collection/delivery of exchange ybs.....

what you up to ian, have you had the birds out today ? hope rays got his auction pigeon.......

dont let them out david until after they are paired up going to change all deep litter tomorrow for winter dreading it

deep litter? what do you use ian.....i just put straw down in stock shed, know its not ideal but theres only 6 birds in there and it helps not having to disturb them by cleaning out all the time

david use easy bed i think its horse beddind its like wood chips

how often do you change it or clean out ? do you siv it every now and then ? or change and top up ?

ian wrote:

david use easy bed i think its horse beddind its like wood chips

Your right Ian it is used for horses, Its come along way since i first came across it, In the early days i would'nt have put it in a rabbit hutch let alone for my horses. But now its a totaly different product.

I dont use it as i scrape out everyday, But if i didnt have time to scrape evryday its the product that i would use..

Do we have any members who have grills on the floor ? if yes how often do you clean the floor ?

Amanda

Like to use shaving and sand mixed but dry sand

im like you amanda, i like to clean out every day and use floor whitener.....but in the stock shed i use straw on the floor.

im like yous i clean out every day i use grills in the boxes and i still clean out everyday also some one was saying to use wood shaveing to me other day but i find it easy like i am ... and i blow tourch once aweek all the boxes ....

dont really like the idea of wood shavings as they could move around and get in the ybs eyes.....im going to cover the bowl in newspaper for warmth and use straw for nesting with....

i use easy bed as well,hardly clean the floors maybe 3 times a year,but clean out every day the boxes and perches that is, i think it gives you more time with the birds as doing the floors would take us ages.in the racing and breeding season we clean out twice aday and use disenfectant on the perches so we have no problems what so ever

Ive seen on some site that people use hempcore, ive never come across this, but it seams that they really rate it. Also cat little is another poduct used. But i know its really heavy to carry so i would'nt want to be messing with that stuff.
David i like the idea of wrapping the nestpans in paper before useing. Thanks for the tip.
I think you could do with atips section, but once again lock it after posting so things the tips dont get lost in amongst the posts.

I think it would be most helpful to us all, and lets face it, it could save us some money in the long run

Amanda

I like to clean out everyday but in the winter i try to keep the pigeons in during the moult so some form of deep litter is used to reduce to level of disturbunce

ive always had straw down in my stock shed, not just during winter/breeding season but all year round.......evry now and then ill move it around and remove some of it and top up, i find its easier for the stock birds as they dont go out and i dont have to be cleaning the floor all the time...altho i do clean the boxes and perches every day. in the ob section and ybs section i scrape out every day and use floor whitener all year round.

david have you not tried the horse bedding much better than straw yo should try it you will be impressed

yes try it excellent stuff

not very njce with milk on

try it

you will never know unless you do

tried it its alright with a bit sugar

a bit ,not to much or it will spoil the taste

is there still a prize for the best young bird exchange,the best one with the best race results,if so how are we going to work it out again is it on a points system,i cannot remembere how we where going to do it can anybody remember