What is the best food for pigeons?

Pigeon is a kind of bird, and now it is bred in most places. Some people are raised as pets, and some are raised on a large scale as edible pigeons. Therefore, when raising pigeons, more consideration should be given to gaining weight, growing up, laying eggs and other aspects that can bring benefits to farmers, and what food can be fed to grow well, it is necessary to adjust the feeding method. So what food should pigeons feed?

1. Common feed

Generally speaking, they are mainly based on miscellaneous grains, rarely feed concentrated grains, and feed miscellaneous grains to pigeons in good health. Generally feed corn, mung beans, peas, wheat, sorghum, peanuts, these common food crops are often eaten by pigeons. Can be mixed with a variety of feed, can be fed whole, can also be beaten into particles to feed, easy to digest some. Wheat, corn and peas are usually mixed together.

2. Differential feeding

The pigeons are usually fed with corn and millet, and the young pigeons are fed with soaked white beans and soybeans; the adult pigeons are fed with mung beans, red beans and the like; pregnant pigeons need to be fed with some fine sand to help digest and be good for laying eggs later. Pigeons can not only feed too much milled rice, prone to diarrhea; weak pigeons can feed more peanuts, normal pigeons can not feed too many peanuts, is also prone to diarrhea. The general feed for raising chickens can also be fed to pigeons.

3. Feed function

Protein supplement mainly depends on beans, peas, mung beans, etc., animal protein is fish meal, shrimp meal, bone meal and so on; energy feed grains, corn, sorghum, millet, wheat, are the main sources of carbohydrates; fat feed peanuts, sesame seeds, good for hair; sources of vitamins are vegetables, forage, carrots. The source of minerals depends on feeds such as shell powder and bone meal. It is a necessary nutrition for bone development.

4. Feeding method

Feed clean and mildew-free feed. Pigeons eat less, strong pigeons are fed three times a day, and laying pigeons are fed twice. Let the pigeons finish in 15 minutes with each feeding. Don't feed too much to avoid waste. It is best to feed various ingredients according to the formula of feed, there are different formulations, can be adjusted according to the growth period.

Pigeons mainly feed a variety of miscellaneous grains, milled rice can be fed, but not too much, too much prone to diarrhea. In order to nourish and grow well in an all-round way, you can feed formula feed.