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Knackered Oldbird
Posts : 14366 Join date : 2013-03-11
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:07 pm | |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:14 pm | |
| plenty ppl feed carrots, tried it years ago but never got them to eat any gave up trying they just went discoloured in the tray and muck collectors might already be in the pellets.....iv not opened the box they came in yet il take to the loft tomorrow and see what they think of them |
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Knackered Oldbird
Posts : 14366 Join date : 2013-03-11
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:26 pm | |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 42925 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:27 pm | |
| are these rabbit pellets expensive, or cheaper than pigeon pellets fieldy...? |
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Knackered Oldbird
Posts : 14366 Join date : 2013-03-11
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:10 am | |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 42925 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:12 am | |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:38 am | |
| Abit more expensive with p&p but im not going to be using loads of them.. The ones i was told to try are smaller than other rabbit pellets so easier to get them eating them... I hope |
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Knackered Oldbird
Posts : 14366 Join date : 2013-03-11
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:16 pm | |
| Well the ybs eat them ok but the obs are thinking...what the flip...is he feeding us now |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 42925 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:45 pm | |
| - fieldwalker wrote:
- Well the ybs eat them ok but the obs are thinking...what the flip...is he feeding us now
same as they do with "pigeon pellets" fieldy, ive found they take a while to get used to them, just give a small % of them mixed with other corn at first, gradually increasing it...... that's if they are not normally in their every day diet.... |
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oldstrain Oldbird
Posts : 16266 Join date : 2011-01-03 Location : the magic roundabout
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 5:08 pm | |
| best time to get yer birds used to anything new in the feed is over the winter before breeding commences its no good giving new things on the eve of hatching they will leave it |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:48 pm | |
| aye they didnt like groats much but they do now...handful in the tray soon go now |
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Knackered Oldbird
Posts : 14366 Join date : 2013-03-11
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:33 pm | |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:47 pm | |
| sounds like the old speed cake knackeroo my grandfatha (see avatar) used to make...mind my gran wasnt over happy about it. eggs...sherry...seeds...crushed digestives groats..rice i forget the rest be 40 odd year ago. |
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Knackered Oldbird
Posts : 14366 Join date : 2013-03-11
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:55 pm | |
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halcanada Youngbird
Posts : 4206 Join date : 2014-03-11 Age : 84 Location : Southern Ontario. Canada.
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:57 pm | |
| Heard of many recipes for pigeon feed enhancers. My daughter in law is visiting next week. She is bringing me an ounce or two of hemp seed. To grow plants from. Some are apparently 'High test'. Some are less potent with different properties. She is well versed in making Cannabis oil and cookies with marajuana in it. Cookies. Will experiment, see how the birds react. Made from the leaves of the plant. Buds are for smoking and mine never picked up the habit. Possibilities are endless! Pigeons attacking hawks? Cats? Maybe flying in circles for hours. Interesting!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN5HOMgZL-U |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:27 am | |
| They will just go to sleep |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 42925 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:54 pm | |
| I wouldn't dream of saying that David I like mine to stay on the bottom for quite a while untill they have abit more sense. With going on the dark il have them on a breed n wean untill i take them off the dark end of June plenty linseed also. Il race on gerry plus or similar |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 42925 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:37 am | |
| will you race the full yb program on Gerry plus fw, or add heavier corn as the distance gets further...?
I never force my ybs up to fly, I try to keep them down for as long as I can, giving them plenty of time to get accustomed to the surrounds .... |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:22 pm | |
| No once they go on the race mix they stay on it maybe a few peas mid week if i think they need it. Mine always exercise well range even after a few races (kiss of death will go like crows now). Longest yb is only 270 mark |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 42925 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:45 pm | |
| ah right, so you would more or less keep them on Gerry plus the full yb season ...? do you think there will be enough in it , protein, carbs etc as the distance gets further...? |
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fieldwalker Youngbird
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-10-01 Age : 63 Location : BOLDON COLLIERY TYNE&WEAR
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:46 pm | |
| Yeah but they still get pellets on a morning with tk seed |
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markevans Youngbird
Posts : 3310 Join date : 2015-01-25 Age : 58 Location : Wolverhampton
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:39 pm | |
| The last two weeks mine have been on 1/3 premier gold 1/3 multi task both by bamfords and 1/3 four seasons by natural birds like the mix handle well and flying OK on it |
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halcanada Youngbird
Posts : 4206 Join date : 2014-03-11 Age : 84 Location : Southern Ontario. Canada.
| Subject: Re: What are you feeding your birds Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:18 am | |
| I doubt if it matters what you feed your pigeons. Basic cheap mix is as good as anything. Long distance add more carbs. Short distance go the other way. Love of home and health win races. |
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