What do pigeons eat?

Pigeons mainly feed on miscellaneous grains, such as wheat, buckwheat, sorghum, corn, peas, mung beans, pockmarked seeds and peanuts. At least two kinds of feed should be mixed when feeding, such as wheat, corn, sorghum ***3, pea 1, and wheat, corn, sorghum ***3, pea 1 and pockmarked 1 during training.

In addition to miscellaneous grains, it can also supply green feed and mineral feed such as vegetables, Chinese cabbage and wheat seedlings. Mineral feed can be bought from carrier pigeon associations all over the country. It can also be matched by itself, which generally meets the needs of homing pigeons. The mineral feed is made of, for example, 3 parts of yellow mud and yellow sand, 2 parts of hydrated lime, 65,438+0 parts of salt, 0.5 part of shell powder or eggshell powder and 0.5 part of charcoal. After crushing, they are mixed with water, kneaded into balls and dried. When feeding, break the ball and put it in the pigeon house.

Feed twice a day, once at about 7: 00 in the morning and at about 4: 30 in the afternoon 1 time. The feeding amount in the morning accounts for 1/3 of the food intake, and the feeding amount in the afternoon accounts for 2/3 of the food intake. The daily feeding amount of each adult pigeon is about 50 grams, which can be increased appropriately during training. Pigeons can be called back to their homes and fed after being grounded, so that they can form a conditioned reflex to return to their homes for dinner, which is conducive to homing.

Pigeons should be fed more corn and peas, first water, then water. You can feed glucose water first, then light salt water. In summer and during the incubation period of young pigeons, appropriate amount of salt can be added to drinking water.

Pay attention to the disease defense of pigeons;

A bug.

That is to say, pigeon feather lice are small insects parasitic on pigeon feathers, which are harmless to pigeons when they are slightly infected, but will affect their flying ability and hatching rate when they are serious, and there will be symptoms such as immature feathers, easy shedding and uneven feathers of newborn pigeons.

Do a good job in cleaning the pigeon house and change the grass nest frequently. Pigeon lice can be treated by killing pyrethroids and making potions, so that pigeons can take a medicinal bath.

Two diseases

1. Pigeon enteritis: It is usually caused by parasites, molds, bacteria and enteroviruses. The white, green and brown feces pulled by sick pigeons are as thin as water, often with blood. The pigeon is weak and thirsty.

Prevention and treatment methods: take 3 ~ 5 ml of peanut oil or soybean oil orally, clear the intestines and feed digestible food.

Drink water with neomycin or ciprofloxacin.

Oral sulfadiazine half tablet (0.25g) twice a day for 2 ~ 3 days.

Water decoction of honeysuckle with appropriate amount of brown sugar, 5ml twice a day.

For the pigeon with bloody stool, take 65438 0 grams of Agrimonia pilosa decoction orally each time.

2. Pigeon hepatomegaly: commonly known as pigeon emaciation, its main causes are drinking water pollution and feed spoilage. Sick pigeons are characterized by loss of appetite, listlessness, loose stools and rapid weight loss. When the condition is serious, the abdominal liver is obviously swollen and short of breath.

Prevention and control methods: ① Pay attention to the cleanliness of drinking water and the freshness of feed, especially in summer, and it is best to feed the fresh mixed feed now.

② For sick meat pigeons, ciprofloxacin or enrofloxacin was applied and multi-dimensional drinking water was given for 3-5 days.

③ Take Niuhuang Xiaoyan Tablet 1 ~ 2 tablets orally, twice a day for 2 ~ 3 days.

References:

Pigeon _ Baidu Encyclopedia