Goose should be a "luxury" among all poultry, right? A roast chicken costs thirty or forty yuan, while a roast goose can easily cost hundreds, and a lion-headed goose in the south has reached thousands of yuan.
Goose eggs are also not cheap, people like to believe that goose eggs have higher nutritional value than chicken and duck eggs, eating goose eggs when pregnant, the baby's skin is whiter. Therefore, a goose egg in the market is usually about 3 to 5 yuan a piece, and the annual cold food festival can even rise to 8 to 10 yuan a piece, and the first and second tier cities may be more expensive.
Since goose meat and goose eggs are very expensive, why are there fewer people raising geese than chickens and ducks? First of all, we need to understand some characteristics of farmed geese.
Breeding costs: If only from the price of individual goose eggs, then the economic benefits of raising geese are indeed higher than raising chickens and ducks. However, in terms of overall breeding costs, the cost of raising geese is higher than raising chickens and ducks.
First of all, the cost of feed and nutrient supplements required for raising geese is much higher than that of raising chickens and ducks, because the goose has a greater demand for nutrients, and the goose is a vegan animal, in addition to the feed but also with a large number of greens.
Secondly, due to the longer growth cycle of geese, the breeding time will be correspondingly longer, which will also increase the cost of breeding. At the same time, the chickens and ducks are out of the slaughter, while the geese are still growing slowly, and the meat yield is very low. In addition, because geese have a weaker reproductive capacity, breeding costs are also much higher than chickens and ducks.
Therefore, although the economic benefits of breeding geese are higher in the price of individual goose eggs than raising chickens and ducks, from the perspective of overall breeding costs, the cost of breeding geese is higher than raising chickens and ducks, which may be one of the reasons why some farmers are reluctant to breed geese.
Market demand: Market demand is also an important factor in determining the number of farmed species. Although the unit price of goose meat and goose eggs is higher, the market demand will be relatively small due to the small demand.
In my hometown, the audience of marinated roast goose is small, and the white striped goose is generally only on the market in large quantities during the New Year, and the cooking is relatively single, iron pot stew or sauerkraut stew goose.
Like duck, if the cooking is not perfect, the goose meat is also very fishy after cooking, so the average person will choose common chicken, and the demand for goose meat by consumers is even smaller.
In addition, the market demand for raising chickens and ducks is usually greater than the market demand for raising geese, which also affects the number of farms.
Breeding technology: Due to the long growth cycle of geese and the complexity of breeding technology, the technical difficulty of breeding geese is relatively high. In order to obtain high-quality goose meat and goose eggs, a high level of breeding technology and management is required.
When breeding young geese in the countryside in winter, the temperature requirements are very high, the goose paw can not be cold, but also have to burn the kang for the young goose, breeding is very troublesome, in addition, in the process of raising geese also need to face some common diseases and health problems, which also increases the difficulty and cost of breeding.
I still remember that I lived in the countryside for a while, and the neighbor bought 100 goose seedlings, and in the end only five survived, so it was very difficult to raise geese, there were certain technical requirements.
At last
Although goose eggs and goose meat have always been high-end foods, the price is usually much higher than eggs and duck eggs for the same weight and quality. However, the number of raised geese on the market is still significantly smaller than that of chickens and ducks.
This phenomenon is actually caused by a combination of factors, including breeding costs, market demand and breeding technology. There are also other factors, such as local policy support, regional climate, and consumer preferences.
In general, in order to increase the number and scale of farmed geese, it is necessary to match the needs of the market and adopt efficient breeding technology and management methods to reduce breeding costs.
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