How to feed pigeons

Introduction: Pigeon is a kind of birds, which has always been a delicious product and a trump card in nourishing. Injured and discharged from hospital, pregnant women give birth to children, and their families will make up for it with various stews. Meat pigeons have always been a good project for farmers to start businesses and get rich. There are also ornamental pigeons, such as carrier pigeons. Nowadays, more and more people like to cultivate, especially the old people like to cultivate their personality and watch them roam the sky. Pigeons are not very common, so many people still don't know how to raise them. So how do you raise pigeons? Let's share with you the practical methods of pigeon breeding by breeding Bian Xiao with snake nets! I hope it will help you:

Pigeon breeding still needs some experience. First of all, we know that pigeons eat miscellaneous grains, which is relatively easy to solve. All kinds of seed crops planted in rural areas are their good feed. Such as corn, rice, wheat and miscellaneous beans in sorghum, peas, mung beans, broad beans and beans. Pigeon feed should be as diverse as possible to meet the needs of pigeons for various nutrients during their growing period. However, we should also pay attention to the collocation of feed. In the diet, cereals can account for 2/3, and beans account for about 1/3. There are many compound feeds on the market now, which are convenient and can be configured by yourself, but we should pay attention to the coldness in protein. In the process of feeding young pigeons, breeding pigeons can account for about 65,438+08%, young pigeons can account for about 65,438+05%, and sand, yellow mud, salt, minerals and vitamins are mixed properly. At present, meat pigeons are generally fed with mixed feed, which has the advantages of fast growth, large size and high economic benefits.

Conditional farmers can also feed meat pigeons with green vegetables, which will have better nutrition and reduce feed costs. Besides, pigeons also need water. Like raising chickens, they need water, and there are many more. Each pigeon needs to drink about 30 ~ 60 ml of water every day. Artificial incubation and feeding young pigeons with synthetic pigeon milk can improve the reproductive rate of breeding pigeons. Pigeons can be fed twice a day, usually at around 7: 00 a.m. and around 4: 30 p.m. 1 time, with the feed in the morning accounting for 1/3 of their diet and the feed in the afternoon accounting for 2/3 of their diet. 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. Of course, if it's a pigeon, you should keep feeding it and eat it if you want, so that it can grow fast, which is different from raising homing pigeons.

Pigeons are usually kept in cages. Pigeonhouses need good light to prevent enemies, especially cats and snakes, from attacking pigeons. The building area is 8 ~ 10 square meter, and 20 ~ 40 pairs can be raised. Breeding pigeons is also different from feeding meat pigeons. Breeding pigeons can be kept indoors, and breeding pigeons should be equipped with two nest boxes, which can be used alternately during laying eggs and brooding. 10 ~ 20m2 can feed 50 ~ 100 pairs of squabs aged 0 ~ 5 months. The main equipment in the house is a separate square habitat box, so that you can live in your own home and prevent each other from fighting. Nowadays, commercial pigeons are raised in three or four stacked cages, one to one, which is convenient for management and can improve the reproductive rate and weight gain speed of pigeons.

Pigeonhouses can be arranged by five layers of pigeon cages, each layer is about 25m long, 5m wide and 2.8m high. Each pigeon coop is almost a 55cm cube, about 45cm above the ground, depending on the situation. The bottom is covered with barbed wire, and a pair of pigeons can be kept in each cage. The playground in front of dovecote should be fenced with wire. Pigeons are highly competitive birds. If all pigeons are locked together, there will be territorial disputes between pigeons, which will reduce the survival rate of pigeons.

Pigeons are particularly clean animals. We see healthy pigeons with bright feathers and full of energy. Pigeons also have their own cleaning methods, that is, bathing! Many people have never heard of pigeon bathing. Pigeons should bathe at least twice a week in summer and autumn and once a week in winter to keep their feathers clean.

Pigeon meat is delicious and has high nutritional value, and is rich in a large number of amino acids needed by human body. The protein content of pigeon meat is quite high, reaching 24.47%, which is higher than that of beef, mutton and chicken. Pigeon meat is not only rich in amino acids, but also easy to absorb, the absorption rate is above 5%, while the fat content of pigeon meat is relatively low, which is rich in the requirements of modern people's healthy diet. Pigeon meat is not only loved by people, but also a good tonic. Pigeon eggs, known as "animal ginseng", is rich in protein. Rich minerals can improve human immunity and are treasures in nourishing.