hi, new member....

What a lot of fanciers do is when the last race has been done and you don't want to bred of the birds then split them up after a week together and feed them 50% barley with a moulting mixture and this will start there moult off

Also use garlic in the water this will help them to drop the downing flights and it will help keep the worm count down

The reason the feed is of a low count compared to the racing mixture is because the pigeons are going to spend a large amount of time in the loft and you do not want them to get fat

hi don, i usually have garlic in the water 24/7 and just change the water fresh daily.....do you thnk this is too much ?

No not at all it's good for the pigeons, the only thing i would say is on race days give clean water

could i add cider vinegar to the garlic at the same time ?

Not sure but for me i would use one thing at a time mixing things may cause problems

dont you mean on basket day give fresh water before they go you need elecrolytes or multivits on return,

Ian just read what i posted and yes you are correct with what you said

Fresh water on basket night and electrolites or multi vitamins on there return

Ian remember when i posted "Honey and Jif Lemon" for when the birds returned

It's cheap and it works well

hi donn is this already mixed or is it seperate and you mix it yourself you can put it on the corn aswell cant you

Hi Ian always put it in the water

2 Tablespoons of honey and a sqeeze of jif lemon

Place this in the water fountain and use warm water to dissolve the honey and lemon once done then fill with freash water and that is it Ian

Used it for one year and the cocks performance's improved and they recoved better from the race

The following 2 years did not use it and the cocks were not the same and the performances went down and the recovery from the race was slower

After 2 years not using it used it the following year and things got better

Ian hope this is o.k for you but can not say if it will work for you only telling you what worked for me good luck

cheers don appreciated

No worries mate just hope it works you

Let me now good or bad if it works for you???

could this be used as a pickmeup or tonic for the yb that was missing for 5 days ?

Honey is a natural sugar and sugar is energy so if you look at it that way David you could say it is like a pick me up

might give it some, altho its wattle is looking a bit whiter.....i didnt let them out for 2 days due to hospital app and others racing yesterday, maybs just needed a rest ?

Try it let me know how you get on with it

yes, will do don........

Thanks

david have got hen in stock loft with same problem but think this is off nebbing done what i said with crystals wattle is back to lily white if it was respitory then it wouldnt have done anything for her

yes ian, i dont think its respatory....but the thing that bothers me is that it was out missing for 5 days, i dont think its been in anywhere because it was so flown down but you just never know do you ? would been out for that length of time cause any illness or is it just run down.....?

havnt had chance to get some of the crystals yet ian, but ill get some before the weekend hopefully......

the chances are david itll be just off living rough for a week

do you think it will give others anything ian ?