ITPG990017U1 - INDUSTRIAL BREEDING OF MEAT PIGEON: DOUBLE CAGE BREEDING - Google Patents

Description

Description

attached to a patent application for INDUSTRIAL UTILITY MODEL entitled

Breeding in double series with large cages

of Perugia.

Summary

The utility model for which a patent application is submitted belongs to the sector of products intended for the breeding of pigeons for laying.

By means of this breeding logic, a better economic yield is obtained for couples reared in quantities of lovebirds (meat) produced, with low labor costs, less food consumption and better hygienic-sanitary prophylaxis.

The model is constituted (as presented in I <à>

photo) from large cages placed in double series

of dimensions, verified to be optimal, equal to 0.75 (front) xI, 35 (depth) x I, 60 (height) -I, 62m. cubes and I, 0Im. paintings, where a pair of doves takes place in each one

Text of the description The breeding of the pigeon, is a breeding that is far from having reached its maximum evolution considering also the actual difficulty in finding valid equipment on the market, at a low price and suitable to meet its needs, above all the structures of other poultry farms are often adapted to those of the winter period for outdoor farms, leaving ample scope for the breeder's imagination.

The profitability of this breeding must be based on the maximum reduction of manpower and the costs of planting the pigeon houses, provided that the reproductive rate is overall high. It is essential first of all to consider the limits of the common intensive colombiculture defined in parquets (box-aviaries, or shelters) imported, several years ago, from the U.S.A

considerable manpower; problems for the control of the pairs in the nest boxes and the placing in these of new pairs; feeding with classic hopper feeders constantly loaded by an attendant with relative waste of time and increased costs; possible fall of the young on the grating or floor below with consequent exposure to attacks by adult males and freezing in the winter months; difficult health control of single couples.

This type of box-aviaries are marketed in Italy by various companies

but beyond their size, more or less large depending on the number of pairs of pigeons they must contain, they have nothing different from each other, always keeping the same

layout.

With a breeding in double series with large cages and not in battery with small narrow and oppressive cages all these problems disappear, rationalizing the breeding while keeping ponto

of the colombo's nature.

In fact, there is an easy and immediate control of the production and updating of the genealogical records as the unit is the

"pair of pigeons.

The animals are found in the best conditions of comfort, tranquility and hygiene, with a lower mortality of the chicks and a better prolificacy per couple and, not to be underestimated, a lower consumption of food and labor always at the same costs.

A traditional breeding of pigeons, that is, made up of parquets or boxes for about 25 pairs of dimensions equal to 1 2.60 x 2.75 x h.2.10 = I5m. cubic and at 7.15 square meters, leaves some perplexity on the space available to each couple. sqm. (i.e. 0.14 mg; per pigeon);

this gives rise to continuous quarrels, especially between males due to their strong sense of territoriality, which often lead to unwanted breaking of eggs. Considering that the wingspan of these animals is on average cm. 68 (50.6 cm in the wild pigeon), we arrive at the conclusion that the conditions of space in which they live and reproduce, in this type of breeding, certainly do not seem to be optimal.

For a better farm setting

it was thought to place pigeons in cages

(see photo) each containing a pair of animals, positioned in series and in double row, of dimensions equal to 0.75 (front) x 1.35 (depth) x I.6o (height) «1.62 m cubes and 1.01 square meters.

This leads to a density per couple equal to 1.62 cubic meters (i.e. a space of 0.50 square meters per pigeon) undoubtedly obtaining an environment, per couple,

theoretically quieter and more suited to

reproduction.

It was tested starting from cells with sizes

0.5m cubes up to 2m cubes per pair of pigeons, but the best results were obtained only with cages of the aforementioned size.

The width of the cell (front) was

established considering the wingspan (about 68 cm.) of these animals and the minimum space that the cage must cover; the height is the one that can be used by the couple just enough to ensure that they move freely, with some small birds flying from the ground floor to the roost, placed at the top of the cage, slightly lower than the roof, parallel to the broods: it is in fact It should be borne in mind that among domestic birds the pigeon is the least accustomed to life on the ground. drinking trough, containers of grit and mineral salts from the broods.

space needed for each couple was

also calculated according to the needs of the future litter up to its weaning,

On the market there are batteries for breeding pigeons consisting of two floors (similar to those used for broilers), in electro-welded mesh with max measurements: 60 cm, front x 85cm depth x 7 cm. height often perate for two pairs, or vertical batteries made up of metal elements in galvanized mesh that can be composed on several floors and can be aligned, where two pairs take place, one on the right and the other on the left of the central and dividing hopper feeder in a space equal to 0,75 cm, front x l, 25 depth 50 of h. per couple.

The result of these very narrow spaces for each pair of animals is the lack of physical exercise and this leads to a rapid decline in the subjects that present themselves prostrate and that do not exceed two years of life, while in the aviary boxes as well as in the breeding. in double series with large cages, the production of the couple reaches the fourth year after which, usually, it begins to decline, being able to see each other at a very close distance, means that the animals do not suffer in their state of isolation and failing positively, the territorial fights between couples, the time that the pigeons devote to reproduction is greater with all the benefits of the case; the observations on the reproductions of the single couples lead to note that there is a considerable increase of lovebirds / couple per year.

the most evident advantage of a breeding in double series with large cages can be summarized in the following points:

greater prolificacy

- less manpower - a reduction in plant costs - a lower consumption of food

- greater hygiene

- greater health and hygiene prophylaxis (elimination) of physical contact between couples)

easier controls

an immediate identification of the two sexes.

Breeding in double series with large cages is

been set up for the use of a

spiral feeding with feeders placed in series.

The food is made up of 80% corn and

for a 20% from a core for pigeons (feed

integrated compound) in pellets, dosed through

the feed line auger and distributed

when mixed, the feeders are equipped with a grill

anti-waste and designed to minimize the waste of

food due to the bad habit, inherent in these animals to choose corn grains (like those of others

foods) based on their appearance.

The "cup '· drinking line, one for each

couple (or just to "pippetta"), gives us the

possibility of eliminating the transmission of agents

pathogens, via water, that we had in the old

type of box farming, where excessive density

of animals led to having a real

"culture broth" in the only drinking trough to them

layout.

The cages have been placed above the pylons,

which support them at a certain height from the ground

(minimum height 50cm.), in square tubular

each comprising four double row cages for a total of eight; under these a double cylinder belt has been placed for the quickening of the excrements and for a weekly cleaning and disinfection thus avoiding the inconveniences and unhealthiness deriving from the accumulation of feces.

The feeding line consists of two silos, one for maize and one for pellets, as well as the drinking line is constituted at one end by a large capacity canister. A plastic rod placed in the width of the cage, high above the opening door which is located on the front of the cage, was considered as a perch.

As for the ovaries and nests, these are made of easily washable plastic material, which cannot serve as a refuge for parasites (mites). coverage available on the market.

To protect the animals from the cold and provide them with a habitat with temperatures above 0 ° even in the winter months, favoring reproduction and avoiding freezing of the young, it was considered to use tunnel greenhouses, as an additional cover of the cages, with the possibility of inserting heat sources (oil stoves, hot air generators, gas or electric infrared heaters, etc.)

Claims (1)

Claims These for which the claims are requested are the essential parts of the model itself and its characteristics: l) the size of the cages " from 60cm. x 85cm. x 50cm. tall (narrow dimensions), 0.75m. x 1.35m. x I, 60m. in height (optimal dimensions for a single pair), equal to I, 62m, cubes and I, 01m, squares. Therefore, the dimensions of the cages from 1m.cube to 2m.cubes for each pair, used in a pigeon farm, are claimed, as well as those described above and considered to be of optimal size; 2) the iron structure with electro-welded meshes and the shape of the cages, parallelepiped with a rectangular or square base; 3) the opening door located on one side (front) of these 4) the arrangement in which they are placed, that is, one in front and side of the other, therefore in a double series 5) the use with a series distribution of cages in double row, of the aforementioned dimensions in an industrial pigeon farm, of an automatic spiral or chain and disk feeding line, with feeders placed in series% 6) the trusses that support the cages and the space in height between the cages and the ground below; 7) the use of tunnel greenhouses in an industrial pigeon farm in double cage series large.