Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Introduction From the history we know that Asian subcontinent was the pioneer of fancy pigeons rearing. Emperor Akbar had 20,000 pigeons where 500 were selected. Pigeon keeping is the prehistoric hobby of human. That time only bamboo and wooden cages were the rearing appliances. Millions of thousand selective breeding was happened in pigeons then produced a lot of fancy pigeons. From the modern thinking for overcome unemployment status of the country it’s very essential to establish a pigeon farm. Squab meat could a protein demand for peoples. That’s why in US there Palmetto Pigeon Plant is now well established. Davis and Dyer and Carpenter Squab Rancing are also another renowned pigeon farm of the world. In Los Angeles there a great pigeon farm and its droppings are selling with huge currency. In mughal dynasty emperor Akbar reared a lot of fancy pigeons in his court in Delhi. 1,2 In Bangladesh at present there huge pigeon farms or pet shops available. 3 But one problem is that most farms are private. If there is a source of loan by our government or bank most peoples will get beneft. Our poultry sector is enriched due to loan for rural and urban peoples. In this case we need to submit an application to Youth and Development Department, Bangladesh for getting loan for establishing a pigeon farm. Our university authority rears pigeon for research. Visited out of ten farms 50% were commercial, 40% were hobby and only 10% were research. Observed all farms either hobby or commercial farm all were very dirty except Pabna, Natore and Naogaon farm. In Saidpur and Dinajpur of Bangladesh farms are semi-good. Due to mismanagement or not consciousness or only for hobby they don’t think on its proft. Huge amount of money they are investing but fall loss. Again they get new expensive breed and then same losses. It will take time that pigeons are the major source of protein and could be a farm-based bird. There are competitions that who buy rare and expensive breed among all. Though in Dhaka they establish lot of nice farms but only vitamin added food leads to its productivity. Kushtia, Bheramara, Rangpur and Dinajpur they establish a farm but not well documented or scientifc. There is no farms I have seen where pigeons get chance to free for small amount of fying. Materials First rearing breeds with real characteristics Tumbler (10 Pair): Its real characteristics are- Medium size; Finch like beak; mainly pearl or black eyed; Variable in colour; Tumbling behaviour (Plate 1). Satinette (2 Pair): Tumbler size body; Breast frill; Peak crest; Grouse muffs; Medium-short thick beak; Legs are short (Plate 2). Plate 1 Flying tumbler Plate 2 Satinette Fantail (2 Pair): Finely expanded tail feathers (above 20) and erect; Head-tail touched; Tremules of the neck; Breast well rounded; Walk on its toes (Plate 3). Bombay (1 Pair): Medium size; Compact body; Broad crest; Self colour (Plate 4). Plate 3 Indian fantail Plate 4 Bombay Lahore (Martin) (2 Pair): Laterally bi-lateral colour where base is always white; Neck heavily feathered; Broad chest; Beak broad; Stockings leg; Tight feather; Beak and edge of mouth is wattled; Upper mandible is coloured (Plate 5). King (1 Pair): Medium sized body; Graceful line of the eye; Stout Beak; Wattle and eye nicely proportional; Round skull; Eye cere is beet red; Shorter wing and well folded; Wing and tail tips are three quarter of an inch; Tail is parallel to the ground; Legs straight and bright red (Plate 6). J Dairy Vet Anim Res. 2018;7(6):248‒251. 248 ©2018 Kabir. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially. Necessary steps to establish a frst-time pigeon farm Volume 7 Issue 6 - 2018 M Ashraful Kabir Lecturer in Zoology, Cantonment Public School and College, Bangladesh Correspondence: M Ashraful Kabir, Lecturer in Zoology, Cantonment Public School and College, Saidpur Cantonment 5311, District- Nilphamari, Bangladesh, Email Received: November 23, 2016 | Published: November 21, 2018 Abstract Most readers in Bangladesh are providing very poor feed in their farm. They don’t know the exact feed ratio for racing or rearing stock. Some readers give broiler feed but they don’t know that if this feed is mixed with normal feed for a long time it’s possible to growing pathogenic fungus. They are not well known or not try to know about pigeons. Pigeons in Bangladesh now rear just for hobby. It makes a good source of income. Lack of cleanliness of the farm is very common which allows for spreading a lot of diseases. Peoples rear their fancy pigeons in confned area and not getting fying or exercise. When a reader starts a farm just buy some breeds but they don’t know which are good at the frst stage or good for breeding. Moreover, they don’t know the ideal markings of such pigeons. Ultimately they get mixed breed which is not good their proft. Keywords: pigeon farm, loft, pigeon Journal of Dairy, Veterinary & Animal Research Review Article Open Access