During the French pigeon culture, a hatchery in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province successfully tested the pigeon breeding model combined with wild chickens. This model brings high economic efficiency by making the most of the leftovers in livestock as well as the breeding area.
Nguyen Minh Tam was the first to combine wild chicken with pigeons in Binh Thuan
More than 10 years ago, at the time Binh Thuan tourism is on the rise, Nguyen Minh Tam, in Thien Nghiep commune, Phan Thiet city recognized the demand for food is very rich. In addition to the seafood, high-quality pigeon meat is also popular, so he started raising pilot French pigeon in his garden.
The first 40 pairs of French pigeons were bought by Tam from Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City. After a few months, the pigeons grow faster, lay more, so he constantly increase the number and grow to a scale of up to 2,000 pairs. Last year, Tam experimented with raising wild chickens in the same pigeonhole farm, because the pigeons were breaking bait, the food scattered out.
Wild birds scavenging pigeon feeds help save costs
Nguyen Minh Tam, owner of the ABC breeder found that the forest chicken dealt with this: The forest chicken eats food underneath. It's going to look for food, pigeons dropping out, it will take advantage of this excess food. And the chicken has very high disease resistance and economic value. Therefore, I chose the mixed chicken with the doves.
From purebred chicken breed, ABC breeding camps for F1, F2 generation. Seedlings remain agile, eat less and are more resistant to disease. Forest chicken each spawning about a dozen eggs, thanks to increased electric hatchery, chicks hatched have high survival rate. So far, the total number of forest hens in ABC has multiplied to 500. Raising chickens does not have to cost more, because of the extra food of the pigeon, but he has more income from forest chicken 20 million per month.
At present, pigeon breeding model is being expanded in Phan Thiet with about a dozen households. Truong Minh Tuan, owner of pigeonhole 117, Phu Tai Ward, is one of the French pigeon farmers in Phan Thiet City. Mr. Tuan is breeding 250 pairs of pigeons, earning more than 10 million dong per month. Now he combines wild chicken, because clearly see the effect of the model.
Mr. Truong Minh Tuan said a source of food for pigeon but two sources for trade.
Mr Tuan said: Wild chicken has no conflict with doves. Forest chicken eating under, sleeping on and also laying above, can handle the waste of food. No more cost but one more product, one more income.
At present, the consumption of chicken and forest pigeons in Binh Thuan is very large. In addition to restaurants, eateries, pubs, nutrition porridge, this product is being enjoyed by the wedding services here. In response to this demand, the ABC breed promotes linkages with the farmers to develop the model in terms of both supply and demand. Therefore, the producers do not worry about the output.
Chicken disease resistance, good meat fragrant, are many customers love.
Mr. Tran Minh Quan, Chairman of Farmers Association of Thien Nghiep commune, found that the model of hybrid chicken breeding with pigeons of ABC breeding farms is very promising in the commune as well as neighboring areas.
Mr. Quan knew that he would encourage and support Tam to develop this model more boldly. At the same time, the Farmers' Association will help other households to develop this model to develop the family economy as well as meet the market demand of the tourist areas in Ham Tien - Mui Ne area. next time.
The breeding of wild pigeons is a new breeding model in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province. The effect of this combination is obvious. The tourism sector has a large source of consumption, so the model has great prospects for strong development, thereby helping many local farmers increase their income.