YB feeding...............?????

i know ive asked this question a few times before , but im still no wiser...........was giving yb a yb no maize mix 1 oz per bird per day, fed twice a day.......with this i had trouble getting them in after exercise so someone suggested this mix was too high in protien and said give them 2/3 rds barley and 1/3/rd widowood mix 1 oz per bird per day........now they seem starving so i dont know what to do as they are either not hungry or too hungry,

at the moment my ybs are doing very little flying and most days just walk around the garden or flutter a couple of laps around the loft, yesterday a fancier said i should be feeding them 1 oz per day or versela laga dark corn which is for dark ybs.....


any thoughts anyone please ?

i use vanroebys youngbird mix at the moment until training with maize once i start training then i will give them widowhood corn they get an ounce and a third per day and are flying an hour out once a day feed half when they come in and half before darking down no problem with getting them in takes less than a minute through trap for 48 youngbirds

I feed versa laga junior, lots of maize but I add beans and peas until training starts, they still get a bit of barley. Hungry birds are better than fat bad trappers so dont worry, leave it well alone.

my birds are never starved and are not fat they fly the corn off , a hungry bird will not excercise

one of the problems with mine is they are not flying........they flutter around the loft some of them but at the moment they arent all flying in a bunch and exercising to burn the food off.

changed my y/b corn saturday, corn i was getting too high in protein birds wouldnt fly told to feed different at night from morning, morning i feed buxtons diet supreme night time 50% buxtons diet supreme with 50% maple peas for a week them in morning it will be 50% diet supreme 50% y/b widowhood, to see how they go on, upto now flying and bunching apart from youngest 6

My first batch of young would come out straight onto the floor peck around maybe onto the house and in, this went on for weeks now no problem since second round of young arrived. Feed just the same plenty of protein thats more important for growing young.

i was told where i went wrong was feeding same morning and night

steve I totally agree witht that..I feed heavy at night and light after morning feed that way they are not hungry in the morning when I want them to fly, and they fly.

mine are flying much better now

altering my feed to 50% widowood and 50% barley to see if it makes any difference, i prefer to feed once a day as i only let them out once a day at thed moment........was feeding yb mix no maize but was told it was too high protien content at this stage and that ybs do need maize in there diet.

fourtoday wrote:

My first batch of young would come out straight onto the floor peck around maybe onto the house and in, this went on for weeks now no problem since second round of young arrived. Feed just the same plenty of protein thats more important for growing young.

hi richard, good to see you on site...........do you have any trouble getting the ybs in after exercise and how much do you give them per day ?

decided to try 1/3rd barley, 1/3rd yb mix no maize and 1/3rd widowhood.........ill give each bird 1 oz and if still hungry another 1/4 oz per bird per day.

any thoughts anyone.....?

p.s. this will be fed once per day after morning exercise.

seem ok on this mix, they are coming in after exercise fairly well and when fed are not running around the loft as tho they are starving..................was looking a bit hunched as tho they had been out for 3 nights !!!!!!!! looking a lot better now.

Would say David make sure you put the fuel in when time for training and racing

david fuel is too exspensive try corn

You will have to make up your mind between Petrol or Diesel

I would say Diesel as you get more to the gallon on a good run