Winter Mix

Bit better than they usually winter on but had some leftovers from racing to mix in and use up.

looks a decent mix that colin, im still on bamfords all round mix, which ill probably stay on until eggs start hatching ......

i just feed countrywide junior mix all year got no maize in it

ive found my birds tend to leave / waste a lot of maize when feeding young birds, not good really when the price of corn goes up every time i go for some ....

that was the reason i now have no maize David it was wasted

im planning on using a mix more economical, something that doesnt get wasted as much ....i think they need a balanced diet with an overall mix of different seeds, just not one with a lot of maize in it .

this is what i feed David

thats looks a nice mix george, is this your all year round mix or your breeding mix ...?

is it your own mix you make up, or a bought mix ...?

countrywide junior mix feed all year round

Always used the same mix all the year round.

One bag of young bird mix with maize, one bag of trapping mix added to which was a small bag of pea nuts and linseed and hemp, the latter two small amounts.

Got the same amount of each every day.

Doubt if any pigeon got the same diet two days runniing.

But results better than words.


Regards.

ill be off for corn one day during the week, it will be just an all round one for a few weeks longer until i pair up or until eggs are about to hatch ........this bamfordsall round is ok but not the best, so ill beon the look out for something that doesnt have too much maize in it, or alternatively something with a high protein content .

i think the bamfords all round was £14 - £14.50 a bag

it will be around £16-17 a bag now mine is £11-50 from the club

this is my mixture David

thats good getting it through the club george, all clubs should do that ........

David when I was at Doncaster, Bamfords had some good breeding mixes on show and fair bit cheaper than continental mixes. You'll get some discount buying it by the truckload

not a member so i'm very lucky get it about £3 a bag cheaper

David wrote:

thats good getting it through the club george, all clubs should do that ........

We used to do the same, it was on an honesty basis, unfortunately honesty did not prevail and at the end of the season it was obvious some had not recorded taking several bags.

Regards.

The fact is that pigeons have won and put up great performances fed on nearly every mixture or lack of mixture possible.

From beans only to all the latest mixtures that need supplliments to offset the goodness taken out when polishing.

A commercialisms paradise kept afloat by the foolish.

The prettier the package the more gullible the fancier.

If there was one certain way it would have been discovered by now but nothing will turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.

Regards.

knew a fancier who fed only beans think it was because the droppings were perfect

i hear barley is one of the best seeds you can feed a pigeon, but whenever ive fed it they wont eat it .....

best ybs i ever saw fly were fed on chicken mixed grain

David wrote:

i hear barley is one of the best seeds you can feed a pigeon, but whenever ive fed it they wont eat it .....

Think I said earlier David, when I could not get wheat for the townies I got a sack of barley,

The townies would not touch it for a few days until they were too hungry not to,
certainly not o a seed they like.

But as a kid I could have lived on ice cream by choice but doubt very much the result would have been acceptable.

Regards.

off for corn saturday, i wont buy my breeding mix yet but ill have a look at what he has......i thinki`ll get enough to last over christmas and new year this visit, save me going back again before christmas.

also will get avidress, pink/black minerals, clay block and tk conditioner etc

i'm waiting on conditioner seed

i wish our club would do what yours do george,