What's the best way to feed pigeons?

Pigeons live on plant food. Corn, rice, wheat and sorghum in cereals, peas, mung beans, broad beans and miscellaneous beans in beans are all good feeds.

Pigeon feeding management:

Cereals can account for 2/3 and beans for 1/3. During the feeding period, the content of protein in feed can account for about 65,438+08% for breeding pigeons and 65,438+05% for young pigeons, and sand, salt, minerals and multivitamins are properly mixed. It is best to feed pigeons with fully mixed pellet feed. Meat pigeons are large in size and consume a lot of feed; Carrier pigeons and ornamental pigeons consume less substances than meat pigeons 1/3 or so. According to its weight110, the daily feed consumption can be roughly calculated. In addition, a 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.

The building of the pigeon house should be well lit and kept dry, and at the same time, attention should be paid to preventing the infringement of cats, snakes and rats. The pigeon house covers an area of 8 ~ 10 square meter and can support 20 ~ 40 pairs. Each pair of breeding pigeons needs two nesting boxes to be used alternately in laying eggs, hatching 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.