Fledgling pigeons: feed formula is 40% corn, 20% wheat, 10% bran, 20% peas, 5% milk powder, 5% yeast. Child pigeons: feed 5% of the pigeon's body weight per day, feed formula is 30% legumes and 70% energy. Young pigeons: feeding 2-3 times a day with a feed formulation of 20% legumes and 80% energy feed. Mature pigeons: feed 2 times a day with a formula of 30% legumes and 70% energy feed.
A pigeon breeding technology and management
1, breeding site
The location of the pigeon loft should be kept quiet, with good ventilation, pigeon loft temperature control in 27-32 ℃ is more appropriate, humidity control in 55-60% is more appropriate.
2, feeding
(1) pigeon chicks: artificial feeding, the feed will be made into a paste with boiled water, and fed with an injection hose. The feed formula is 40% corn, 20% wheat, 10% bran, 20% peas, 5% milk powder, 5% yeast, and the appropriate amount of methionine, lysine, vitamins, salt, minerals and so on.
(2) child pigeons (1-2 months of age): the daily feeding amount of pigeons 5% of body weight, feed formula for legumes 30%, energy feed 70%. Feed 3-4 times a day, and the feeding time should be fixed, can not be changed arbitrarily, feed made of small particles, if the feed is hard, soaked in water to dry before feeding.
(3) young pigeons (3-4 months old): 2-3 times a day, the feed formula for legumes 20%, 80% energy feed.
(4) Mature pigeons (5-6 months old): feed 2 times a day with a feed formula of 30% legumes and 70% energy-based feed.
(5) Adult pigeons: feed about 35-40g of feed per day, one third of the diet in the morning and two thirds of the diet in the afternoon.
3. Management
(1) Pigeons are very clean animals, so you need to clean the loft every day in time, summer and fall seasons, at least two water baths per week, and one water bath per week in winter.
(2) When pigeons are adult, they need to drink 30-60ml of water per day.
(3) Health sand formula: 30% yellow mud, 25% fine sand, 15% shell powder, 10% bone meal, 5% old gypsum, 5% slaked lime, 5% charcoal powder, 5% salt.
Second, how to build a pigeon house
1, the walls of the use of bricks and wood to build, sit in the north to face the south, the sunny side of the doors and windows as much as possible to open a little bit bigger, in the windows need to install wire mesh or window screen.
2, pigeon loft cut into a single row of square, each block of 12-18m long, 5m wide, and then separated into 12-18 square meters of cubicles.
3. Inside the loft, the front window is low and the back wall has two ground windows at 40cm from the ground; the roof is 210cm high at the front and 150-180cm high at the back, and at the same time the roof is added under the roof.
4. In front of the loft, there is a 1m wide channel, and then in front of the channel, there is a drainage ditch with a width of 30cm and a depth of 5cm.
5. Build a sports ground in front of the loft (the area is about 1.5-2 times the size of the loft), and then build a 50-70cm high fence around the sports ground, surrounded by barbed wire on top of it, and at the same time you can plant some trees inside the sports ground, and pave fresh gravel on one third of the ground.
6. Build a perch in front of the loft for the pigeons to rest, and build a 3-4 layer nest (30cm high, 50cm long, 50cm wide) near the back side of the loft.
7. The pigeon loft is paved with sand and soil, and health care mortar, bath tub and water dispenser are placed in the sports ground.