What if pigeons are getting thinner and thinner?

Pigeons can be divided into meat pigeons, ornamental pigeons and carrier pigeons. Among them, the meat pigeon is edible, which is not only fresh and delicious, but also has high nutritional value. Protein ranks first among many kinds of meat products, which is not only a rare delicacy, but also an advanced tonic. Meat pigeons are characterized by large size, mild sex, high reproductive rate and fast weight gain of young pigeons. Pigeons have strong disease resistance and can adapt to various climatic conditions, so the pigeon farm can be raised in both north and south. However, the pigeon factory should be chosen as far away from residential areas as possible, keeping the pigeon house quiet and avoiding frequent exchanges between people and animals, which is not conducive to epidemic prevention. Pigeonhouses should be spacious, bright, well-lit, dry and clean. Try to choose a place with high terrain, no water accumulation after rain, no waste gas and wastewater pollution, good water quality and convenient water supply, which is conducive to cleaning and disinfection. The feed for meat pigeons is simple, using coarse grains. Commonly used varieties are corn, peas, sorghum, wheat, hemp seed and so on. The daily feed of a pair of breeding pigeons in production is about 150g. Pigeons can generally live for 10- 15 years, but the mating age is 5-6 years, and the best mating age is 2-4 years. Usually, a pair of meat pigeons can breed 6-8 pairs a year, and they can lay eggs all year round except for the molting period from August to June. According to its growth and development, meat pigeons can be divided into: young pigeons: young pigeons (also known as young pigeons or young pigeons) that are 25-30 days old after their shells are pointed out. Because young pigeons 30 days ago were fed with pigeon milk produced by crops in their parents' digestive system, they were called young pigeons. Pigeons are regarded as famous dishes because of their tender meat, delicious taste and rich nutrition. Pigeons grow fast and have short feeding time. At the age of four weeks, the weight can reach more than 600 grams, which is edible. After the young pigeon hatches, parents will naturally feed its offspring carefully. However, there are also some problems that parents can't take care of, and managers need careful care to make the young pigeons grow normally. The newly hatched pigeons have poor disease resistance, but they eat a lot and excrete a lot of feces. If they are not cleaned up in time, they will easily get sick. Pigeons can live independently from their parents in 30 days. At this time, if the pigeons are provided with fine-grained and good-quality feed, they can eat by themselves in a day or two. Pigeons: Pigeons grow to 6 months after hatching. Pigeons in this period are called young pigeons. Young pigeons are suitable for group breeding, which is beneficial to the movement and growth of pigeons and lays the foundation for good reproductive performance in the future. Adult pigeons: After 4-6 months of growth and development, they enter the stage of sexual maturity and begin to breed and raise young pigeons. Pigeons in this period are called adult pigeons. Pigeons after three or four months of age begin to have secondary sexual characteristics, which is called pigeon estrus. Pigeons that have reached sexual maturity will show various courtship behaviors and will mate to breed their own offspring. This is the natural breeding way of pigeons. But in order to prevent inbreeding, pigeon species degeneration, prevent. The phenomenon of "early marriage", "homosexuality" or improper pairing must be artificially matched to breed excellent offspring. Pigeons are monogamous birds. Once they mate for life, it will take a long time to get recognition after being separated artificially. In order to prevent all kinds of adverse consequences caused by disassembly, the pairing work must be planned and arranged as early as possible. A better method is: after the pigeons are raised to four months old, the female pigeons and the male pigeons are raised separately. However, it should be noted that the same-sex pigeons raised in the same column should also be of the same variety and age, so as to avoid the big pigeons bullying the small pigeons and causing the weak pigeons to be disabled. It takes 10- 12 days for mature pigeons to arrange marriage according to the breeder's purpose, and put the paired male and female pigeons in cages to let them have feelings and even mate and lay eggs. Most pigeons can cultivate feelings during this period, become loving couples and start a harmonious life of bearing children. Three days after mating, the mother pigeon laid two eggs and began to hatch. Husband and wife cooperate with each other tacitly, and * * * participates in the work of holding a nest and incubating eggs. The schedule of work and rest is clear and fixed, and it is carried out seriously. The incubation period of eggs laid by pigeons is quite consistent, ranging from 17 days to 19 days, most of which are 18 days. After the young pigeons are hatched, the husband and wife jointly produce pigeon milk and feed them mouth to mouth until they can live independently. The brooding period is generally 25-30 days. It should be noted that during the incubation period, the breeder should deal with the dead eggs on time and in time, find the eggs or dead embryos without sperm according to the eggs, and take out these useless eggs to hatch in one nest. Let those pigeons who have no eggs to hatch lay eggs again, which greatly increases the population reproduction of pigeons. Pigeons are relatively easy to raise, but in the process of raising, we should adhere to the principles of prevention first, regular disinfection, careful observation, disease prevention and treatment, scientific management and scientific raising. Raising meat pigeons will definitely bring greater economic benefits to people.

First, choose Dove 1. The selection of pigeons is generally based on high flying ability and strong physique; Appearance observation, white feathers are the most beautiful, with wide head, long face, V-shaped mouth, round and loud singing voice, round and bright eyes and thick and straight legs. As long as you have the above characteristics, you are a very good pigeon.

There are several ways to distinguish male from female. The most commonly used method is that the shoulder width of male pigeons is wider, the shin toes are longer and the keel is longer. The female pigeon is the opposite. The male pigeon has a thick body, a short neck, a large wax film, a strong singing sound and a hoarse voice. He hummed and jumped forward, then spun forward and strode forward. The mother pigeon is small in size, thin in neck, short and sharp in singing and delicate in voice. Although there is also a "purr", the voice is thin and soft, and it can't jump.

Second, feed.

Pigeons eat all kinds of seeds, such as rice, mung beans and corn. In addition, they must eat a certain amount of mineral feed, such as yellow mud, oyster shell powder, charcoal ash, salt and so on. In order to avoid the mother pigeon from laying soft-shell eggs, some calcareous materials should be added to the feed, such as oyster powder, eggshell powder and cuttlefish bone.

Third, flying pigeon training.

1. Choose pigeons with clear, transparent and flexible eyes.

2. Train pigeons to love their nests, understand the surrounding environment, and make it difficult for pigeons to leave their nests and be familiar with the location of their nests.

3. Train pigeons to eat regularly, let them listen to orders and eat in their nests.

4. Try to fly pigeons from near to far. When flying a pigeon for the first time, you can tie its wings and put them on the roof of the pigeon house to let it know the location and characteristics of its nest so as not to get lost. Pigeons have a strong memory, so they won't mistake their places in the future!

First, scientific feeding management methods

1. Matching period: Pigeons are monogamous. Pigeon breeding requires half males and half females, and it is appropriate to breed about six and a half months. Most of them are forced to pair at night, and male and female couples with similar body size and weight and consistent coat color are selected. Pairing for 4 to 5 days is still not harmonious and often fights, and it is necessary to re-pair. After pairing, the same mother gave birth to four eggs. Those who often lay sperm eggs after pairing should be re-matched. Those who don't lay eggs after pairing can re-breed, or inject testosterone propionate 5mg/ time into male pigeon muscle, and then inject it after 3 ~ 5 days, or take vitamin E orally. For long-term re-matched heterozygote eggs, the other party should be isolated after re-matching.

2. Incubation period: (1) spawning after mating 10 ~ 15 days. Two days before laying eggs, put hemp chips or clean short straw and pine needle grass on the egg nest. (2) When hatching, prevent rain from soaking, and the fertilized egg will die if it is soaked or soaked in water. The padding should be replaced in time when it is dirty and wet. Pay attention to laying eggs at ordinary times, and don't leave new abdominal hair. When the weather is hot, reduce the mat, open more windows and wash the floor with cold water or spray to cool down; When it is cold, add padding to keep warm, and consider heating in rooms below 5℃. (3) Take photos of the eggs every 4-5 days and 12 days after hatching. Take out the azoospermic eggs and dead embryo eggs in time. Check the hatching from 17 to 18. If it is difficult to hatch, we should pay attention to artificial midwifery, and only peel less than 1/3. 3. Breastfeeding: High nutrition feeding, with protein content of more than 18% and metabolic energy of more than 2,800 kcal/kg, feeding 2-3 times a day, taking good care of the young pigeons and moving the single pigeon into the nest. At the age of 65,438+05, the young pigeons were moved to the cage bottom net for feeding. 4. molting period: breeding pigeons molt once in late summer and early autumn, about 1 ~ 2 months. At this time, the hemp seed in the feed can be increased by 10%, and 200 g gypsum powder or 100 g sulfur powder can be added to 50 kg raw sand to promote molting. At the same time, adding a variety of vitamins to the feed can eliminate those who lay fewer eggs and raise more children according to the production performance.

Second, disease prevention and control.

1. Dyspepsia: caused by overfeeding, insufficient drinking water and unclean feed. The main symptoms are fullness, drowsiness or vomiting. Soda tablets 1/2 can be dissolved in clear water and fed for 2 hours, 1 time.

2. Malignant dysentery: pigeon droppings are purple-brown mucus-like, with a special foul smell, increased defecation times, loss of appetite, emaciation and weakness. If not treated in time,/kloc-0 will die after 2 weeks. During treatment, 1/4 sulfadiazine tablets or 1/6 compound sulfadiazine tablets can be dissolved in water, the former every 6 hours 1 time and the latter every 12 hours/time, and it will be fine in a few days.

3. Ulcerative enteritis: manifested as necrotizing enteritis and diarrhea. The sick pigeons were listless, their feathers were unkempt, their weight gradually decreased, and they liked water. They changed from normal feces to watery diarrhea, and most of them died 5 ~ 10 days after illness. Treatment: intramuscular injection of penicillin, 40000 units each time, twice a day, or chlortetracycline, 10mg every day, three times every 3-5 days.

4. Fever: The sick pigeon has exhausted its feces, lost appetite, lost weight rapidly, and died seriously within 2-3 weeks. Treatment: 1/4 sulfadiazine tablets are soluble in water, and are administered/kloc-0 once every 6 hours for 3-5 consecutive days.

5. beriberi: mainly caused by the lack of vitamin B 1, mainly manifested as weakness of legs and limping. Treatment: Vitamin B 1 tablet can be taken orally or mixed with ingredients twice a day, and it can be cured in a few days.

6. Mucosal inflammation: rinse with 5% boric acid, or smear with Xiaozhi Longyan ointment, or drop chloramphenicol eye drops several times, and it will be fine in a few days.

7. Pigeon cold: You can feed Sangju cold 1/2 tablets, chlortetracycline 1/6 tablets or oxytetracycline half tablets three times a day, and you can recover in three days.

8. Pharyngitis and dyspepsia: feed half a yeast tablet every day, and feed 1 health sand in the morning and evening, and you will be cured in 3 ~ 5 days.