The couple got rich by raising pigeons and made an annual profit of millions of yuan.

Sun Liguo and his wife from Zhujiazhai Village, Jiaodong subdistrict office in Jiaozhou discovered the business opportunity of raising pigeons by chance. With the expansion of the scale of breeding, more than 100,000 pigeons are sold to the island city market every year. As the supply of farmed pigeons falls short of demand, the annual profit reaches one million yuan. Now, after getting rich, Sun Liguo has a bigger idea. In addition to expanding the scale and increasing the number of egg pigeons, he will also carry out deep processing of pigeons. For villagers who like to raise pigeons, he is willing to teach pigeon farming techniques free of charge to drive more people to become rich.

The couple switched to raising pigeons

The reporter saw in the Guoxia pigeon farm in Zhujiazhai village that only white pigeons were eating feed leisurely in their cages. According to Sun Liguo, he used to work in many industries, driving semi-trailers, driving harvesters, running restaurants, and selling chili peppers before raising pigeons.

In early 2001, when he went to Weihai to buy chili peppers, he happened to see a large-scale pigeon raising enterprise, and the idea of raising pigeons sprouted at that time. At first, his parents felt that the risk was high and did not support his idea, but his wife supported him very much, so she bought back 600 pairs of "White Feather King" and "Tyson" seedlings with a try. Due to the lack of breeding experience, the farmed pigeons got sick a lot. Fortunately, they consulted experts in time. By the end of the year, the number of pigeons increased a lot, and he made a small profit, which doubled his confidence in raising pigeons.

100000 squab are caged in a year.

"there is a lot of knowledge about raising pigeons, but at first I didn't understand it. I figured it out step by step. Sun Liguo told reporters that when pigeons are fed raw food, as long as they are fed with wheat, corn, sorghum and peas in a certain proportion, they do not need to be processed, and they are mixed with minerals such as medium sand, shell meal, bone meal, fish meal and laterite to make breeding pigeons lay more healthy eggs and promote the rapid growth of squab pigeons. He also installed an automatic water dispenser and a fully automatic feeder, which not only saved manpower, but also reduced the waste of feed and reduced the feeding cost of pigeons. Now at least 10,000 pigeons are fenced every month. Because pigeons are not suitable for long-distance transportation, his farmed pigeons are mainly sold to the island city market and the surrounding Gaomi, Zhucheng and other places, and can produce at least 100,000 pigeons a year.

"this year's feed is cheaper than in previous years, the profit of pigeons has naturally increased a lot, the profit of each pigeon is about 7 yuan. Sun Liguo said that his breed of pigeon is the White Feather King of the United States. because of its high reproduction rate and good skin and meat color after slaughtering, it is very favored by customers, and there are many farmers who buy breeding pigeons from him every year. The price of each pair of breeding pigeons is about 120 yuan, and the annual profit is nearly 1 million yuan.

"next, I intend to expand the scale, carry out deep processing of pigeons and sell them to all parts of the country through the Internet. Speaking of future breeding plans, Sun Liguo said confidently that within three to five years, the pigeon farm should be developed into the largest pigeon breeding base and seedling base in Shandong Province. Now that he has set up a professional pigeon farming cooperative, he is willing to teach farming techniques free of charge, so that more people can embark on the road to prosperity.