Pigeon Breeding Secrets

The secrets of pigeon breeding. Pigeons are a type of bird that can be raised in homes or rooftops for the purpose of hobby, trade, or use in animal exhibitions.

Or competitions or benefit from their meat in food, as it has a distinctive taste.

In the past, a type of pigeon (carrier pigeon) was used to transmit messages between people in different places

As it was one of the safest and fastest ways to send messages

As it is considered one of the smartest birds because it can return to its nests no matter how long it passes and whatever the distance, and it can quickly memorize the roads.

Pigeons throughout history

The pigeon has existed since time immemorial, as evidenced by the temples of the ancient Egyptians and through the inscriptions on the obelisks and ancient Egyptian monuments.

As for the Greeks, pigeons have a view of reverence and reverence, while the Romans are the first to use the carrier pigeon as a messaging system.

As in the World War, pigeons carried messages to and from besieged cities.

In the Egyptian countryside, pigeon breeding was essential, along with cows, goats, ducks and geese.

Pigeons are also considered a symbol of peace all over the world.

Hatching in the Pigeon

The mother lays two eggs in one abdomen with a maximum difference of one day

However, young pigeons are released after about 18 days, and the protection of eggs deals with both the male and the female

The female often sits at night to warm the eggs. When the young pigeons come out, both the male and the female clean the nest from the remains of the peel and the remains of the female’s food

Young pigeons are breastfed for 3 or 4 days, and the pills are placed at the end of the first week

Where she is separated from her father at the age of 4 weeks for sale or placement in another cage.

How to maintain the health of the Pigeon?!

Paying attention to the sun entering the Pigeon nests and good ventilation.
Periodically clean the feeders and Pigeon waterers, and add grain and water periodically.
Sick pigeons must be isolated so that the infection does not spread.
Likes to pay attention to the cleanliness of the Pigeon and take a shower every once in a while.
Leaving the Pigeon to move and fly and spread the wings on a daily basis.

Pigeon hangers

You can buy ready-made feed for the pigeons, or feed them on whole grains such as corn and wheat, or you can form the diet as you like, and these are some of the ingredients

Yellow corn is added to the diet at a rate of 35%.
Wheat is added by 20%
green peas like wheat by 20%
Sorghum can be added by 25%.
Mineral salts and vitamins

This diet you can use if you want to produce healthy chicks

Breeding pigeons in the towers

If you are going to raise pigeons in the towers, there are advantages and disadvantages

Advantages of raising pigeons in the towers

Providing plenty of food, as pigeons go daily to fly in search of their food and return shortly before sunset
Less care, as all the elements that the pigeon needs are searched for in nature, such as salts, sources of calcium and vitamins.
Exposure to the sun and flying gives pigeons a higher immunity against diseases
Providing labor if you have a large number of pigeons, the towers do not need care, only cleaning the hoppers from the waste and collecting the waste if you want to eat or sell them

Disadvantages of breeding pigeons in the towers

You cannot control the disease if it appears
It is difficult to raise large-sized pigeons in the towers. Only wild pigeons are raised, and it is possible for some municipal pigeons to enter with them if the hoppers are of appropriate size.
The tower needs an agile young man to be able to climb up to clean the hoppers and collect garbage