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    PostSubject: winter mix   Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:12 am

    hi everyone whats best to feed now the mix is made up from wheat,barley,white peas,maize,blue peas,maple peas,tic beans, red dari basically high carb low energy low protein for the off period am i going about it right or do i have to give them a bit of oil seed in the mix like lineseed or hemp seed any tips information would be much apreciated

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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:54 am

    Agood moulting mix in this time of year with added barley extra 30%
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:40 am

    40 percent barley now mate and winter mix if your birds are throu the moult like mine if not throu the moult yet 30 percent barley and your seed
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:47 pm

    bought a decent winter/resting mix from crowthers in wakefield, only £7 a 25kg bag....all sorts of nice seed in it by the look of it. giving linseed would be good for them i would have thought, wouldnt do them any harm....... scratch
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:07 pm

    whats in that crowthers winter mix david,do you know please. pig
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:23 pm

    hi littlehen, dont know off hand but ill have alook tommorrow and let you know......seems a nice mix tho, plenty of different seeds in it and cheap too........lol, £7 a 25kg bag.... Very Happy
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:18 am

    ive found a winter m ix like yours David about the same price aswell. They are looking well on it.
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:00 pm

    i make my own bag of barley bag of wheat and a bag of economy and mix it all look good on this until breeding , already bought 4 bags of super widowhood for next year
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:11 pm

    hi ian, thats what i wanted to do last week when i went to crowthers.....i got 2 bags of the winter/resting mix which will last me to the end of december when im pairing up, i wanted to get 2 bags of breeding mix as well which should have seen me over the breeding season so that i could then go and buy the racing mix......but as i didnt know what breeding mix was good to buy i didnt get it so im wanting to find out off our members what they reccomend then ill go buy some. Very Happy
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:00 pm

    what i do for breeding is use a versa laga breed mix and keep a pot in each box always topped up with maple peas ,
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:27 pm

    Barley is the number one for me at least 40% and small seeds
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:28 pm

    The best seeds to use are oily seeds linseed ect helps put that shine to the feathers
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:31 pm

    Don Webb wrote:
    Barley is the number one for me at least 40% and small seeds


    hi don, is this for winter mix ? the mix i have contains barley and wheat (i think) a lot of different small seeds and some bluey coloured peas i think? what are these....? also it has a very small amount of maize which is quitw small..... Very Happy
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:04 pm

    It's a good mix from what you say
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    PostSubject: Re: winter mix   Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:14 pm

    yes don i like the look of it, i dare say there is better but im happy with it......plus the price is very reasonable too. at my local corn shop its £11.95 for a bag of crap so i can get 3 for ythe price of two, plus its better stuff.... affraid
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