The basic conditions of pigeon breeding, pigeon breeding methods

The food is mainly plant-based, including the fruits and seeds of various plants, such as corn, peanuts, kidney beans, peas, sorghum, melons, dandelions, etc.

The nest is a flat nest made of hay and twigs.

Pigeon lofts, pigeon coops, corn, sorghum, hemp seed barley and other grains, health sand.

1. Breeding location

When breeding pigeons, you need to choose to place the pigeon loft in a sheltered and sunny place, high terrain and ventilation, and the area of the pigeon loft should be 8-10 square meters, which can raise 20-40 pairs of pigeons, and it is best to use three or four layers of overlapping cages for breeding, which is conducive to management.

2. Feeding time

When raising pigeons, they need to be fed twice a day, preferably at 7 am and 4 pm every day, and the morning feed is one-third of the diet, and the afternoon feed is two-thirds of the diet, and each adult pigeon has about 50 grams of feed a day.

3. Feed food

The feed of the pigeon is mainly based on miscellaneous grains, when breeding pigeons, it is necessary to provide mung beans, sesame, peanuts, sorghum, wheat, rice, buckwheat and other feed, and it is best to choose two kinds of miscellaneous grains for mixed feeding when feeding, to ensure balanced nutrition, and the grains occupy two-thirds, and beans account for about one-third.

4. Clean your body

Pigeons are very clean birds, when breeding pigeons, you need to clean the loft once a day, you can change the flap at the bottom of the cage, and in summer and autumn you need to let the pigeons bathe twice a week to avoid diseases, and in winter you need to bathe the pigeons once a week, you can use warm water.

Pigeons are suitable for breeding in a dry and ventilated, sunny and tidy bird cage, you can choose a three-dimensional structure of the pigeon loft, feed it daily wheat, corn and other plant food, feed twice a day, a total of no more than 50 grams, so as not to overburden the pigeon digestion, the pigeon that has not completed the training can not be released, easy to lose.

1. Choose a loft

Pigeons are suitable for breeding in a dry, ventilated, sunny and tidy bird cage, you can choose a three-dimensional structure of the pigeon loft, which can increase the space, ensure the flight activities of the pigeon, is conducive to the growth of the pigeon. However, the loft should also be well fenced to prevent the pigeons from escaping.

2. Feed selection

Breeding pigeons, you can feed it wheat, corn and other plant food every day, twice a day, a total of no more than 50 grams, so as not to overburden the pigeon's digestion. In addition to feeding, the loft should be cleaned and disinfected regularly to remove contaminants such as feces from the pigeons, so as not to breed bacteria and affect the health of the pigeons.

3. Daily maintenance

Pigeon is a very clean bird, summer and autumn two seasons to bathe twice a week, can be set up in the shallow basin for bathing near the shed when the sun is sufficient, the pigeon will go to the bath by itself, but the pigeon in the bath to change the water in the basin in time, so as not to affect the use of the next pigeon, in addition, can be regularly fixed to feed the pigeon, so that the pigeon forms the habit of flying, but the pigeon that has not completed the training can not be released, easy to lose.

The pigeon breeding method is as follows:

1. Site selection: It is best to choose a quieter, convenient transportation, better ventilation and sunny place for farms, and large-scale production is mainly used in cage breeding.

2. Daily management: the pigeon's food is mainly miscellaneous grains, and the feeding should adhere to the principle of regular and quantitative feeding and less frequent feeding; Change fresh and clean drinking water every day; Pigeons are clean birds and should be bathed frequently; It is also necessary to do a good job of hygiene and disinfection of the pigeon loft.

3. Disease prevention and control: do a good job in the prevention of pigeon diseases in advance.

4. Breeding skills: targeted breeding in different growth periods of pigeons.

Precautions for keeping carrier pigeons.

The biggest cost of raising carrier pigeons should be said to be the introduction of breeds (the purchase of excellent breeds), now the pigeon breeds are mainly in Western Europe Belgium, the Netherlands breeds, in the past ten years, Western European pigeon breeds in China has been popularized. At that time, the number of descendants of the Oriental pigeon was also very large, which was mainly due to the prevalence of ultra-long-distance racing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the early days of liberation, and the race distance was 1500-2000 kilometers or even 3000 kilometers. Pigeon breeders use the competition system to select the pigeons and breed them from generation to generation.

The Toyo pigeon has adapted to this ultra-long distance format and can fly very far, but slowly. For example, a pigeon was raised in Shanghai, and they were pulled to Xinjiang to be released in a unified manner. In this case, it takes ten days, half a month or even a month for the pigeons to fly back.

The pigeon suffers a lot on the road and there are many dangers. So the pigeon arrival rate is very low, and a pigeon rate of 5% is very high.

Pigeon breeding technology:

1. Farm construction.

Choose a quiet, well-ventilated, dry and sunny place to build a pigeon loft, and the loft should have a certain space for exercise, and it should be surrounded by a certain amount of exercise. The loft should be equipped with wooden sticks for the pigeons to stand on, and the equipment for drinking and feeding should be complete.

2. Choose a breeder.

Choose pigeons with strong immunity, strong resistance and strong fertility as breeding pigeons, and breeders must be able to breed at least 6 pairs of pigeons per year. In the process of breeding, pay attention to making records, and then carry out screening work, and if it is not suitable, it should be eliminated in time.

3. Daily feeding.

The pigeon's food is mainly grains, and it is often fed wheat, buckwheat, sorghum, corn, peas, mung beans, hemp seeds, etc. Different growth stages, seasons to take the corresponding feeding, winter temperature is low, the pigeon consumes more calories, to increase the amount of energy feed in the feed, the content of crude protein, in terms of feeding to increase than other seasons.

4. Drinking water.

The water quality of the loft can easily lead to the overflow of chlamydia and trichomoniasis, so it is generally recommended to change the water every day. Drinking fountains and feed utensils should also be kept clean and disinfected frequently.

5. Hygienic and clean.

The pigeon loft should be cleaned in a timely manner, and it can be done every two days by placing cardboard on the ground and laying sawdust, or by sprinkling soot and tobacco. Pigeons are very clean, we should pay great attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of the pigeons, at least twice a week in summer and autumn, and once a day in winter.

6. Disease prevention.

Check more to see how the pigeons are doing, so that the pigeons can bask in the sun and sunbathe. Carefully observe the mental state of the flock, the feeding and drinking conditions, the breathing situation, the normal feces and so on. Once an abnormality is found, the sick pigeon should be isolated in time and corresponding measures should be taken.