The staple diet of pigeons is to feed on the seeds of various crops. Examples include rice, millet, mung beans, black rice, soybeans and corn. Feeding time is usually 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and one feeding in the afternoon should be full. In addition, feed more greens, small stones and a small amount of salt. The food must be kept fresh and moldy food should not be used as feed.

The loft should be ventilated, dry and clean, and there should be a food bowl, a water dispenser and a water bath for easy feeding and cleaning. Usually pigeons at the age of six months can be paired for breeding. It is better to choose pigeons that are far away from each other. Before pairing, you should familiarize the paired females and males with each other for a period of time, so that they will not fight together, and then keep them together.

Expanded Information:

The main functions of pigeons:

Communication: pigeon communication has the advantages of accurate information transfer, strong mobility and flexibility, simple equipment, no terrain restrictions, no electromagnetic interference, etc., so it is still an auxiliary means of communication in the electronic communication era. communication era of an auxiliary means of communication, can make up for the lack of electronic communication.

Military reconnaissance: the U.S. rescue experts use carrier pigeons to help rescue personnel at sea to find the missing in distress.

Inspection of products: first pigeons in the cage on the conveyor belt next to it, so that it recognizes unqualified small electronic, small pill boxes, small bags of small medicines and other small products, and train it to articulate the unqualified products. After training, it can be made to act as an "inspector", next to the conveyor belt to test out the inferior products and waste products. Carrier pigeons can also be used to inspect oil, gas, gas leaks and other faults.

Earthquake prediction: a few days before a destructive earthquake, pigeons will have a nervous audio-visual reaction and startled flight reaction: neck upright, head straight, feathers up, as if they see something dangerous, and often suddenly startled to fly, and even late at night startled to fly out of the nest, refusing to enter the loft. One or two days before the earthquake, the pigeons flew to nowhere.