How do you raise pigeons? Can you directly buy varieties from the vegetable market to raise?

Domestic pigeon is a kind of pigeon domesticated from the original pigeon species, China's folk breeding for domestic pigeons has a long history, even in today's communication so developed, many people are more keen to raise their own pigeons to eat, or experience "flying pigeon letter" different life, then how to raise domestic pigeons? Can you buy pigeon breeds from the vegetable market directly?

1. Can pigeon breeds in the vegetable market be raised as domestic pigeons?

For many laymen, in addition to the vegetable market, usually it is rare to see pigeons, so many people on a whim, buy several pigeons, ready to raise at home, cultivate "pigeons", so really feasible?

Pigeons in the vegetable market are mostly meat pigeons, relatively not so alert, and not very good at flying, so it is still possible to raise pigeons as ornamental properties, but it is not suitable as carrier pigeons, and it is not raised from childhood to adulthood. Perhaps it will not come back once it is released.

However, pigeons can be paired, hatched and trained slowly.

Second, how to raise pigeons?

1. Prepare the breeding cage

Pigeons raised at home are generally caged, so you need to choose the size of the cage according to the number you want to raise. In addition, pigeons have the ability to fly, so it is best to choose a larger cage.

The breeding environment should be ventilated and dry, leeward and sunny, so as to give pigeons a comfortable growth environment.

2. Choose the right breeding pigeons

In fact, want to raise pigeons both robust and alert, it is best not to buy pigeons to raise the vegetable market, but to go to the special pigeon market to select good immunity, good reproductive ability, and more alert breeding pigeons to raise. If you want to raise them as carrier pigeons, choose a special carrier pigeon breed.

3. Daily feeding

Pigeon feeding is relatively simple, rice, peas, corn, wheat, sorghum, mung bean, hemp seeds and so on are very suitable for feeding pigeons feed, in addition to some cod liver oil, bone meal, shell powder and so on can be added to the feed to promote pigeon growth and development.

Daily management and training

At ordinary times, more pigeons should be basked in the sun, and pigeons should be bathed every other half month (with spray water).

In addition, if it is not used for eating, but as a carrier pigeon or racing pigeon, it is necessary to arrange pigeon training regularly every day. The training content is mainly to train the family to fly, pay attention to timing, fixed-point and timely record.

Finally, the prevention of pigeon diseases should be done well. The breeding sites should be disinfected every week, and contact between pigeons and other poultry should be avoided. The infected pigeons should be isolated and treated.