The reason why pigeons stop laying eggs

Pigeon farming in China has a long history, in ancient times, homing pigeons were mainly used to convey information, but now information is developed, homing pigeons are not needed, but more and more people breed pigeons. This is because the cultivation of meat pigeons, meat pigeons taste delicious, nutritious, deeply loved by people, but many farmers found that pigeons stop laying eggs, pigeon eggs are mainly used to hatch squab, its eggs are very important for the farm. So why do pigeons stop laying eggs? Let's take a look at the pro-farm network.

1. Pigeons are older.

After the pigeon reaches the age of 7 years old, its body begins to age, especially its reproductive function and decline or disappear, so it causes the reason to stop laying eggs or lay less eggs, but this situation does not occur in general breeding grounds. Farmers generally have to eliminate replacement breeding pigeons when the pigeon age is about 5 years old, so as to maintain the young vitality of breeding pigeons.

2. Moulting period

Pigeons usually have a moulting period every year, and pigeons consume a lot of energy and nutrition during molting, so pigeons usually stop laying eggs to ensure successful molting. However, the molting duration of high-yield pigeons is short and that of low-yield pigeons is long, so we should pay attention to the supply of nutrition and speed up its molting.

3. Disease

Many diseases will cause pigeons to stop production, such as Newcastle disease, pigeon pox, candidiasis, respiratory diseases and reproductive tract inflammation, and so on. The mortality rate of these diseases is low, but they will affect the health of pigeons and lead to the suspension of production. Therefore, when raising pigeons, we should pay attention to the environmental hygiene of pigeons and strengthen disease prevention and control.

4. Nutritional problems

Both overnutrition and malnutrition will lead to the suspension of pigeon production, and when there is excess nutrition, it is necessary to limit feeding, reduce the amount of feed fed, and reduce or stop the supply of nutrients such as bone meal and cod liver oil; while in the case of malnutrition, it is necessary to strengthen feeding and increase the amount of feed. increase the proportion of high-quality feed, ensure the supply of protein and vitamins, and increase the number of feeding times.

5. Improper use of drugs

Vaccination and improper use of drugs will lead to the suspension of pigeon production, which can lead to the suspension of production during the growing period of pigeons, so vaccination is best before the use of drugs to prevent diseases or catalyze growth, pay attention to the characteristics of drugs, such as chloramphenicol and sulfonamides, which should be prohibited to pigeons, regardless of whether they are good for pigeon growth or not.

The above are the reasons why pigeons stop laying eggs brought by the pro-agricultural network. This is the reason why pigeons stop production. If you want to know more, please pay attention to the pro-agricultural network.