What causes squab to be thin and small? Solutions to teach you
In pigeon breeding production, thin and small squab occur due to improper feeding and management. If there are many of them, it will directly affect the economic benefits of pigeon breeding. The solutions are as follows:
1. Health sand can keep squab with strong digestive capacity and good absorption status. If the various nutritional components in the health sand are incomplete, the preparation process is unscientific, and the method of use is improper, the various nutritional components needed by the squab itself cannot be satisfied, growth and development are hindered, and the squab will be lean and small. Therefore, health sand must be used correctly.
2. Supply of drinking water. Frequent water shortage will cause dehydration of squab tissue cells, rise in body temperature, affect a series of biochemical reactions in the body such as digestion, absorption, and metabolism, lead to hindered growth and development, and make the body emaciated. The solution is to supply sufficient clean drinking water all day.
3. Insufficient feed supplied at each meal can also cause squab to be thin and small. To avoid this phenomenon, the following feeding method can be adopted: that is, breeding pigeons without squab are fed three meals a day, and breeding pigeons with squab are given one additional meal at night.
4. When the ambient temperature where the squab are located is too high, they are very prone to respiratory diseases and become smaller and thinner; when the ambient temperature where the squab are located is too low, on the one hand, the squab will suffer from pneumonia and diarrhea, and on the other hand, in order to maintain body temperature balance, the squab must consume a large amount of energy. These factors will all cause squab to become emaciated, so suitable temperature is a necessary condition for ensuring the healthy growth of squab.
5. After the newly hatched chick breaks out of the shell, an umbilical cord and wound remain. If proper sanitary cleaning and disinfection are not done, dirt in the nest will be contaminated and inhaled through the umbilical cord wound, and bacteria will spread and multiply at the umbilical cord wound. After one week, redness and swelling begin around the umbilical cord, and the abdominal contents sag. This disease will seriously affect the healthy growth of young pigeons. The solution is to disinfect the umbilical cord wound with iodine tincture.
6. When nests are artificially combined so that the number of squab per nest is 3 or 4, because the number of squab is relatively large, the amount of pigeon milk fed to each squab is insufficient, the squab do not get enough to eat, malnutrition occurs, and the squab become emaciated. Therefore, it is better to keep the number of squab per nest at two.