Breeding techniques of Meat Pigeon

1. Breeding techniques of young pigeons:

Pigeons from hatching to 28-day-old are generally called young pigeons (from birth to 10-day-old and 10-20-day-old pigeons in some areas).

Two hours after the squab came out of its shell, the parent pigeon began to blow air and lactation to the squab with its beak, and then two hours later the parent pigeon began to breast-feed. At this time, the young pigeon was small and weak and easy to die, so the management must be strengthened. First of all, observe carefully and pay attention to avoid being injured or frozen to death by breeding pigeons. If the newborn chicks still can't get pigeon milk after 5-6 hours, find out the reason in time (if necessary, feed the young pigeons with artificial pigeon milk). It is found that when the parent pigeon is not breast-feeding, the breeding pigeon can be found in the same period, and some of the parent pigeon can be avoided to feed single pigeon and improve the production capacity.

After 3-4 days of age, the eyes of the squab slowly opened, the body gradually became stronger, the feathers on the body began to grow, the food intake gradually increased, and the digestion increased. At this time, the parent pigeon should be frequently fed to the young pigeon, sometimes as many as ten times a day, so the feed for the parent pigeon should be adequate and nutritious to meet the needs. At this time, the amount of faeces of young pigeons increases, and it is easy to pollute the nests. Cushion cloth and bedding grass should be changed in time every day to avoid disease.

When young pigeons are 10 days old, they grow a lot of new feathers and can walk around on their own. The holding time of parent pigeons to young pigeons was shortened, and the food fed by parent pigeons changed from pigeon milk to semi-granular fodder. A small number of young pigeons could not adapt completely, and indigestion and crop inflammation often occurred. When this happens, you should feed some yeast tablets or stomach-tonifying drugs in time to help digestion.

When the squab is 15 days old, the whole body feathers are basically full-length and move freely. It can grab out the nest and spread a piece of cloth of 20cm × 20cm in the cage, so that it can slowly adapt so as not to sprain its feet. At this time, the feed given to the parent pigeons is granular, which is the same as the feed eaten, and most of the parent pigeons begin to lay eggs again and inadvertently feed the young pigeons, so they should be artificially fed during this period.

After 20 days of age, the young pigeon has plump feathers and can move around in the cage, but it still depends on the parent pigeon, but can take the initiative to beg for food from the parent pigeon, and the parent pigeon will force it to feed independently. At this time, management should be strengthened and the supply of high-protein feed should be increased to meet the needs of young pigeons. When the squab grows to the age of 25 to 28 days, it can weigh 500 grams and 750 grams, which can be sold (the squab is called squab at this time).

2. Breeding techniques of young pigeons:

From leaving the nest at the age of 28 days to turning to the group, it is best to achieve "three unchanged" where there are conditions: in-situ feeding, feeding by the original breeders, and no change in the original feed, which can promote the normal growth and development of pigeons. At the age of 2 months, it is very difficult to feed young pigeons from parent pigeon to independent life, so it is necessary to strengthen feeding management, pay attention to heat preservation and ventilation, strengthen the nutrition supply of health care sand and feed, and increase the ability of disease resistance of the machine to make its normal growth and development. At this time, it is necessary to achieve "three look and three check": "three look" is to look at the movement, appetite, and feces: "three checks" is to check whether there is any feed, whether it is too crowded, and whether it is bitten or injured. Those who can not eat feed can be fed alone, those who have been bitten and injured can be nursed in time, the aggressive can be raised separately, and the crowds can be raised in groups. The young pigeons began to molt at the age of 2 months, and the protein feed should be increased appropriately to promote the renewal of feathers. Add 5% hemp kernel to the feed, add traditional Chinese medicine such as andrographis paniculata or gentian to the health care sand, and systematically add a small amount of antibiotics to drinking water to prevent the occurrence of respiratory diseases and paratyphoid fever. During this period, special attention should be paid to the hygiene of cages and catering utensils, and should be washed and disinfected on time. At the age of 3 to 4 months, the secondary sexual characteristics begin to appear and the activity ability is getting stronger and stronger. At this time, the superior and inferior should be selected, the male and female should be raised separately, or the pigeons should be forced to be caged and paired, and the pigeons should be dewormed to ensure their normal growth and development.

Third, breeding pigeon feeding techniques: young pigeons gradually begin to pair at the age of 5 months, and are sexually mature at the age of 6 months. Most of the main wing feathers of pigeons have been replaced to the last one, which has basically been transferred to the breeding period.

The main results are as follows: (1) make preparations before laying eggs: start laying eggs 8-10 days after pairing. At this time, conditions should be raised in cages (or transferred to pigeon houses with egg nests), ready to lay eggs, covered with a layer of linen cloth, so as not to break the eggs. Check the cage for loopholes to prevent cats, dogs, snakes and rats from interfering with or being attacked by ventilation and rain leakage, causing undue losses.

(2) do a good job of management from laying to brooding: after laying eggs in ①, check for abnormal eggs and broken eggs in time, and take them out in time when found. For newborn pigeons, always observe whether the egg nests are fixed and whether the two eggs are concentrated at the central bottom of the egg nest. ② will observe whether the new spouse is harmonious and whether he or she often jumps around and pecks at each other, resulting in broken eggs. For large pigeons, special care should be taken to prevent crushing eggs, but also to prevent pigeons with malnutrition or bulimia from pecking at eggs. ③ should take care of the eggs on time, deal with the bad eggs in time, and take out the azoospermic eggs, dead sperm eggs and dead embryo eggs in time, so as to prevent the eggs from smelly and affect the health of normal developing eggs and pigeons. When it is found that unfertilized eggs and dead embryos should find out the causes and improve the management system.