Selection and collocation of pigeon feed

Pigeon feed to grains mainly, more commonly used wheat, buckwheat, sorghum, corn, peas, mung beans, pockmarks and so on. When feeding, at least two kinds of feed should be mixed, such as wheat, corn, sorghum, a total of 3 parts, pea 1 part, training to wheat, corn, sorghum, a total of 3 parts, pea 1 part, 1 part.

In addition to miscellaneous grains, but also can supply vegetables, cabbage, wheat seedlings and other green feed and mineral feed. The mineral feed is prepared from yellow mud, yellow sand, hydrated lime, salt, shell powder or eggshell powder and charcoal.

Feed twice a day, about 7:00 a.m. once, about 4:30 p.m. once, the amount of feeding in the morning accounted for 1/3 of the ration, the amount of feeding in the afternoon accounted for 2/3 of the ration, the amount of feed per adult pigeon per day is about 50 grams, training can be appropriately increased a little. Feed should be fed to pigeons after returning to the loft, so that it forms a conditioned reflex to return to the loft to feed, in order to facilitate homing.

Pigeon training competition period, should feed corn, peas, and need to feed water first, then feed feed, first feed glucose solution, then feed light salt water.

In summer and during brooding, appropriate salt can be added to their drinking water.

Pigeon love clean, must pay great attention to the loft cleaning work, summer, autumn at least twice a week to let pigeons water bath, winter water bath once a day.