Varieties of High quality Meat Pigeon and its Common Feed Formula

Pigeons in addition to ornamental and edible, there is a famous dish called Stewed Pigeon with Gastrodia Tuber, of course, there are some places like to eat roast squab, so there are still many meat pigeon breeding friends, so what kinds of meat pigeons are there? The following is a brief introduction to several.

1. Stone pigeon

Produced in Shiqi area, Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province, China, it is a large breed of local pigeon crossbred with Wang pigeon, Han pigeon and Kanu pigeon. The maximum weight of male pigeons can reach 900 grams, female pigeons can reach 750 grams, body length, wing length, tail length. The coat color is gray second line and fine raindrops. There are 8 pairs of eggs laid per year. Gentle in nature, resistant to rough feeding, tender meat, easy to raise.

two。 King pigeon

Originated in the United States, it is a famous and excellent variety. I weigh about 1000 grams. The body is short, the chest is round, the tail is short and warped, and the feathers are compact. Feather colors are red and yellow, pure white, pure blue, pure black, gray second thread and so on. The meat is mainly pure white pigeons, and other feather colors are mainly used as ornamental. It can lay up to 7 pairs of eggs a year. Suckling pigeons are very popular in the pigeon industry because of their hypertrophy.

3. Mondan, France

Also known as French ground pigeons, native to France, large, not good at flying, like to walk on the ground. The body is square, the chest is deep and wide, and most of them are white feathers.

4. Helm pigeon

It is a large variety, including a variety of strains such as Dahe, which was bred in the United States in 1920, weighing about 1000 grams. The pigeon period of Big Hom grows fast, and the food intake of squab and parent pigeons is almost twice as large as that of Shiqi pigeons. Another strain, purebred Ham, which was imported from Britain to the United States in 1918, now spreads to Europe. It lays 8 pairs of eggs a year, and its feathers are blue stripe, pure gray, pure brown, pure black and so on. The kanu pigeon originated in France. Thick neck, broad chest, wide distance between two eyes, tail feathers often touch the ground, standing upright; weight 600-800 grams; feathers yellow, red, white, black and so on. Strong fecundity, laying more than 10 pairs of eggs a year. Love the group, so tame and easy to manage.

5. Feed

Meat pigeon commonly used feed, mainly rice, corn, wheat, sorghum, barley, oats, millet, peas, mung beans, broad beans, soybeans and so on.

Feed matching:

① breeder pigeon diet formula, general energy feed (3-4 kinds) 70% Mel 80%, protein feed (1-2 kinds) 20% Mel 30%. For example, 50% of rice, 20% of corn, 10% of wheat, 20% of mung beans or adzuki beans.

② diet formula for young pigeons, energy feed (3-4 kinds) 75% Mel 80%, protein feed (1 Mel 2 kinds) 20% Mel 25%.

③ non-breeding pigeon diet formula, energy feed (3-4) 85% Mel 90%, protein feed (1) 10% mai 15%. Health sand formula: yellow mud 30%, fine sand 25%, clam shell powder 15%, old gypsum 5%, charcoal powder 5%, bone powder 10%, salt 5%, hydrated lime 5%.

In summary, the meat pigeon breed and feed formula are for your reference only. Have you ever eaten squab? Which breed do your squab breeders usually choose? Friends who want to learn meat pigeon breeding skills can pay attention to Huinong School!

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