their way of life and in the structure of internal and external organs, they are rather similar to the average between a duck and a goose. The meat of these birds is low-fat, despite the fact that they feed on almost everything - they are absolutely unpretentious to food. Also, exotic conditions of detention or strict regime are not required.

As farmers who have been engaged in this type of activity for a long time note, Indo-duck, unlike ducks and geese, are silent animals, they do not "quack" and do not hiss. In addition, a number of features of this bird should be noted: it has a very rigid plumage. The main diet is, of course, plant foods.

It is noteworthy that the instinct for flights and caring attitude to offspring was preserved until the onset of 100% independence. In general, if you decide to open a business in the countryside, then this is exactly the option you should start with.

Visually, these birds can be described as follows: the head is quite medium in size, the beak is covered on top with coral formations. Males have a fleshy bump at the base of the beak. Their necks are short and thick.

Indo-ducks lay eggs very well (up to a hundred eggs), which will allow you to develop good production volumes, while the egg weight is about 80 grams.

How to properly equip a place for growing Indooks?

Muscovy ducks do not tolerate damp well, so the place where you plan to keep them should be as dry as possible. Take care of good ventilation in the room. The bedding can be made from sawdust or regular straw. There should be no more than 3 individuals per 1 square meter.

In spring and summer, Indo-ducks walk all day, and rush in the evening or in the morning, so it's better to let them out at 10 o'clock. To give the birds a place to swim, make grooves with water or a small pond. Also, to prevent the bird from flying away, trim at least one wing. If you do not do this in time, then it may simply fly away.

After clipping the wings, the bird abandons flight attempts after a while.

It is also convenient to keep Indo-duck because their immune system is very strong and resistant to various infectious diseases.

What kind of food is best for growing Indooks for sale?

Dry grain can be used as feed, namely:

• Oats;
• Corn;
• Millet;
• Barley;
• Wheat;
• Grain waste.

In addition, ducks accept succulent food well:

• Beets;
• Rutabaga;
• Turnip;
• Potatoes (boiled).

Fresh herbs should be included in the mandatory and daily diet. Along the way, add minerals to food: shells, chalk, salt, shells. Place the gravel in a separate feeder, which should be accessible. For 350 grams of feed, there should be about 1 liter of water.

How to start a Indooka farming business?

Indo-duck breeding is easier than any other bird. You can buy ready-made ducklings or hatch them in an incubator, but it is better to do otherwise. Buy or ask familiar farmers for one drake and several ducks so that the moment of purchase coincides with the beginning of spring.

In this case, you can count on a large offspring. The birds themselves perfectly look after their offspring, so you will not need to spend extra money on this. By the new year, you will already have a lot of adult poultry meat.

And then just increase the volumes in proportion to your finances. Indo-women begin to lay eggs in April. After the duck has laid at least 20 of them, it will sit on the eggs.

Place a drinker next to the nest, which may look quite standard, because the duck will sit in one place for a very long time. Protect the entrance to the nest from stranger ducklings, otherwise she will go for a walk.

Sales of the products of your business in the countryside

The brood will appear in 35 days, the weight of the chick is 60-80 grams. The meat of this poultry is a dietary product, therefore there is always a great and stable demand for it. Your sales market is grocery chains, cafes and restaurants.

You can also sell poultry meat on the market and make money selling the same chicks.

Prices for meat are different depending on the regions, so evaluate the market and choose the best price that can interest potential buyers.

As a bonus, we bring to your attention a video about growing muscovy ducks:

Indoor women: rules for breeding, maintenance and care at home

Indoor female breeding is now becoming more and more popular. These birds, also called musky ducks, are not too capricious to conditions and food, but at the same time they grow quickly and give tender tasty meat.

In the article, we will consider the peculiarities of breeding Indo-Ducks at home: we will find out how to breed chicks in an incubator, how to care for the birds, how to feed them, and we will touch upon other important issues on this topic.

The Indoor is a decent sized poultry. She has a broad chest, powerful wings and short, muscular legs. The weight of an adult reaches 6 kg if it is a drake. Ducks weigh, on average, from 3 to 3.5 kg. The length of the drake can be 90 cm, and the duck reaches a maximum of 60 cm from head to tail.

In the photo - Indo-girls:

Indo-women

The color of the bird depends on the breed. But without fail, an Indo-woman will have characteristic red growths in the eye area. It is this feature that made it possible to include in the name its particle "Indo" by analogy with a turkey. The muscovy duck is called because these growths in old birds begin to emit a strong characteristic smell.

These ducks are also called mute ducks for the characteristic sound they make. In general, breeding these birds is a wonderful option for poultry farming in our country.

Ducks grow quickly, can tolerate cold when properly insulated, are not too picky about their food, and generally not troublesome to keep. And you can sell not only poultry meat, but also eggs.

So, in a year, an Indo-woman can bring from 80 to 110 eggs, each of which weighs about 70 grams.

By the way, the cost of an Indo-duck egg is much higher than that of a chicken egg, since it is rarer and has a higher nutritional value. In addition, eggs can be sold not only as a food product, but also for further breeding of chickens.

Indoor breeding on video:

Breeding pros

We will find out what are the positive aspects of breeding Indo-dogs at home.

Birds give excellent quality meat: tender, lean, with pronounced dietary characteristics. Moreover, the meat lacks the specific taste that is so inherent in the products of other waterfowl.

Indo-women can safely exist without a reservoir, which greatly simplifies their cultivation. A pool or a pond can also successfully replace an ordinary trough designed for drinking. This "reservoir" will be quite enough for Indo-girls to splash in the water and teach the cubs to swim.

Indoor can be grown in an ordinary private courtyard. The creation of special conditions of detention in this case is not required.

In winter, ducks need to be fed with harvested food. But in the summer, you can save a lot on feeding, since the birds themselves can easily find pasture for themselves in the form of grass and insects.In general, musky ducks do not differ in their finicky diet, which is also important for breeding. Birds are distinguished by their rare omnivorous nature.

Birds have an innate strong immunity, they successfully resist most dangerous diseases.

It is also important that this type of ducks does not utter loud sounds, quacking. The muscovy duck makes hissing, quiet sounds to keep the inhabitants of the house calm. By the way, in some countries this bird is also called "dumb duck" precisely because of its hissing quiet "voice".

On the video - breeding an Indoor at home:

The bird grows rapidly and gains mass. So, literally in two months the chick reaches slaughter weight, and is quite suitable for sale for meat. According to its dietary characteristics, Indo-milk meat is more valuable than chicken. In addition to meat, duck also gives nutritious eggs, which have a high content of protein and carotenoids.

Indo-ducks do not differ in their aggressive character, they peacefully get along with birds of other species in a common yard. They keep themselves apart from other birds, but at the same time they do not climb on the rampage, they do not create fights.

Incubator hatching

There is no doubt that the hatchery method of hatching poultry is the most efficient, and under certain conditions it gives excellent results.

So, hatching chicks in an incubator can be divided into three stages. Let's consider each of them in detail.

In the first week after placing the eggs under the lamps, the air temperature inside should be +38 degrees, and the humidity should not exceed 60%.

From the eighth to the twenty-ninth day, it is necessary to provide the ripening eggs with an air temperature of +37 degrees, and humidity - 45%.

On the video - hatching an Indoor in an incubator:

From the thirtieth to the thirty-fourth day, the temperature remains the same, but the humidity must be increased to 75%. After the thirty-fourth day, chicks usually appear.

It is recommended to place the eggs horizontally in the incubator, as this way the ducklings hatch better. However, on the other hand, more eggs will fit into the incubator when placed vertically.

What to feed

It should be noted that, in general, this bird is picky about food. However, it is still recommended to provide a balanced diet: it will be the correct and professional approach. We will find out what kind of food it is necessary to provide to Indo-women so that they develop safely and gain weight quickly.

It is not recommended to give food to birds warm, and even more so hot. Such food can negatively affect the digestion of ducks. The basis of the diet of duck ducks is cereals. Especially useful:

Vegetables and herbs must be added to the diet of birds. In addition, vitamin and mineral supplements are also needed:

• bran:
• meat and bone meal;
• cake.

From time to time, you can pamper Indo-girls with such a favorite dish as porridge with herbs. As for water norms, an adult duck needs about a liter of water per 400 grams of dry food.

On the video - how to feed the duck:

In order for the eggs to have a strong, dense shell, add finely ground shells and old shells to the bird feed. Only the grinding of these substances must be done very finely so that no hard cutting fractions remain in the calcium mixture. Be aware that sharp shell or shell fragments can damage the esophagus of ducks.

To improve the digestion of muscovy ducks, place a container filled with fine gravel near the feeder. The pebbles will help the feed digest better in the stomachs of the birds.

But what the ducks of the Agidel breed look like can be seen in the photo.

What reviews exist about the Favorite breed ducks, and how positive they are, is indicated here.

It will also be interesting to see how to breed a Mulard duck:

What is the price of Mularda duck, and how it is grown, is described in great detail in this article.

Feeding chicks

If it's not so difficult to feed adult ducks, then you will have to tinker with newly hatched chickens.We will tell you more about the nuances of nutrition for young Indo-duck.

So, day-old babies need to be given a cool egg, which will help start the digestive processes of the chicks in the right direction.

The peculiarity of feeding chicks is that they can eat only the food that moves: they will not eat motionless porridge, grass or grains. Therefore, in order to create the illusion of movement, food is poured onto the backs of the chicks.

On the second and third day after birth, the chicks can be given a nutritious mixture of finely ground bran, milk, hard-boiled eggs.

After the third day, you can feed the chickens a mixture of cottage cheese, finely chopped onions, spinach and crushed grains. The last ingredient should be the least.

It is also worth looking at how the Bashkir ducks look in the photo, as well as how they are grown, indicated here.

The video shows how to feed ducklings properly:

From the fifth day, you can add finely chopped meat leftovers to the mixture. And from the tenth day, boiled potatoes are included in the birds menu.

How to care

Consider the main nuances of caring for Indoor women.

It is important to provide the birds with fresh air, even if it is winter outside. Indoor women do not feel well in musty air, so regular ventilation should be among the mandatory procedures. Duck bedding should be changed periodically for hygiene reasons.

The fact that it is necessary to feed the animals regularly and fully does not even need to be mentioned: this is understandable. In addition to feeding, ducks should have constant access to fresh water.

As already mentioned, Indo-women love fresh air, so in the summer they can graze in the yard all day long.

In winter, you can also let the birds go for a walk, however, you must first lay a thick layer of straw on the snow so that the ducks do not chill their feet.

But how the Peking duck is bred at home, and what you should pay attention to, is described in great detail here.

Premises

Of course, if the climate is warm, then ducks can permanently live in the yard, however, for the conditions of our country, this is an unrealistic option. Therefore, you will have to take care of the premises. We will find out what points you need to keep in mind when equipping a room for keeping Indo-girls.

The house must be at least 1.8 meters high. It must have windows located at a distance of about a meter from the floor.

The calculation of the area is as follows: for every 2-3 adult ducks there should be a square meter of the house and no less. In a crowded state, birds live less, get sick, grow poorly.

On the video - a room for ducks:

It is necessary to provide lighting, but dim - about 5 kW per 1 m2. Whitewashing the walls of the house will provide additional sanitization and brighten the house. It is also worthwhile to dwell in more detail on the maintenance and breeding of domestic ducks.

Recommendations

We will find out what points experienced poultry farmers recommend us to pay attention to when growing Indo-Ducks.

Watch the birds, and if you notice that they began to pluck each other's feathers, this indicates that there are not enough vitamins and minerals in their diet. Immediately include herbs and vitamin supplements on your menu.

After the chicks are born, cut off the tips of their wings a day later to deprive them of the ability to fly. Treat the resulting wounds with potassium permanganate or peroxide. However, keep in mind that if the same operation is performed on an adult bird, it will stop laying eggs.

Look carefully so that there are no small objects, pieces of iron, nuts, buttons, etc., near the feeder and in the place where the birds are grazing. If the chick swallows such a foreign body, it will most likely die.

On the video - breeding features:

Protect the Indo-Ducks from the cold in winter, as birds are quite sensitive to air temperature.Insulate the area where they are kept and use a thicker mat on the floor to protect the sensitive feet of the ducks. What ducks Favorit Agidel look like, as well as how to breed them, is described in great detail here.

So, we examined the features of breeding Indo-dogs at home. As you can see, these birds are distinguished by excellent production and quality characteristics. In addition, they are picky about the composition of the diet.

All this makes breeding Indo-Dogs really profitable. Using our recommendations, you can more competently approach the process of growing these wonderful birds, and quickly make your enterprise profitable.

How to make money on breeding Indo-dogs

As a result of high prices for pork and beef, sales of poultry meat are only increasing every year. Against this background, it is not at all surprising that private farms are now being formed in every region. Chickens, ducks, geese, quails - and whoever is raised for sale by farmers.

But of particular interest to those looking for a lucrative idea for a startup may be breeding Indoor women as a business. Muscovy duck (or in other words - Indo-duck) is a breed of ducks, characterized by high quality meat.

The bird got its name due to a special growth in the beak area, consisting of fat with the smell of musk.

The business of breeding musk ducks has long attracted the interest of entrepreneurs and investors, since these birds can be raised in order to obtain delicious meat, and fluff, and delicious liver, and eggs. Knowing how to care for young animals will require a minimum of time.

What kind of room will be required to keep Indo-girls?

Not only is it very simple to take care of Indo-girls, but also a large start-up capital for arranging a poultry house is not expected.

It's great if you have your own suburban area with a barn. Then the breeding of musk Indo-ducks in the country is easily feasible in practice - all you need is to provide perches in the room and arrange feeders. If there is no ready-made utility room on the site, one needs to be built.

To find out what kind of room is required, you can proceed from the following calculations: 3 adult ducks or 5 ducklings can easily fit on 1 m2.

In addition to the poultry house of a certain area, it is necessary to have a fenced range for birds. And so that you do not have to let the brood out into the street every time, a hole (0.4 * 0.4 m) can be provided in the walls of the poultry house.

Also, breeding Indo-duck at home will be much easier if an artificial reservoir is built on the site. But this condition is not required - the birds can receive drink from the feeders.

How to equip a poultry house?

Indoors at home are impossible without the presence of perches and feeders. In specialized stores, each entrepreneur will choose the best equipment option for himself, taking into account the size of the poultry house.

According to preliminary estimates, a maximum of 50,000-60,000 rubles will be spent on equipping a small poultry house. And here there is a great way to save money - to make perches, feeders and drinking bowls with your own hands. There is nothing complicated here, and therefore, having minimal carpentry skills, everyone can do it.

Growing Indoor dogs for meat at home may also require additional equipment:

• incubator,
• heater.

Experienced poultry farmers claim that an adult musky indochka tolerates temperature extremes well. But the ducklings may not be able to withstand severe cold. And therefore, when living in cold regions of our country, it is not bad if the maintenance of Indo-Ducks in winter is carried out with a heater - a brooder.

As for the incubator, this useful device greatly facilitates the farmer's life, making it extremely easy to breed Indo-dogs.

Indoor breeding options

And if in Europe, muscovy ducks are bred literally at the industrial level, in our country it is possible to buy indoor ducks only in private poultry houses - from the same farmers. The purchase of a bird should be approached with all responsibility in order to minimize the risks of acquiring sick birds. If you lack certain knowledge, it is better to invite a specialist with you.

Indoor price may vary depending on the specific region of sale, the age of the individual and its sex. The minimum cost of an adult duck is 800 rubles / piece. Ducklings are cheaper - from 200 rubles / piece.

It is believed that it is much better to buy not even ducklings, but young adult birds born this year. It turns out that offspring can be obtained in the spring of next year.

With this in mind, it is better to find out where Indookas are sold and go for young animals in September-October.

Our compatriots use 2 methods for breeding Indoyut:

• Natural incubation of eggs by a hen.
• Using an incubator.

Indoor hens are excellent brooders, and the yield of young stock is ≈95%. Knowing how to raise an Indo-female, what rules should be followed in this case, the natural rearing of offspring will not present any difficulties.

Indo-women begin to lay eggs depending on their age and the weather outside. With early spring, egg-laying begins in March-April. And if the sunny days are late, eggs should be expected a few weeks later.

How many days an Indo-woman sits on eggs depends mainly on the diet. On average, this time is 26-33 days.

The main rule is not to take the eggs out of the nest ahead of time, since there is a possibility that later the duck will not want to hatch the offspring.

Breeding Indo-Ducks in an incubator is much easier and more profitable, since it allows you to get healthy ducklings much faster. At the same time, the purchase of a good device will not require large expenses. A household incubator costs no more than 6,000 rubles. The specific price of the device depends on the provided number of eggs, on the way they are turned over, on the built-in functions.

And what to feed the Indoor? Whichever breeding option is chosen, birds need the right diet:

• cereals,
• greens,
• technical waste (meal, cake, bran),
• vegetables.

Potential business profit

Considering how much the indoor dogs that need to be purchased for breeding cost, and the costs of arranging the poultry house and purchasing feed, it will take 100,000-150000 rubles to organize a business. We are talking about a small house with 8-10 ducks and 2-3 drakes. Breeding Indoor Dogs in an incubator will require a little more investment. But in this case, all costs will pay off much faster.

It is possible to sell meat, eggs and down both in bulk and retail. The priority is the wholesale of products.

What profit is possible here? If we talk about duck meat, then the bird is slaughtered for sale with its weight of 2-2.5 kg. The average selling price is 200 rubles / kg. The prime cost of the indochka, taking into account the compound feed, is 90-120 rubles / kg.

Indoor women: breeding, features of maintenance and care

Indo-ducks are common birds, especially in European countries. This is because their meat is lean and tastes great.

In the wild, these rather large birds are found in several countries in South America, including Mexico. They are not picky about care and food, they have a unique ability to survive.

Thanks to these qualities, breeding Indo-Ducks does not cause difficulties, they are ideal for home cultivation.

Description of birds

Indo-ducks are called musky ducks. They have a wide chest and a small neck. Their legs are short and their wings are powerful. The average weight of a drake reaches six kilograms, and its length is 90 cm. The female is much smaller than the male. Its weight is from three to three and a half kilograms, length - 60 cm.

The color is different, it depends on the breed.On their head, flush with the eyes and under the very beak, there are red growths, from which older birds smell of musk, which determines the name.

What is so special about Indo-girls?

They differ from ordinary birds of this species in size, color and various exterior characteristics. Their meat has the same nutritional properties as that of a goose and a common duck. It is soft, the texture is dense, there is little fat, it is considered a dietary product.

Indo-ducks have another positive feature: they do not cause inconvenience, as they behave silently, sometimes creating a quiet hiss. For this they received another name - "mute". Due to its positive characteristics, the breeding of Indo-cows in our country is becoming popular.

Sex is determined when the ducklings are very young, two to three months old. How to distinguish Indo-duck? The male from the female is distinguished by the presence of feathers on the tail of the drake, tied by a ring. This is the main feature. The gender of a bird is also determined by its neck. In the female it is thin, graceful, in the male it is large, with a smooth transition to the head.

Indo-duck breeds

These birds are distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• Plumage color.
• The color of the eyes and legs.
• Beak coloring.

Indo-duck breeds are shown in the table below.

Breed name	Plumage coloring	Eyes	Beak	Other
White	Corresponds to the name	Gray	Pale pink	Yellow feet
Black	Colors of the night, purple on the torso, blue-green on the wings	The usual color for birds	Black	Gray fluff
Black and white	Resinous, shiny overflow of black color over the back, purple over the body	Brown, rarely blue	Red with a dark ending	White feathers on head and chest
Wild brown	Chocolate with a green tint	Brown	Red with a dark tip	White feathers on head and chest
Blue	Corresponds to the name	The usual color for birds	Black gray	Dark edging on the wings
Wild	Black with greenish, purple, purple overflow	Brown	Brown	Yellow toes with black metatarsals; integumentary wings white
White with a pattern	White with black markings	Common for birds	Red-blue, at the base and at the tip - charcoal	Metatarsus yellow with black spots
Wild blue	Light blue with dark stripes on the feathers	Common for birds	At the base - black, then red-blue, the tip is dark	Dark metatarsus

How to prepare the premises?

Decent maintenance of Indo-Ducks when breeding them is the main condition. It is important to consider the peculiarity of these birds. Muscovy ducks are unpretentious, but they do not get along with other species of animals. Therefore, for their breeding, you need to prepare a separate room.

Its choice must be taken seriously: in winter it should be warm in the bird's house, and cool in summer. The room must be equipped with ventilation and ensure that there is no moisture in it. To prevent pecking, bright lighting is unacceptable.

To do this, the light bulb should be painted red or orange.

Ducklings are most often placed in a private courtyard or on the territory of a summer cottage. For this, the use of collapsible structures is the most suitable option. But for the winter, such a house should be insulated. Its arrangement depends on the size of the room. If it is large, its floor is covered with a mesh with small cells.

Only then is a bedding made of straw or sawdust placed. Insulation of the floor is a very important point when arranging a home for birds, since their legs are very sensitive to low temperatures. When breeding indoor dogs, it is very simple to calculate the area of ​​\ u200b \ u200bthe room: for one individual, one and a half square meters is enough.

If the dwelling is small in size, the birds are placed in cages, which are arranged in tiers in an upright position. To keep the Indo-girls clean, the back wall of the cage must be lower than the front. This design allows you to move excrement from under the feet there.

Bird walk

Indoor breeding for meat is carried out with the provision of a walk. They are kept separate from other poultry in individual rooms with unobstructed entry and exit. The room should be naturally lit and covered to a greater extent. It is very important to keep it cool in summer.

When breeding Indo-Ducks for meat, the correct location of the run is of great importance, as it will provide the bird with sunlight to a greater extent. The range should be south of the house.

In order for the bird to quickly and safely leave and return back, it is necessary to make closing manholes in the wall, the size of which is 40 cm. The holes should be located at the level of a 30-cm mark from the floor.

On both sides, ladders from the boards are brought in for the entry and exit of the bird without injuries on the paws.

The flock leaves for walking immediately after the morning feed, at about 10 o'clock. Here, Indo-women spend the whole day, they are driven into a dwelling an hour before dark.

These birds have good immunity, they are able to endure cold weather. But early in the spring and late in the fall, while walking, their paws often freeze.

And if you allow Indo-girls to swim in winter, icing of the feathers is guaranteed, since the fat content under the skin is very low.

For this, the use of various materials is allowed: sawdust, wood shavings, peat, straw, chaff. For one bird per season, you need to prepare 10-12 kg of any material that can be used for bedding.

Before laying it down, the bottom of the room for keeping indoutok is covered with lime at the rate of one kilogram per square meter of area. The litter layer itself is thin, about seven centimeters.

But at the end of the next season, its height increases to 20 cm.

If birds continue to be kept in the house during the winter and young growth is expected at this time, the litter must be changed and made thicker than the previous one, otherwise the birds may freeze. Ducklings cannot be placed on the old flooring. It must be collected and taken out, and the room must be disinfected.

Duckhouse equipment

When the birdhouse is built, the floor is covered with bedding, you need to equip it with everything necessary for the life of your pets.

• Install feeders at the rate of one for five individuals. Each should be one meter long and 25 cm wide.
• Arrange drinkers, it is better if they are not wide so that the birds do not swim in them.
• Build perches 40 cm high from the floor. To do this, it is enough to put the logs on top of each other.
• Place the nests near the drinkers. Their number depends on the size of the pack. The birds themselves will find their nests, insulate them and lay eggs, and when the time comes, hatch them.
• In winter, the bird house should be at a positive temperature. To do this, you need to install heating devices, heaters, for example, or stove stoves in it.

Feeders

Breeding Indo-Ducks at home for novice poultry farmers always raises many questions.

For example, about the feeders: what to make them from, how many pieces do you need? A rectangular trough-shaped feeder can be made from thin boards. During a meal, ducklings usually climb there with their paws.

To prevent such actions, in which the feeder often remains upside down with the feed, a vertical bar is nailed on top.

Home breeding for beginners usually starts with a small number of birds. Therefore, the feeders are made in a simplified version. It is enough to stock up on cans, which can be used. Carefully cut off the lid, hammer the edges with a hammer so that the birds do not get hurt, and hang them on evenly spaced hooks.

How many feeders are needed and how long they should be, is calculated taking into account the area of ​​the feeder for different foods for one Indoor.This norm for dry food is two square centimeters, for a mash - at least 10 cm of the entire length of the feeder.

Nest

In the wild, the bird itself will take care of the place for incubating the eggs, and at home its owner should think about it. Nests for Indo-Ducks need to be prepared before April, since it is at this time that the incubation instinct is triggered.

• The nest can be fitted in a cardboard box. At its bottom, you should put a cloth mat made from natural fibers.
• The box contains 20 eggs. After incubating them for two weeks, you can add the same amount.
• A small courtyard with a feeder, a drinking trough, and a bathhouse is being set up near the nest. The fact is that, while incubating eggs, the mother duck is in one place in a sitting position for a long time. From this, parasites start in her feathers. To get rid of them, the bird will swim. In addition, by moisturizing the feathers, the hen maintains a moisture regime. The nest needs protection. If there is no fence, other people's chicks often penetrate into it. When the hen sees them, she will not have time for her own nest. She abandons him and begins to raise foster chicks.

What kind of eggs does a muscovy duck lay?

In size, they differ little from chicken, perhaps a little larger. An Indo-duck egg weighs about 70 g, is colored white, sometimes with brown specks. In shape and useful properties, it resembles an egg of an ordinary duck. Therefore, without a doubt, Indo-duck eggs can be eaten, but only heat treatment must first be done.

The eggs of these birds are fatty food, but the fats contained in the yolk are unsaturated. The yolk has a pronounced orange color, which is due to the high content of carotene, which has a beneficial effect on the brain. The eggshell is thick, its transparent film does not allow air to pass through well, so the process of correct incubation of the embryo is difficult.

How to feed the Indo-duck?

Muscovy ducks, despite their simplicity in food, need to be provided with a balanced diet. They should not be fed hot and warm food. How to feed the Indo-duck? The basis of the diet is cereals.

Birds are fed with corn, oats, wheat, barley. Vegetable supplements and herbs should be present in the diet. The menu should be diversified with yeast, bone and meat flour, cake, bran.

The caring owner sometimes pampers the birds with porridge with herbs.

In the summer it is easier to feed them, since a significant part of the diet is fresh grass. The norm of water per individual per day is one liter, feed - 400 g. In order for the egg of an indowka to have a strong shell, chalk or small-sized shells are added to the feed. And to normalize the digestive process, containers filled with gravel are placed in the bird house.

How to care for chicks?

When raising Indo-Ducks, it is very important to get healthy offspring. The chicks will hatch from the eggs 35 days after the brooding. They are covered with a shiny yellow fluff and can stand on legs. The eyes of newborns are convex, with shine. Chicks are very small and defenseless, their weight reaches only 60 g.

Newborns cannot eat and drink on their own. Their mother will teach them this. But if the ducklings are bought or bred in an incubator, they will have to be fed with a little trick.

The first food for day-old chicks is a hard-boiled egg, chopped into small pieces. Food is poured onto their backs. Kids are happy to peck it from their relative.

If an egg crumb falls to the floor, they will find it there too.

On the second day, in addition to eggs, the chicks are fed with bran and milk. On the fifth, they add meat waste in a boiled and chopped form. By the tenth day of life, the chicks can be fed with boiled potatoes. Vitamin and mineral supplements should be given from birth. They are bought at the pharmacy. It is imperative to observe the dosage indicated in the instructions.

Helpful information

When breeding Indo-Ducks, you need to stock up on knowledge so that their productivity is high. Some tips:

• Plucking feathers from each other means a lack of vitamins and greens in the feed. To do this, you need to diversify the diet of birds with additives containing them.
• Chicks, which are one day old, have their wings trimmed at the ends so that they do not have the opportunity to fly. Places of cuts are treated with potassium permanganate. If this procedure is done to adult Indo-women, they will not lay eggs.
• Sometimes chicks accidentally swallow small metal objects: nails, pieces of wire. This should not be allowed, since they will immediately perish.
• The productivity of birds will decrease if they experience hypothermia in the winter.

Indoor women: breeding, maintenance, care at home as a business

If you love and know how to take care of birds, then the idea of ​​breeding Indo-cows as a business should interest you. After all, these birds are inexpensive, unpretentious. Consider how the cultivation of indoor dogs is carried out, maintenance, care at home. This article will allow you to turn a small hobby into a profitable business and earn several hundred dollars a month on it.

Indoor breeding, maintenance, home care: general information

This type of activity has not gained a large scale of popularity in Russia, but it is still. Muscovy ducks (or Indo-ducks) differ from other breeds, therefore they can be attributed to the transitional variety, which is located between ducks and geese.

Indoor women are popular for several breeding benefits:

1. Possibility of obtaining lean, nutritious meat.
2. Rigid plumage with the growth of birds.
3. A simple diet.
4. The ability to fly.
5. Expressiveness of parental instinct.
6. Absence of strong noise during their content.

A distinctive feature of these birds is the presence of coral outgrowths located near the base of the beak. They resemble bumps. The color variety of birds, which can be presented in white, black, brown and their combinations, causes a pleasant surprise.

A typical representative of the Indo-female

Breeding rules for muscovy ducks at home

Breeding musk ducks at home is a fairly simple procedure, if you know the intricacies and how you should prepare. There are several key points that you should pay attention to when deciding to start such a business.

Preparatory activities and work

Despite the fact that the bird is not whimsical, it is not able to get along with other representatives of the fauna world, it is worthwhile to provide for a personal dwelling. But the room in which your business will be held requires special attention.

The room must meet several fundamental requirements:

• be warm;
• have good ventilation in the summer;
• have an optimal level of humidity;
• be equipped with the necessary lighting.

If possible, the premises can be located in the yard. In this situation, small and lightweight collapsible structures are the best option.

For the winter time period, it will be necessary to strengthen the house in order to protect it from the negative influence of external factors.

The features of the arrangement of the ducklings depend on the size indicators of the area that the poultry farmer possesses.

Indoor room option

If a significant area of ​​the room is impressive, most of it should be covered with a mesh, which has small cellular elements.

Then a special bedding is tightly placed on it, which can consist of straw or sawdust.

It is important to ensure thorough insulation of the floor, since ducks are very sensitive due to the special structure of the paws.

It is necessary to correctly calculate the area you need, and this can be done quite simply: the content of one individual (if we are talking about optimal conditions) assumes the presence of 1.5 m of space. If the dwelling (that is, your room) is not large in size, you can distribute the birds into cages, which are located in several tiers.

They can be made independently from wood or mesh or metal, as well as purchased ready-made. In order to maintain cleanliness, it is necessary to consider the design so that the rear wall is located lower than the front element. It is desirable that the dwelling also be equipped with a courtyard so that the livestock is regularly walked.

This is good for the health of the birds themselves and, as a result, the chicks.

This is how to grow Indo-Ducks at home for beginners. You can achieve an optimal result if you approach this issue in a comprehensive manner. Therefore, we will consider other points.

Equipment of the premises with the necessary elements

It is important to take into account several nuances and in no case forget about them, because the success of the entire event depends on how thoughtful and equipped the breeding site is.

• Feeders. They are set at the rate: 1 piece for 5 birds. The length should be 1 m, and the width should be 1⁄4 m.
• Drinking bowls. Experienced poultry farmers recommend giving preference to options of a not wide type, because birds can begin to swim in this water.
• Perch. It is necessary to place this element at a certain distance from the wall, and the height of the resulting structure should not exceed a height of 40 m.
• Nests. Rags and straw are covered at the bottom for greater comfort. As a result, the bird can easily find the nest, make it warmer with fluff. The number of nests depends on the size of the herd - each bird should have its own shelter.

DIY nests for Indo-girls

Heating devices and the use of additional heating should be carried out very early from the 5 degree temperature regime outside. You can use any device - heaters, stove stoves, electric bulbs.
In the home breeding video for muscovy ducks, you can familiarize yourself with these details in more detail.

Features of buying birds

In order for the offspring to be optimal and delivered quickly, you need to pay special attention to the purchase of birds.

1. Buying young birds is a guarantee of healthy, full-fledged offspring, therefore, the selection process is worth carrying out at a time when the birds have barely hatched.
2. The most optimal time period for purchasing birds is the first half of autumn. That is, it was during this period that the young were already formed, and one can make some judgments about its "gene pool".
3. An important role is played by such a factor that affects the offspring, the breed of birds plays. All of them quickly gain weight, so they can easily get divorced for any purpose.

If you follow all these rules, you will be able to achieve the optimal result, because investments will be minimal, and the payback period will be as fast as possible.

Growing ducklings: rules and recommendations

The best start for novice poultry farmers will be keeping 30 heads, but if it is impossible to carry out this event at home, you can reduce the number of birds. For every 5 "girls" you need to buy 1 drake.

Considering everything about Indo-Ducks, it is worth noting that they begin to lay in April, the average number of eggs is 20. The duration of incubation is more than 30 days.

In practice, there were often cases when individuals sat on eggs for more than 40 days.

Offspring with a comfortable courting of Indo-women

How much does an Indo-woman weigh? It depends on her age. If we are talking about hatched chickens, then their weight characteristic is about 70 g.They are covered in fluff and are able to stand on their own.

As for an adult, the weight can reach 2.5-3.5 kg. Birds have a pronounced motherhood instinct, so they do an excellent job of hatching and caring for chicks. When weaning a bird from the nest, it is necessary to spray the clutch, this can improve the gas exchange process in the egg.

The main thing that is required from the owners is the conscientious care of the birds.

An important role is played by the question of how much to keep Indoor for meat? There is no specific answer to it, but you can be guided by examples of French-type farms. If we are talking about a "male" - a drake, then the term of detention is 85 days. For a “female”, its duration is shorter and in total is equal to 70 days. Here's how much Indoor slaughter grows. Although they grow quickly.

Feeding Muscovy Ducks: Diet and Diet Scheme

The balance of certain substances in the diet is a necessary moment. There are foods that must be present, and there are treats that you should refrain from.

The diet should be based on cereals. It is important to supply the dietary scheme of feathered vegetables, additives in the form of bran, yeast. Sometimes you can pamper the birds with their favorite dishes, cereals with herbs.

In summer, the musky ducks will gladly treat themselves to fresh grass.

The average duck's fluid intake is 1 liter of water, and as for food, its amount is 400 g. In order for the eggs to have a strong shell and to bring a healthy offspring, it is necessary to add shells, chalk or crushed shells to the feed.

In the room where the breeding process takes place, it is imperative to put a container where fine gravel will lie. This element is necessary in order for the poultry's digestive processes to proceed optimally.

In principle, the diet is simple, but it will be useful if you consider the intake of vitamins and minerals.

Nutrition for Muscovy Ducklings

Considering growing, feeding musk ducklings at home, you should pay special attention to the moment. This is especially true for small birds. If we are talking about day-old chicks, they must be treated with an egg, which is steeply cooked.

Since babies can consume exclusively mobile types of food, food must be poured onto their backs. As for the second and third days, you need to provide them with a mixture in which milk, boiled eggs and bran are present. After that, the chickens can be fed with special mash, based on cottage cheese, spinach.

From the 10th day, boiled potatoes and other foods that are contraindicated for little ducklings may be present in the diet.

Features of bird care at any time of the year

Birds cannot live comfortably in musty air, so airing the room should become a familiar event for every caring owner. In addition, regular cleaning plays an important role.

implies feeding and access to clean drinking fluids. Since ducks love to walk, it is important to organize a pattern and mode of walking. In summer they do not mind walking on fresh grass, and in winter a straw layer is laid on the snow.

Here's how to grow an Indoor at home and do it as rationally and competently as possible.

Only a careful and attentive approach to this process will allow you to achieve optimal results and raise healthy offspring. This event will grow into a profitable business and will be able to generate income from $ 300. e.

a month, if not just raise chickens for yourself, but sell them.

Practice already counts several situations when people who started growing "for themselves" later engaged in sales and became successful in this business.