9X gets rich from raising French pigeons

After finishing high school, the young man born in the 90s, Pham Thanh Nhat, had the will to get rich right in his hometown.

He studied many breeding models and was particularly impressed with the French pigeon breeding model. From there, Mr. Nhat researched knowledge and techniques for raising this foreign pigeon breed in books, newspapers and studied successful models in some northern provinces.

With the accumulated knowledge and 120 million VND in initial investment capital, Mr. Nhat started his business.

The French pigeon breed is suitable for captivity, has high disease resistance, and weighs more than normal pigeon breeds. Photo: Minh Thai

In early 2016, he went all the way to Bac Giang to buy 450 pairs of breeding pigeons to raise. He divided the pigeon cage into many compartments of different sizes, each compartment raising 4-5 birds.

According to Mr. Nhat, French pigeons are very easy to raise, their main food is corn bran and rice mixed together, fed twice a day. For pairs raising young birds, feed them once a day. In addition, the cage must be cleaned regularly, food and water must be clean, and supplements and preventive medicine must be added on a regular basis.

French pigeons have a very regular and high reproductive capacity; on average each breeding pair lays 8-10 litters/year. Photo: Minh Thai

The French pigeon breed has a very regular and high reproductive capacity. Each female pigeon starts to lay her first clutch at 4 - 5 months old, each clutch lays 2 eggs. After 10 - 15 days, the female will lay the next clutch; on average, each breeding pair lays 8 - 10 clutches/year.

After 16 - 18 days of incubation, the baby birds are cared for by the parents in the cage. On the 30th day, when they reach the right weight, they can be sold commercially.

Pigeons incubate and raise their own eggs. Each breeding pair is kept in a separate cage, suitable for the captive environment, highly resistant to disease, and has a higher weight than normal pigeon breeds.

Only invest in buying the initial breed, then the family can supply the new breed, reducing investment costs and ensuring a source of breed.

Thanks to that, the number of pigeons that Mr. Nhat's family regularly raises is always from 450 to 500 pairs, including 250 pairs of parent pigeons. On average, each month, his family sells from 100 to 120 pairs of pigeons of all kinds; at the price of 200,000 to 300,000 VND/pair of breeding pigeons; 70 to 90 VND/commercial pigeon (young pigeon, weighing from 0.5 kg). On average, each month, the family earns a profit of 15 to 18 million VND.

Mr. Nhat's family regularly raises 450 - 500 pairs of French pigeons, earning an average profit of 15 - 18 million VND/month. Photo: Minh Thai

Realizing that Mr. Nhat's family's pigeon farming model brings high income and is easy to apply, some people in the commune learned from his experience and started to experiment with it.

Mr. Le Trung Kien - Vice Chairman of Nghia Lam Commune People's Committee said: Developing the French pigeon farming model brings high economic efficiency. In the coming time, the locality will research to support technical advice on farming as well as market orientation for people to develop this farming model sustainably"./.