How to Maintain Birds Pigeons

In general, seedlings should be healthy, strong and disease resistant. Parent used is the parent that is agile, has the nature of motherhood (mothering) high. Sex libido high stud shown just before females begin to lay eggs and continue during the egg-laying period. A parent can produce children 14-15 tail every year and can last for 4-5 years. Age parent about 2-3 years the number of children at least 14-18 tails, at least 4-5 years old 10-12 tillers tail. Marriage pigeons started at the age of 5-8 months. Egg production occurs between the ages of 12-18 months and continued until 2-3 years. Age is still considered profitable production of no more than 5-6 years.

There are several ways to maintain pigeons, namely:

First, the equipment needed to maintain the feed pigeons among other places, drink, places to grit, nesting bowl and perches. As for the nest if possible concave. Concave shape will be able to comfortably pigeon for incubating their eggs and prevent small children falling.

Feeding pigeons

give grains such as corn, dry. Giving seeds are still wet or fresh can cause diarrhea or even death in children and adult pigeons. Minimum pigeon feed containing 14% protein content. Consumption of whole grains dove between 100-150 grams/head/day. Feeding should be 2 times a day, ie between sunrise until 9 am and between 4 pm until sunset. Forage intake each day is around 100-150 grams for each pair of pigeons.

Management of maintenance

Pigeons like other birds are easily startled, therefore do not be shocked, especially at night to the parent who was hatching. Shock can result in blurred parent until the morning so that the eggs were incubated to lose heat during the night resulting in the death of the embryo. If no egg is cracked, too small or just not normal should be removed, so the parent pair will spawn again soon. Approximately 17-18 days after incubation, make sure that the egg has hatched and hatched normal children who generally have hairy bodies and eyes still closed. When the hatch is only one tail only, then wait until 2-3 days. After the age of 10 days, the chick should be observed again. Chick eyes will begin to open and the hair begins to grow. At this stage the chick began to utilize grains along with pigeon milk from its mother.

Spawning period

Once the nest is complete prepared or near the end of the settlement, the female will release her eggs first. The second egg is usually released in the next 24 hours. Each time period spawn, can be expected 2 eggs or two pups can be produced. Hatch will start immediately and be done by the couple, both mother and father. More females hatch activity, and males are replaced in a short time from morning till noon. The first egg will hatch in 17-18 days, followed by the second egg the next 48 hours.