A Study on Pigeon farming system in Hakimpur Upazila of Dinajpur District

Abstract

A survey was carried out to investigate the pigeon farming system in Hakimpur Upazila under Dinajpur district during the period of August 2019 to March 2020. Data were collected from 10 farmers randomly. A questionnaire was developed to collect data from the selected farms located in Hakimpur Upazila. Collected data were different breeds, housing, feeding, management, marketing of pigeon, diseases and problems of farming. There were 8 different breeds of pigeon in the ten farms. Average cost of housing per bird was 46 taka and average height of house was 3.6 m. The average feed intake was 37gm per bird per day. The production from one pair of pigeon were about 9-10 pairs per year. The average body weight of squab was found about 350gm to 400gm at 30 days of marketing age. The selling prices were ranges from 150 to 200 taka per squab. The common diseases were observed as fowl Pox, Newcastle disease, salmonellosis and mineral deficiency affected the birds. The average mortality rate was 6%. Around 25% farms were vaccinated by Baby Chick Ranikhet Disease Vaccine and fowl Pox vaccine. Most of the pigeon farmers rear pigeon in small scale scavenging system with supplementary feeding.