Feeding method of stork
Emu is black all over, and its head and neck have purple-black metallic luster. The sides of the eyes and head are covered with velvet short black feathers, and the feathers in the center of the head are hard and curly, and the mouth of male adult birds must be developed; The forehead is black to the top of the head, and the side of the head is covered with short black feathers; There are two pieces of orange meat hanging behind the head; The back of the eye is bare; The inner feathers of the neck, shoulders and wings of the upper body are reddish copper; The feathers on the back waist, waist and tail are metallic green; The flight feathers are black, and the second to seventh primary flight feathers cross the white spot, which is more obvious when flying; The tail feather is black and slightly green. The chin and throat are purple-black from the front neck; Bronze green on the chest; The abdomen is blue and copper, and there are narrow white feather edges at the center of the abdomen and at the feather ends below the tail. Female birds and male birds are similar in body color. The upper body of the young bird is brown and black; The meat behind the head is gone; The exposed part of the head is not as prominent as that of an adult bird. Narrow white feathers on both sides and abdomen. Toe-dropping foot, with three toes before and one after, and the back toe is the same length as the middle toe; Legs are thin and weak, and the scales at the posterior edge of tarsometatarsal often heal into a whole scale; Palatal skull.
Geese often move in pairs, sometimes in groups. It mainly inhabits secondary forest, evergreen broad-leaved forest, deciduous, broad-leaved forest, bamboo forest and mixed forest in low mountain and hilly plain. Often live in groups with starlings and starlings to feed on fruit trees. It is especially common on the edge of the forest and in small open spaces of the forest. It likes to eat wild fruits and insects at the same time. The breeding period is from February to May, once a year 1 ~ 2 times. Each nest lays 3 ~ 4 eggs, mainly females, and males have obvious nest protection phenomenon. Mainly distributed in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina Peninsula and China.
Living habits editor
Geese usually gather in small groups of 3 ~ 5, and in winter they gather in large groups of 10 ~ 20. Strong social behavior. If one bird in the flock sings, the other birds will wander around for a long time. Songs are crisp and loud, tactfully changeable, better to sing when breeding, and often echo each other. It is changeable. It can imitate the songs of other birds and even learn simple human language.
It mainly feeds on insects such as locusts, grasshoppers and termites, and also eats fruits and seeds of plants such as figs and banyans. I like to eat wild fruits. In the mature period of fruit trees, especially in the mature season of figs or similar fleshy fruits, they often come in large groups with other birds who love fruits. They also eat insects such as grasshoppers and termites.
Emu feeding
Choose healthy and strong birds.
Photo gallery of storks. Strong storks have smooth and striped feathers, black and bright fur and metallic luster; Eyes should be black and bright, body should be big, standing posture should be beautiful, and feet should be strong to catch bass bars; He has a big appetite, likes singing, often combs his feathers, and the feces discharged are in strips. If the feathers are incomplete, the black metallic luster is lacking, the eyes are half open and half closed, there is no light, or the tail is covered with wet feces, and the birds that often stand still are generally weak and unhealthy birds, so you should choose carefully.
2. Choose young birds that are easy to train.
Choose a young bird with a head nest. Among the young birds, the young bird in the first nest is smarter. If possible, you should choose the first nest of birds whose parents are the offspring of young myna and myna. If you buy it in the market, you should choose the first batch of hatched chickens in the breeding season. Because myna and myna breed twice a year. Most of the young birds in May-June are birds that brood for the first time in the breeding season. At this time, the climate is suitable, the food is abundant, and the parent birds are more energetic. Therefore, the young birds in the first nest have better physique and are easier to be successfully trained and taught.
It is best to choose birds whose feathers are all flush and are about to leave the nest. Young birds whose flight feathers have all grown up and are about to fly, after being fed by their parents, have certain adaptability to the external environment and have certain disease resistance, and the survival rate is high after artificial feeding. At the same time, this young bird is not as wild as an adult bird and is easy to domesticate.
Choose a bold chicken. Bold chicks are not afraid of people, have strong domestication ability and are easy to train. Experienced bird breeders often choose bold chicks in big cages with many chicks. When choosing, gently shake or make a noise in the cage first, and then increase the noise or vibration after observing the young bird's reaction. Anyone who finds flying around in a cage is mostly timid and should not be selected; If the young bird's eyes are wide open and its chest is high, and it is ready to take off, it shows that it is courageous and can be selected as the top grade.
3. Choose the top adult birds that have been trained to be mature birds.
Not all young birds are sold in the market now, but some are adult birds, including live birds and trained mature birds. You should choose top and trained adult birds. Its characteristics are that the whole body feathers are tight but not fluffy, and the tail feathers are not scattered, short and naturally drooping; There are clear white spots at the ventral end of the tail feather, with light yellow mouth and white jade, and light yellow legs; The whole body feathers have black metallic luster; The ventral side of the wings? Eight characters? White spots are obvious; Stand with your head held high and your spirits high. Those who lack experience in raising birds should choose raw birds carefully. Experienced bird people believes that storks are related to their drooping heads. Small drooping meat is flexible and easy to learn, while large drooping meat is slow to reflect and has poor acceptance. They are lazy birds and should not be chosen as training birds.
4. Carefully select the domesticated adult birds that will swear.
Adult storks who are trained to speak a few words are often sold in bird markets. If you like, you can buy it directly from the market, which can save training time and directly enjoy the fun of bird acting and human language. It is a shortcut to enjoy storks. But before you buy it, you should observe more, listen to the birds' chirping and talking more, and don't rush to buy it, in case you buy a bird that promises.
sexism
Emu atlas hermaphrodite birds, it is difficult to distinguish from each other in appearance. Generally speaking, the metallic luster of female body feathers is lighter, and the dewlap behind the head is smaller. Due to different habitats, the size of the wattle behind her head is slightly different, so her gender needs careful observation to determine. It can also be identified by observing the cloaca. If the cloaca has a protuberance, it is male; if it has no protuberance and is flat, it is female.
It can also be distinguished according to body shape and head shape. The head is big and round, and the person with big body is male; The head is small and pointed, and the figure is small. Most of these birds are females.
You can tell from the sound that the male bird has a thick voice and loves to sing. He is good at imitating various sounds such as bird songs and sirens. The female bird has a mellow voice and is suitable for learning phrases and imitating speech.
Care and guidance
Training storks to learn to sing and speak should start with young birds. He is timid by nature and shouldn't go out to walk the birds. He can raise songbirds such as magpies in Canada, or play recordings of songbirds singing and teach him to sing. After training, storks can not only improve their fear of people, but also learn the songs of various birds and animals. Storks say that people don't have to twist their tongues, and they are articulate and articulate. When training, choose a quiet environment every morning, teach it to learn some simple sentences, and reward it with some favorite food. Training should be patient. Learn one sentence first, then teach the second. This kind of bird is very receptive, so don't say anything boring or swearing in front of it, so as not to insult the original intention of raising birds.
You can raise it in a big bamboo cage and watch it. There is a drum-shaped food cup on the cage, with a small mouth and a big belly. It has a variety of eating habits and a large appetite. The staple food is fried rice with eggs, supplemented by lean meat, insects and bananas. Provide it with a water bath every day. Let it bask in the sun in winter, and the room temperature should not be lower than 5℃. Myna is lively and active, and the breeding cage should be tall and spacious, so it is advisable to choose the myna cage. The feed is mainly egg rice, and it is advisable to add myna powder twice a day, and the amount of each time should be eaten within 1 hour. In addition, we should feed fruits and insects in moderation. Storks eat a lot and have a lot of feces, so bird cages should be cleaned frequently, once a day in summer and autumn, at least once every other day. Emu is heat-resistant, but afraid of cold. Pay attention to keep warm in winter. Storks are big, strong, lively and active, so the bird cage should be strong, with a big bamboo cage or metal cage for storks, the bottom should be bright, and there should be a dung board below.
Feed food
The nutrients needed by myna and omnivorous birds are composed of carbohydrate, protein, fat, minerals and trace elements.
1. Carbohydrates: corn flour, pea flour, bean flour and mung bean flour.
2. protein. Animal protein: beef, crucian carp, Monopterus albus, silkworm chrysalis, eggs, loach, breadworm, animal viscera. Plant protein: soybean powder, peanut powder.
3. Fat: peanuts, sesame seeds and walnuts.
4. Vitamins: carrots, apples (such as fruits), tomatoes, bran, rice bran and vitamins;
5. Common mineral and trace element feeds include (calcium supplementation): bone meal, fish bone meal, eggshell meal, shrimp, crab meal, oyster meal and shell meal, electrolyte, poultry vitamins and trace elements.
Feeding young birds with feed and adding 20% beef can improve the growth rate of myna. Dry corn flour and lettuce heads and add them to feed to help digestion. Emu likes to eat fruits and concentrated feed, but mainly coarse grains. In order to avoid serious picky eaters in childhood and adulthood.
Tips for raising storks.
It's best to buy a three-week-old myna and put it at home (4) 1, and it's not easy to die, and it's not afraid of people, because the journey bumps and dies early, and if you subtract a few days from the train, the myna will be arrested for about two weeks. It is the best time to recognize people, so I am not afraid of people. And when choosing storks, try to pick the ones with yellow feet and small earlobes (earlobes are not necessarily female). The higher the birth, the better, because the smaller the ears, the smarter the nature. More importantly, the anus is clean, indicating that myna has a good digestive system and is not easy to have diarrhea.
2, both male and female have advantages, the female can't learn miscellaneous mouth, but the coat color is worse than the male, but the learning mouth is clear. No worries about screaming in the morning. The male stork speaks louder than the female stork, with bright fur and large earlobe, which is beautiful enough. The big one looks better than the mother in the cage, but the sound is too annoying. Eat more, Dora. Both men and women have similar learning abilities.
3. When picking a brother, pat the cage with your hand, don't jump, and it's best to catch it when your eyes are bright. Don't lose too many feathers, or you will die easily.
4, eat food, don't eat too well, 2 yuan a catty is enough, 2 egg yolks per week, eggshells should not be dumped, and they should be fed with egg yolks, 4 bugs a day, and the most important thing is that an apple should not be interrupted 365 days a year. This is the most important factor to ensure coat color. Other fruits, such as raw pears, sweet pears, sweet pears, etc., are good auxiliary feeds. [2]
5. Take a bath. Goose is naturally clean, so it is necessary to take a bath once a day. This will not only make your fur look good, but also make it easy for goslings to talk. Chickens are generally not good at bathing. You can try putting the cage in the bathtub. If they jump around, try spraying water on it. After a while, they will slowly take a bath in the groundwater. The best way is to find someone who can.
6, learning words, it is best to start at 6 o'clock in the morning, by a lady, repeatedly say a word, do not change, it is best to be simple from the beginning, such as? Hello? And so on, the girl's voice is higher and thinner, and the stork sounds good after learning it. Before teaching, take his favorite food in his hand and knock on the cage while talking. When he starts to speak slowly, he will be rewarded with a bite, and over time, a conditioned reflex will be formed. Come back at 5: 00 pm, and you will learn the first sentence in about 1 week. However, it is necessary to consolidate after learning, and it is not recommended to teach with tape, because the birds taught with tape will not be like endorsements with people. Gooses are particularly prone to lose their mouths when changing their hair. If they have learned it before, they will forget half of it. Don't hang storks outdoors, it's easy to learn to get dirty.
7. Storks should not be kept in cages all the time. It should learn to play in people's hands, so that it can develop in the direction of acrobatics, exercise its ability to cross cages and facilitate the change of bath cages.