Key measures for breeding young pigeons

Young pigeons are pigeons that leave the nest and live independently until they are sexually mature and paired. In order to obtain the ideal reserve breeding pigeon, raising young pigeons must take care of the following "six hurdles".

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1. Change the group. After about a month of independent life, the child pigeon can adapt to the external environment, the activity and feeding ability is enhanced, and the main wing feathers begin to be changed. this stage is the turning point of the young pigeon and should be transferred to the youth pigeon house. Young pigeon shed, each group of about 250, activity space of about 30 square meters, breeding density of about 8 pigeons per square meter. Should turn around at night, turn around during the day, pigeons are easy to fight. Before turning to the group, the pigeon shed should be cleaned and disinfected.

2. Limit the amount of feeding. Young pigeons grow fast and have a strong metabolism. If they feed freely, they will be overfed and overfed, which will affect the reproductive performance of meat pigeons. Some pigeons will even be unable to lay eggs because of fat infiltration into their ovaries. The feed intake of pigeons will decrease within 3-5 days after entering the young pigeon shed. After returning to normal feeding, the feeding amount should be reduced. Starting from the age of 60 days, the daily feeding amount of each meat pigeon is 35-40 grams, fed three times a day, and then every 5 days. The feed amount decreased by 5%, and finally stabilized at about 30 grams, until the pigeons began to lay eggs and resumed 35-40 grams of feed. There is no need to worry about lean meat pigeons in restricted feeding. Lean meat pigeons have better egg production performance in the later stage.

3. To ensure the level of protein. Young pigeons aged 55-60 days began to change the first main wing feather, about every 10 days, replace one, to the age of 6 months, basically changed, and into the body mature. With the replacement of the main wing feathers of young pigeons and the development of various organs, in addition to limiting the amount of feed, but also appropriately reduce the proportion of energy in the diet, increase protein, the proportion of protein feed should reach more than 25%. Each pigeon daily 6-8 grams of health sand regular supply, and appropriately increase the content of calcium and phosphorus.

4. Male and female are raised separately. Young pigeons are 3 months old, their mobility and adaptability are enhanced, and many pigeons are in estrus one after another. Male pigeon neck airbag expansion, neck feather back feather erect, tail feather loose fan-shaped, head up and down frequently, chasing female pigeon, iconic maturity. At this time, such as female and male pigeons in the same group, now early mating phenomenon, and then preterm birth. Early mating and preterm delivery are disadvantageous to meat breeding pigeons. In order to avoid early mating, female and male pigeons should be raised in groups and continued until paired.

5. Increase exercise. Young pigeons are lively and active, and can be raised on the ground or online to increase the amount of exercise. Set up grips on the ground and on the Internet, fly up and down, strengthen exercise, strengthen physique, and prevent overweight.

6. seed selection for the third time. At the age of about 6 months, the pigeons should be prepared before entering the cage and be vaccinated against Newcastle disease for the second time. In the process of artificial matching, according to the growth and development and appearance characteristics of young pigeons, another selection should be carried out, and the meat pigeons that do not meet the requirements, fat, disease and limb deformities should be eliminated and listed. The meat pigeons that meet the standard are paired and raised in cages.