(1) The pigeon house environment must be quiet. Pigeons like to be quiet and are afraid of being disturbed. If you are often harassed by the outside world, especially at night, it will cause panic and confusion for pigeons. After being disturbed, homing pigeons don't want to go back to their nests, preferring to live under the eaves at night.
(2) The pigsty should be ventilated and sunny, warm in winter and cool in summer. The optimum temperature for homing pigeons is 13℃ ~ 18℃, and the relative humidity is 60%. Pigeonhouses should minimize the impact of natural temperature changes on homing pigeons. They should be cool for heatstroke prevention in summer, warm and cold-proof in winter, and should be cleaned and disinfected frequently to keep the environment clean.
2. Provide adequate and reasonable nutrition. Food is the main material basis for homing pigeons to survive. In order to keep strong physique and good race results, homing pigeons should be fed with feed with complete nutrients such as energy and protein according to different growth stages. For example, in order to ensure the growth and development of pigeons' bodies and bones and prevent obesity and precocity, mung beans or fish meal are added to the diet to increase the content of protein; During the training period, homing pigeons consume a lot of energy, so they should supplement high-energy feed such as corn and wheat. Pigeons in the brooding period should be given a diet rich in protein, energy, minerals and vitamins, especially protein, and the daily intake of each pigeon must be about 18g. In addition, the drinking water of homing pigeons should be kept clean to ensure the supply of sanitary sand.
3. Feed homing pigeons regularly, regularly and quantitatively to enhance homing performance of homing pigeons. The breeder feeds the homing pigeons regularly and quantitatively every day (three times in the morning, three times in the middle and two times in the evening), and fixes the position of the trough, so that the homing pigeons can form the habit of returning to their nests on time and feeding at fixed points. In order to make homing pigeons return to their nests immediately after flying, we can take measures such as flying on an empty stomach and giving them water and food as "rewards" in time after returning to their nests, or giving less food before flying and more food after returning to their nests to induce homing pigeons to return to their nests, so as to avoid rushing back to their nests because they are not hungry, and staying outside will delay their homing time. After the conditioned reflex is formed, homing pigeons will enter the house immediately every time they fly or return from the game.
4, training should be persistent, flying and irregular settings are strictly prohibited. When flying homing pigeons, twice a day in the morning and evening, we must stick to 1 ~ 2 hours, and the wind and rain will not change to enhance endurance; We can't shorten the exercise time in winter and summer, so as to exercise the cold and rain resistance of homing pigeons, adapt to all kinds of bad weather flight, cultivate "all-weather" excellent homing pigeons and let them fly back from hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away.
5, human pigeons "affinity", cultivate the obedience of homing pigeons. Trainers should first be "friendly" to homing pigeons, so that homing pigeons can come and go freely at any time during training. "Affinity" begins with young pigeons, and the trainer should personally teach the pigeons to drink water and feed, so that the pigeons can form a conditioned reflex to the training signal; When feeding, we should call and touch the homing pigeon kindly, so that the homing pigeon can approach people actively. Over time, the pigeon has established a close relationship with its owner without fear. After the success of "affinity", homing pigeons can obey people and receive flight training.
6, timely pairing, to prevent flying. When homing pigeons are sexually mature, they are active and both sexes chase after each other. At this time, they should be given the opportunity to choose a mate in time (homing pigeons who lost their spouses halfway should also be re-bred). Otherwise, homing pigeons without estrus spouses can easily fly away. Usually it takes 2 ~ 3 days to match successfully.
7. Let homing pigeons bathe in clean water. Carrier pigeons should be released every day. Bathing can not only keep their feathers clean, but also prevent ectoparasites from parasitizing. Bathing time should be chosen at noon on sunny days, 5 ~ 7 times a week in summer and 1 ~ 2 times in winter. A small amount of iodine or 0. 1% potassium permanganate can be added to the bath water.
8. Always check the health of pigeons. Observe the speed, quantity and flight of pigeons when they are released in the morning; Check whether the feathers and feces of the pigeon house are abnormal; Check whether the feathers and feces of the pigeon house are abnormal; When homing pigeons enter the room at night, they should count the number, observe their food intake and behavior, find homing pigeons with pathological signs in time and take corresponding measures. In addition, homing pigeons should also be vaccinated according to the situation.
In a word, the breeding management of homing pigeons is actually to tame and control homing, obedience and regression accuracy of homing pigeons from four aspects: food, shelter, spouse and disease. This is the guarantee of normal reproduction and healthy growth of homing pigeons, and it is also the basic work of cultivating and training excellent homing pigeons.