What breed of pigeon is most profitable to raise in 2017?
Generally, one person can raise 500 pairs of pigeons in cages, achieving an average annual net profit of 2 to 3.5 wan yuan. It has the characteristics of low feeding cost, short cycle, quick results and high economic benefit, and is very suitable for housewives to engage in backyard farming. It is a good project for getting rich. Let us take a look below at what kind of pigeon is most profitable to raise in 2017!
What kind of pigeon is most profitable to raise
The cost of raising meat pigeons is much lower than that of raising broiler chickens. Counting from the time the parent pigeon lays eggs, after 17 to 18 days of incubation, the squabs can be sold after 24 days of brooding, so the rearing period is extremely short. A breeding pigeon consumes 40 grams of feed per day, and a lactating pigeon consumes 75 grams of feed per day. From hatching to sale at 30 days of age, a squab consumes a total of 1000 to 1500 grams of feed, so feed usage is very economical. In addition, protein feed is currently expensive, with the protein proportion in broiler chicken feed reaching about 20%, while the protein proportion in meat pigeon feed needs to be only 13%. If meat pigeons are raised on a large-scale intensive basis, their feed cost is significantly lower than that of broiler chicks.
The incubation period of pigeons is 17 to 18 days. Squabs are first fed pigeon milk from the crops of the parent pigeons, then gradually transition from half milk and half grain to feed soaked in water. Meat squabs grow extremely fast, and at 25 to 30 days of age their body weight can reach 500 to 700 grams. Taking each pair of breeding pigeons producing 6 pairs per year as an example, at the purchase price currently offered by foreign trade departments, after deducting feed costs, medicine costs and management fees, raising one pair of breeding pigeons can yield a profit of 100 to 150 yuan per year. If squabs are selected and bred, and sold as reserve breeding pigeons at 2 to 5 months of age, the profit is even greater and the prospects are very considerable.
Suggestions for developing pigeon farming
1. The development of the pigeon farming industry should rely on leading enterprises and establish stable contractual relationships with them. For any mature farming industry, the ultimate model is “leading enterprise + base”, “leading enterprise + farmer” or “leading enterprise + cooperative organization + farmer”. For farmers, relying on leading enterprises and establishing stable contractual relationships with them can effectively reduce market risk and ensure no loss. Enterprises generally provide one-stop services, which for new breeders can nicely relieve worries about breeding technology, feed and sales, allowing them to devote all their energy to farming and increase economic benefits.
2. Investing in the pigeon farming industry requires persistence. Farming is a continuous process, and pigeon farming is no exception. Before investing, you must make long-term plans. If you invest this year and stop raising them next year, you will certainly lose everything. Therefore, once you have chosen the right project, you must persist, and appropriately adjust the scale and breeds according to market conditions, so as to ensure making big money when the market is good and not losing money when the market is bad, ultimately becoming a big winner in the farming industry.
Pigeon farming costs and profits
1. Income and expenditure in the first year
① Need to buy cages, feed troughs, water troughs and other tools for 50 yuan.
② Buy one pair of breeding pigeons for 40 yuan.
③ A pair of young pigeons needs 50 grams of feed per day. The feed price is 1.34 yuan per kilogram. The growing period needs 4.5 months, consuming a total of 6.75 kilograms (4.5 months × 30 days × 50 grams), totaling 9 yuan (6.75 kilograms × 1.34 yuan). One breeding cycle of pigeons is 45 days. After the breeding pigeons mature, they can still produce 5 clutches in the remaining 7.5 months. During the brooding period, breeding pigeons consume 100 grams per day. The feed price is 1.54 yuan per kilogram. The brooding period is generally 25-28 days. If calculated according to an average brooding period of 27 days, the 5 clutches of squabs consume a total of 13.5 kilograms during the brooding period (27 days × 100 grams × 5 clutches), totaling 20.79 yuan (13.5 kilograms × 1.54 yuan). Feed consumed during other times is 4.5 kilograms, (7.5 months × 30 days — 27 days × 5 clutches) × 50 grams, totaling 6 yuan. Therefore, the feed cost invested in the first year is 35.79 yuan (9 yuan for the growing period + 20.79 yuan for the brooding period + 6 yuan for other brooding periods).
④ Vaccination and other costs are 2 yuan. Water and electricity charges are offset by income from selling manure. Therefore, the total investment in the first year is 127.79 yuan (50 yuan for tools + 40 yuan for breeding pigeons + 35.79 yuan for feed + 2 yuan for vaccination and other costs).
⑤ Gross income in the first year: the current price of 25-28 day old squabs is 9 yuan each. Calculated at this price, producing 5 clutches gives a total of 10 squabs, for gross income of 90 yuan.
⑥ Net profit in the first year: the reproductive period of breeding pigeons is generally 4-5 years. Calculated according to a 4-year service period and tool costs depreciated over 10 years, the net profit is 37 yuan (90 yuan — 40 yuan × 1/4 — 50 yuan × 1/10 — 35.79 yuan — 2 yuan).
2. Income in the second year and each year thereafter: after the second year, only costs such as feed and vaccination need to be invested. After pigeons begin normal production, they can lay 8 clutches of eggs per year, with 2 eggs per clutch, producing a total of 16 squabs and achieving gross income of 144 yuan. The annual feed requirement is 36.5 kilograms, equivalent to 56.2 yuan. Vaccination and other costs are 2 yuan. The total annual investment is 58.2 yuan, and the net profit obtainable is 72.8 yuan.
Summary: Raising meat pigeons is indeed a low-input, high-output farming project. Meat pigeon farming has a short cycle, low cost, quick results and high benefits. It is a farming industry with great development prospects and also a good project for getting rich quickly. Friends, please conduct in-depth research on the local market according to local actual conditions, and develop the meat pigeon farming business according to local conditions.