② cuttlefish bone: Wash the shells, dry them, grind them into powder, and mix them for later use, containing about 40% calcium carbonate (promoting bones and feathers). Calcium is the main component of bones.
When it is insufficient, it will suffer from chondrosis, grow slowly, and produce soft shell, thin shell or sand shell eggs. Mainly from shell powder, limestone and gypsum.
③ eggshell; Wash all kinds of eggshells, sterilize them, dry them in the sun and grind them into powder, which contains 40% calcium carbonate (calcium supplement).
④ Lime: The main component is calcium carbonate, which is used to grow feathers; It also has the effects of cooling and detoxifying.
⑤ Edible salt: containing sodium, sea salt and iodine (helpful for blood circulation). Salt also stimulates appetite and helps digestion. The prepare health sand is an indispensable raw material,
But the dosage should be controlled at 2%~5% to prevent salt poisoning caused by excessive consumption.
⑥ Carbon powder: washed, dried and ground. It can absorb harmful gases in the digestive tract and prevent diarrhea. It has the effect of astringing and stopping dysentery.
⑦ oxytetracycline has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Vitamins, essential ingredients for human body.
There are also some healthy sand recipes online:
Formula 1: oyster shell 35%, bone meal 1.5%, chalcedony 36%, charcoal powder 5%, salt 5%, iron oxide red 1%, auxin 2%, andrographis paniculata 0.5%, gentian 0.7% and licorice 0.3%.
Formula 2: oyster shell 25%, bone meal 8%, old lime 5.5%, medium coarse sand 35%, red mud 15%, charcoal powder 5%, salt 4%, iron oxide 1.5%, Gentiana scabra 0.5%, Andrographis paniculata 0.3% and Glycyrrhiza uralensis 0.2%.
(3) Formula of Guangzhou Pigeons Association Health Sand.
40% oyster shell powder, 20% yellow mud, 20% lime, 10% fine sand, 5% salt, 3% charcoal powder and 2% iron oxide.
(4) The formula of sanitary sand commonly used in some pigeon farms in Guangdong Province.
Formula 1: yellow mud 30%, fine sand 25%, oyster shell powder 15%, gypsum plaster 5%, hydrated lime 5%, charcoal powder 5%, bone meal 10%, and salt 5%.
Formula 2: 5 kg of yellow mud, 5 kg of fine sand, 2 kg of bone meal, 7.5 kg of oyster shell powder, 3 kg of hydrated lime, 0.5 kg of charcoal powder/kloc-0, 0.5 kg of gentian powder, 0.75 kg of salt and 0. 1 kg of licorice powder.
Formula 3: medium sand 35%, yellow mud 10%, oyster shell 25%, gypsum plaster 5%, hydrated lime 5%, charcoal powder 5%, bone meal 10%, salt 4% and iron oxide red 1%.
Formula 4: 35% of stone rice, 30% of oyster shell, 8% of bone meal, 5% of hydrated lime, 6% of carbon powder, 4% of salt, 0.6% of gentian powder, 0.4% of licorice powder and 0/0% of iron oxide red. ?
(5) Taiwan Province pigeon farm formula.
Shell powder 40%, red soil 35%, charcoal 10%, bone powder 5%, salt 5%.
(6) Formula of Hong Kong and Kowloon Pigeon Farm
60% fine sand, 3 1% shell powder, 3.3% salt, 1.4% bovine bone powder, 1.5% charcoal powder, 1% anhydrite, 0.5% alum, 0.5% licorice, 0.5% licorice.
(7) USDA introduced this formula.
Oyster shell powder 40%, coarse sand 35%, charcoal powder 6%, bone powder 8%, limestone 6%, salt 4%, red soil 1%.
(8) The formula introduced by Ichiro Kohara, a Japanese pigeon expert.
40% loess, 30% brick powder, 20% oyster powder, 6% gypsum and 4% salt.
Matters needing attention in preparation and use of health sand
When preparing health sand, it is necessary to check whether the ingredients used are pure and whether there are impurities and mildew. When batching, it should be from less to more and mixed with more sand. For ingredients with less dosage, a small amount of sanitary sand can be mixed evenly first, and then mixed into all sanitary sand.
After the mixed ingredients are prepared, they should not be used and stored for too long, otherwise they will not be fresh and will easily deteriorate. The main components of general health sand are oyster shell powder, bone powder, coarse sand, red mud, auxin and so on. You can mix them first, and the amount can be eaten by pigeons for 34 days. Then, before giving the health sand every day, mix the ingredients with small dosage and easy deliquescence to ensure the quality and utility of the health sand.
Health sand should be used now to ensure freshness and prevent some substances from being oxidized and decomposed or having adverse chemical changes, which will affect the function of health sand.
Regular and quantitative supply should be made every day, and healthy sand can be fed in the morning. Pigeons are given more during the brooding period and less during the non-brooding period. Usually, each pair of pigeons is fed with 15-20g 1 time.
Every week, the remaining health sand of 1 time should be thoroughly cleaned and replaced with new health sand to ensure the quality and prevent corruption and deterioration.
The formula of health sand should change with the pigeon's state, production performance, physical needs and seasonal changes, and should not be static.
The prepared sanitary sand should be packed in a sanitary sand box and placed where pigeons can peck freely. You can also stir it evenly, add appropriate amount of water and knead it into a ball shape, then dry it for later use and crush it slightly when feeding. Or put the health sand in a pigeon cage or pigeon house and let the pigeons eat freely.
Remember not to put the attached healthy sand in a metal container to avoid chemical reaction, for reference only.