How to keep pigeons? 10. How to raise pigeons?

Meat pigeon breeding techniques are very easy to learn! In many breeding industries, the emerging breeding industry of meat pigeon breeding has sprung up, which is attracting the majority of breeding professionals and farmers, and gradually forming a scale. Its breeding characteristics are:

The feeding equipment is simple. For general farm breeding, you can use the outdoor part of the empty house or under the eaves, and use old materials such as old rabbit cages to rebuild;

Feeding management is convenient. Breeders have the ability to hatch, feed and care for suckling pigeons, and people do not need to be as time-consuming and troublesome as raising chicks;

Meat pigeons have a strong resistance. It has fewer devastating infectious diseases than other birds and is resistant to cold and heat.

The breeding period is short, and the meat pigeon has a long service life. From birth to market, it generally only takes 4-5 weeks, and the breeding and utilization period of breeding pigeons can reach 5 and a half years, and some can reach 6-7 years;

Meat pigeon consumes less material and has high economic benefits. A pigeon does not have to eat 40-50 grams of feed a day, brooding is gradually increased, up to 100 grams, a pigeon from the shell after more than 20 days can grow to kilograms, the ratio of feed to meat is as high as 2:1.

Pigeons belong to the bird family, taxonomically belonging to the class Ornithischia, the order Pigeonformes, the dove family, and the genus Pigeon. Meat pigeons are breeds that have been bred over a long period of time. The ideal meat pigeon should be large, fast-growing, good meat production, high feed returns, strong fecundity, and a robust physique that is easy to raise.

At present, it is more common to breed the king pigeon.

The king pigeon is also known as the big king pigeon, the American landing king pigeon. Native to the United States, it is a successful multi-production meat pigeon breed using four varieties of Luan te pigeon, Monten pigeon, carrier pigeon and Matisse pigeon. The whole body is compact, the body is short and lumpy, the body is erect, the head is medium and slightly rounded, the tail is horizontal, the chest is deep and long, and the average standard weight of the old pigeon is 806-930 grams.

The feathers are white, blue, red, and yellow, and most of them are white. A pair of breeders lay 18-20 eggs a year, making them a popular breed.

First keep it in captivity for one to two months (just cut off some of the feathers so that it can't fly away) and then enlarge the space for him, attract it with food, make it feel that the environment is quiet, can not be disturbed often, and people should not contact too much. You can let go slowly, and it will be much easier to grasp its food amount and rules in the future.

1.Farm construction. Pigeons are actually timid creatures that are easily frightened, so farms are generally selected in quiet but convenient transportation and water conservancy places.

Pigeon breeding is generally a three-dimensional breeding method. Cage keeping is the main way, but there is a certain amount of room for movement. At the same time, simple greenhouse farming can also be used, so that the cost of building a farm will be greatly reduced.

The farm needs to be fenced off because the pigeons can fly. If they are not fenced off, they will fly away. 2.

Selective breeding. The selection of breeding pigeons is the most basic condition for breeding pigeons. We need to choose pigeons that are highly immune, resistant and fertile.

Breeders must be able to breed at least six pairs of pigeons per year. At the same time, the breeders can be cross-breeded, and the weight of the breeders should not be too heavy. In the breeding process, it is necessary to keep a good record, and then select the best breeders for core breeding, and the rest can be appropriately eliminated.

3.Feeding technologyBreeding technology is the key to the success of pigeon breeding. If there is a lack of knowledge and technology in the breeding process, then the economic benefits that can be obtained are not high.

Breeding is mainly divided into brooding period breeding, suckling pigeon breeding, breeding pigeon breeding and meat pigeon breeding. There are also differences in how they are raised. During the brooding period, we force the pigeons to eat and let them feed themselves.

The suckling pigeon needs to strengthen the immune system and maintain a balanced nutrition in order to grow normally. Pigeon breeding needs to be divided into pre-egg breeding and post-egg breeding, and it is necessary to pay more attention at this time. Raising pigeons is mainly for fattening**, so it is necessary to strengthen the feeding of concentrate feed, balanced and nutritious feeding, so that the pigeons can gain weight quickly.

4.Day-to-day management. The day-to-day management of pigeon breeding is mainly to pay attention to the hygiene and cleanliness of the farm and the pigeon cage.

Generally, it is cleaned once every two to three days and thoroughly disinfected every half a month. Secondly, measures should be taken to prevent the pigeons from escaping and causing unnecessary losses. Pigeon breeding methods and techniques 5

Disease prevention. Nowadays, there are more and more pigeons, and the incidence of pigeon diseases and pigeon diseases is getting higher and higher, so it is necessary to prepare for disease prevention in advance when breeding. The most common of these are Newcastle disease and pigeon pox.

To be vaccinated with a targeted vaccine, the dose is determined according to the age at which the pigeon grows. At the same time, when a disease is detected, it is necessary to isolate it in time** to avoid infecting other pigeons.

<>1, young pigeons: 3-4 days old, to ensure that the feed supply of the parent pigeon is sufficient, nutritious, 15 days old, strengthen the feeding management, and spread a cloth in the cage, 20 days after the age of the young pigeon in time to leave the pigeon. 2. Young pigeons:

Young pigeons under 2 months of age need to strengthen feeding management, young pigeons after 2 months of age, increase the amount of protein feed, and at the same time can add 5% hemp seeds to the feed, and add andrographis or gentian grass to the health sand.

First, the young pigeon

1. If the young pigeon can not eat pigeon milk within 5-6 hours after the hatch, it is necessary to feed the young pigeon with artificial pigeon milk or artificial auxiliary parent pigeon to feed the pigeon.

At the age of 4 days, the young pigeons eat more and more digestively, so it is necessary to ensure that the feed supply of the bro-birds is sufficient and nutritious. And due to the increase in the amount of food eaten, the amount of manure excreted by the pigeons also increases, and it needs to be cleaned in time.

At the age of the day, the parent pigeon fed feed from the pigeon milk into semi-granular feed, if the young pigeon can not adapt, indigestion and other phenomena, should be fed in time to feed yeast flakes to help the young pigeon digest.

At the age of day, a cloth is laid in the cage to prevent injuries to the youngsters, and at the same time, the feeding management is strengthened, and the pulp mixture can be fed.

After the age of the day, strengthen the management, increase the high protein feed**, and let the young pigeons leave the parent pigeons in time.

Second, young pigeons

1. For young pigeons under 2 months of age, it is difficult to feed due to the time when they begin to live independently, so they should strengthen feeding management, pay attention to heat preservation and ventilation, and ensure the supply of feed and health sand.

After the age of the month, the young pigeons begin to moult, at this time the amount of protein feed should be increased, at the same time can be added to the feed 5% hemp seeds, health sand to add andrographis or gentian grass and other traditional Chinese medicine, drinking water to add a small amount of antibiotics.

3. Pay attention to the sanitation and cleaning of the cage and disinfect the cage in time.

At the age of 4 months, the secondary sexual characteristics of the pigeons begin to appear, and the hens and cocks are kept separately.

5. Feed formula for young pigeons: peas 10%, corn 40%, brown rice 20%, wheat 10%.

6. The daily feeding amount is one tenth of the body weight, and at the same time, 30-60ml of drinking water and 3-4g of health care sand (the amount of one) are provided every day.

3. Breeders

At the beginning of the month of age, pairing is carried out gradually. This is done by keeping the pigeons in a nest box for 3-4 days, with water and feed.

2. About 8-10 days after pairing, the pigeon begins to lay eggs, at this time the nest should be prepared, and the burlap sheet should be placed in it to protect the eggs.

3. During the incubation period, check the eggs regularly, and remove the unfertilized pigeon eggs and dead embryo eggs in time.

4. During the feeding period, improve the nutritional level, protein feed accounts for 30-40%, and energy feed accounts for 60-70%.

5. Brood pigeon feed formula: 50% rice, 20% corn, 10% wheat, 20% mung bean, and a small amount of hemp seeds.

6. The daily feeding amount should be one-tenth of the body weight, and at the same time, 30-60ml of drinking water and 10-15g of health care sand (a pair of amounts) should be provided every day.

Choosing a place to build a loft: Before raising pigeons, you need to build a loft in a sheltered place. Reasonable feeding:

The feed for the youngsters should be comprehensive, while the feed for the moulting period requires the addition of rapeseed oil and legumes. Regular cleaning: The pigeon baskets are cleaned once a day and the pigeons are bathed twice a week in summer and autumn.

1. Choose a place to build a house

Before raising pigeons, it is necessary to build a pigeon loft in a sheltered and sunny place, high terrain, ventilation, and the area of the pigeon loft should be eight to ten square meters, at least twenty to forty pairs of pigeons can be raised, and in order to facilitate the later management of the pigeon flock, it is necessary to use three or four layers of overlapping cages.

2. Reasonable feeding

In the process of breeding pigeons, it is necessary to provide different feeds according to its growth stage, such as the feed of the young pigeon period to pay attention to comprehensiveness, in the moulting period of the pigeon, you can add rapeseed oil and legumes to the feed, more than half a year of pigeons, you need to add a variety of proteins, vitamins and other nutrients to it.

3. Clean regularly

Pigeons are very clean-loving birds, so when breeding pigeons, they need to be cleaned once a day, and they are bathed twice a week in summer and autumn to avoid diseases, and in winter, they can be bathed with warm water once a week.