If you want to raise pigeons, calculate the benefit account first.

After nearly 20 years of steady development, the pigeon industry has gradually matured. At present, the market price is high, and the pigeon industry has attracted the attention of many investors. However, any aquaculture industry, no matter how mature it is, must constantly undergo the baptism of the market. Investors must fully calculate their economic accounts and develop the pigeon industry timely and appropriately according to their own economic strength and local conditions. Taking a pair of pigeons in cage as an example (caged, each cage has 3 layers, each floor can raise 4 pairs of pigeons, each cage can raise 12 pairs of pigeons), the economic benefit is calculated at the current market price for reference.

I. income in the first year based on current market prices

Total cost of a pair of pigeons: ⑴ needs to buy 50 yuan for cages, troughs, sinks and other tools. ⑵ buys 40 yuan for a pair of breeding pigeons. ⑶ a pair of young pigeons need feed 50g per day, feed price 1.34yuan / kg, breeding period 4.5months, total feed consumption 6.75kg (4.5months × 30 days × 50g, total cost 9 yuan (6.75kg × 1.34yuan). A breeding cycle of pigeons is 45 days. After the breeding pigeons are mature, they can reproduce 5 litters in the remaining 7.5 months. The breeding pigeons consume 100 grams per day during the breeding period, the feed price is 1.54 yuan / kg, and the rearing period is generally 25-28 days. If calculated according to the average 27-day rearing period, the total feed consumption of 5 litters of suckling pigeons is 13.5 kg (27 days × 100 grams × 5 nests), totaling 20.79 yuan (13.5 kg × 1.54 yuan). The other time consumes 4.5 kg [(7.5 months × 30 days-27 days × 5 nests) × 50 grams], totaling 6 yuan. Therefore, the feed cost in the first year is 35.79 yuan (9 yuan in the breeding period + 20.79 yuan in the brooding period and 6 yuan in other periods). The cost of ⑷ epidemic prevention is 2 yuan. The water and electricity charges of ⑸ are offset by the income from dung sales. Therefore, the total investment in the first year is 127.79 yuan (50 yuan for tools + 40 yuan for breeding pigeons + 35.79 yuan for feed and 2 yuan for epidemic prevention).

Gross income in the first year: at present, the price of squab for 25-28 days is 9 yuan per pigeon. According to this price, 10 pigeons are produced in 5 litters, and the gross income is 90 yuan.

Net profit in the first year: the breeding period of breeding pigeons is generally 4-5 years. According to the 4-year utilization period, the tool cost is calculated according to 10-year depreciation, and the net profit is about 32 yuan (90 yuan-40 yuan × 1 pound 50 yuan × 1 pound 50 yuan × 1 ram 1035.79 yuan-2 yuan).

After the second year, only feed, epidemic prevention and other costs need to be invested. Pigeons can lay 8 nests of eggs in one year after normal production, 2 in each litter, and 16 squab can be produced, with a gross income of 144 yuan. The annual feed requirement is 36.5 kg, equivalent to 56.2 yuan, and the cost of epidemic prevention is 2 yuan, with a total investment of 58.2 yuan per year, and a net profit of 72.8 yuan.

3. Some suggestions

Under normal circumstances, a person can keep 500 pairs of pigeons in cage, with an average annual net profit of 20, 000-35000 yuan. Breeding meat pigeon has the advantages of low cost, short cycle, quick effect and high economic benefit, so it is very suitable for housewives to engage in courtyard breeding.

1. The development of the pigeon industry should rely on the leading enterprises and establish a stable contract relationship with the enterprises. The final mode of any mature aquaculture industry is "leading enterprise + base", "leading enterprise + peasant household" or "leading enterprise + cooperative organization + peasant household". For farmers, establishing a stable contractual relationship with enterprises can effectively reduce market risk.

2. Persevere in investing in the pigeon industry. Aquaculture is a continuous process, and pigeon farming is no exception. You must make a long-term plan before you invest. If you invest this year and stop raising it next year, you will definitely lose all your money. Therefore, once you have selected the right project, you should persevere and properly adjust the scale and variety according to the market situation, so as to ensure that the market makes a lot of money when the market is good, does not lose money when the market is bad, and eventually becomes the winner of the aquaculture industry.