what you feeding

what are you feeding at present guys now the moult is over ours are on the left over moulting mix with barley and wheat added

oldstrain wrote:

what are you feeding at present guys now the moult is over ours are on the left over moulting mix with barley and wheat added

Cheapest feed mix on the block etc 50%. Chicken layer pellet's 10% & then Farm peas, safflower & rapeseed straight out of a farmers paddock. Safflower, grain store $38/48 a bag Farmer, delivered to ones door $20 I bought up etc "Big time" .

Ours are on a 50/50 lo-cost high protein and depurative, they're looking ok on it , and as fit as fiddles with no excess weight, will be perfect for breeding time in a couple of weeks

mornings a hand full of the following mix...layers pellets..bos pellets...linseed...tk conditioner.
3pm.4 seasons farm barley wheat equal measures.
if really cold...drinkers frozen cold I add handful of beans each feed tray extra.

breeder/racer cheap and cheerful

fieldwalker wrote:

mornings a hand full of the following mix...layers pellets..bos pellets...linseed...tk conditioner.
3pm.4 seasons farm barley wheat equal measures.
if really cold...drinkers frozen cold I add handful of beans each feed tray extra.

very similar to my morning feed

3/4 best all round and 1/4 depurative

100% bamfords premier gold for mine

I quite like bamfords corns, the depurative im giving now is bamfords.....its a decent clean corn, not too expensive compared to some of them, and better than a lot of them...

100% Bamfords multi task at the moment that's there base mix all year round , I add other bamfords corn as and when needed through out the year .plus a pocket of peanuts in my loft coat they will take my fingers off for them if I'm not careful

markevans wrote:

100% bamfords premier gold for mine

Best stuff on the market for the channel imo

mufc rick wrote:

100% Bamfords multi task at the moment that's there base mix all year round , I add other bamfords corn as and when needed through out the year .plus a pocket of peanuts in my loft coat they will take my fingers off for them if I'm not careful

whats multi task like rick, is it a heavy type of mix, or like an all round type of mix.......has it a lot of maize in it..or much small seeds...?

David imo its the dogs danglers as a base mix 22 different types of corn if my memory is right , I just add a little diat 2000 up to 150 mile then premier gold for the long races, it's got plenty of popcorn maize , it's got a little red/dark maize and a little of the big yellow maize mate it works for me mate

ah right, is this for old bird racing or young bird racing rick...?

Old bird racing David , young bird racing they get 100% multi task and plenty of peanuts as much as they want .no hungry ybs here but I do only feed once a day with the ybs , just want them to learn and come home

Multi task is a very good mix but I like their young bird pop corn mix for the youngsters easily to digests

markevans wrote:

Multi task is a very good mix but I like their young bird pop corn mix for the youngsters easily to digests

is that like Gerry plus mark...?

No maple peas or any other peas small seeds and three types of maize popcorn size you can feed as much as they can eat and in the morning its gone and they are hungry again good corn I will use it again this coming season have a look on bamfords web site its around £13.00 pound a bag

Lots of large corn. Wheat, milo etc,. Corn keeps them warm. Popcorn? No, unless it is in the mix. Too hard for them to digest. Cheap stuff is what I feed.
Bag I got today. Red corn, Yellow corn, Hard red wheat, Red Milo, Red millet, Yellow peas, Maple peas. 12.7 protein. Fat 3% Carbs 66%. That I will mix daily with the cheaper stuff. As the eggs get nearer hatching will boost the protein.

halcanada wrote:

Lots of large corn. Wheat, milo etc,. Corn keeps them warm. Popcorn? No, unless it is in the mix. Too hard for them to digest. Cheap stuff is what I feed.
Bag I got today. Red corn, Yellow corn, Hard red wheat, Red Milo, Red millet, Yellow peas, Maple peas. 12.7 protein. Fat 3% Carbs 66%. That I will mix daily with the cheaper stuff. As the eggs get nearer hatching will boost the protein.

Put ones thoughts out there Hal on feed etc & it's like walking in a mine field as chances are things will go belly up with your views in some ones eye's etc. Peas are poison, pop corn maize is bad, wheat is a killer Chicken pellets, are for chickens or a mix with 20 plus grains, is better for our birds than one with 5/6grains as such. Pigeons I suspect just want the simple life but us owners sadly, with our wisdom ???? do tend at times to make life rather difficult for them all I would suggest .
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Years ago...early 70s my grandfather used to get canadian wheat (docks) it was darker and harder and a more nutty taste ( i was about 10y.o)good stuff...pity the bloke who supplied it got caught lol