price of grub

just sent my farmer freind a text what price his grub will be now the harvest is on ?. 

whats he say 2 quid more than the last bag you brought

birdy2011 wrote:

whats he say 2 quid more than the last bag you brought

no i refused to pay that amount and walked away, were still freinds though.

Our corn here avrages £12,50 a 20klo bag if you wont to go for Versa laga your talking of around 17 to £18 a bag I think

Versa Laga average at about £14 here, their all round is £10.98.
upto about £17. their new Bourdoux mixes are about £14

i got a few bags of the v/l all round today steve, seems nice enough stuff.......

buy in bulk with club mates keep less birds

David wrote:

i got a few bags of the v/l all round today steve, seems nice enough stuff.......

There is so many mixtures out there it`s a bit much for me like  , is it ok to just feed an all rounder to your old birds and stock birds and a young bird feed to the YBs , what with moult and breeding mixes and YB with and YB without maize ect ect ect it could get bloody expensive , does the bird really mind as long as it`s having some decent grub  

andy.

northern monkey wrote:

David wrote:

i got a few bags of the v/l all round today steve, seems nice enough stuff.......

There is so many mixtures out there it`s a bit much for me like  , is it ok to just feed an all rounder to your old birds and stock birds and a young bird feed to the YBs , what with moult and breeding mixes and YB with and YB without maize ect ect ect it could get bloody expensive , does the bird really mind as long as it`s having some decent grub  

andy.

Andy !!!!!!!   you have just entered a mine field etc (I'm an expert    ) & I'm not talking about differant mixes etc   . Ask 100 differant champions what they feed & you will get 100 differant answers. My mind boggles     at times when I see some of the mixes, differant company's say you must feed to be successful. A lot/most  of it is just spin   & the pigeons couldn't give a s**t & are happy to eat anything to survive etc. Many old time succesful flyers were big on beans as an example in your area & down here flyers fed peas & wheat for years & were succesful up to 850 miles etc. The experts ??????? say now it was all wrong, but in the end the pigeons have made fools of them with their theory's in many cases. Now !!!! I will admit here thou, that there is a differance between feeding for short/sprint type races & the distance events, but in many ways it's about how you feed & when.  
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I bought 10 bags of v/l super breeding £14-20 a
bag 25kls I wont be buying it again too much maize for my liking
u live and learn sean

seanl wrote:

I bought 10 bags of v/l  super breeding  £14-20 a
bag 25kls  I wont be buying it again  too much maize for my liking
u live and learn  sean

Interesting Sean   I have never been all that big on maize in a breeding mix etc, thou I quite like it on the racing side of things. Question !!!! if I may ask, what % maize would you say was in the super breeding mix, have you bought it before or has the % of maize changed in any way to your knowledge.
Inquisitive, aren't I   .  
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birdy2011 wrote:

buy in bulk with club mates keep less birds

Graham !!!!!!   Bulk is the way to go. My old Fed, buys it in by the semi load every few months for the members. Helps them out etc & it puts a few bob into the bank so to speak to help with the running costs of the fed. Win !!! Win !!! situation   & everyone finishes up happy.  
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i have used swainsons irish widow hood mix this year to rear my young birds on, the corn is what i had left over from last year, the young birds i have bred are superb, i have also raced on this irish, but will admit i have thind it down in the beging of racing,as i believe it is too heavy,

i have used swainsons irish widow hood mix this year to rear my young birds on, the corn is what i had left over from last year, the young birds i have bred are superb, i have also raced on this irish, but will admit i have thind it down in the beging of racing,as i believe it is too heavy,

well one thing is for sure I wont be using Gerry plus again ..I thought the quality of maize in this mix was terrible this year...ended up chucking a bag away and taking the other back to the shop

Knackered wrote:

seanl wrote:

I bought 10 bags of v/l  super breeding  £14-20 a
bag 25kls  I wont be buying it again  too much maize for my liking
u live and learn  sean

Interesting Sean   I have never been all that big on maize in a breeding mix etc, thou I quite like it on the racing side of things. Question !!!! if I may ask, what % maize would you say was in the super breeding mix, have you bought it before or has the % of maize changed in any way to your knowledge.
Inquisitive, aren't I   .  
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i would say 50% to60%  maize  not a breeding mix to  me first time i have ever used it and it will be the last its crap   yes i like maize in the racing mix  also i use some gerry plus  but racing and breeding  are different kettles of fish    sean

seanl wrote:

Knackered wrote:

seanl wrote:

I bought 10 bags of v/l  super breeding  £14-20 a
bag 25kls  I wont be buying it again  too much maize for my liking
u live and learn  sean

Interesting Sean   I have never been all that big on maize in a breeding mix etc, thou I quite like it on the racing side of things. Question !!!! if I may ask, what % maize would you say was in the super breeding mix, have you bought it before or has the % of maize changed in any way to your knowledge.
Inquisitive, aren't I   .  
*****

i would say 50% to60%  maize  not a breeding mix to  me first time i have ever used it and it will be the last its crap   yes i like maize in the racing mix  also i use some gerry plus  but racing and breeding  are different kettles of fish    sean

Sean i agree with you but in the British Homing World for the last few weeks Dean Pallett Jr has started a pigeion store throught mail order
They have been advertising the Natural Grains in 25Kg bags for good prices
 
I have always liked the Natural Grains but it is everyone to there own mate

But your spot on with the breeding being a different kettle of fish as its important to get the foundation spot on
 
All the best with the V/Laga

corn merchants are nothing more than farmers none race or if any a couple so what are there facts based on in a nut shell kidoledgy and sale marketing if all these mixes were what they claim racing and breeding would be so simple

how ever we all know its not so simple

same with all the so called wonder products its all clever sales patter none are proven

Don Webb wrote:

seanl wrote:

Knackered wrote:

seanl wrote:

I bought 10 bags of v/l  super breeding  £14-20 a
bag 25kls  I wont be buying it again  too much maize for my liking
u live and learn  sean

Interesting Sean   I have never been all that big on maize in a breeding mix etc, thou I quite like it on the racing side of things. Question !!!! if I may ask, what % maize would you say was in the super breeding mix, have you bought it before or has the % of maize changed in any way to your knowledge.
Inquisitive, aren't I   .  
*****

i would say 50% to60%  maize  not a breeding mix to  me first time i have ever used it and it will be the last its crap   yes i like maize in the racing mix  also i use some gerry plus  but racing and breeding  are different kettles of fish    sean

Sean i agree with you but in the British Homing World for the last few weeks Dean Pallett Jr has started a pigeion store throught mail order
They have been advertising the Natural Grains in 25Kg bags for good prices
 
I have always liked the Natural Grains but it is everyone to there own mate

But your spot on with the breeding being a different kettle of fish as its important to get the foundation spot on
 
All the best with the V/Laga

i have mixed some peas into it and bamfords super breeding   but i will never buy V/L SUPER BREEDING AGAIN thats fer sure
DP  JUNIOR  the son of the van reet guy  if so i sure would not be going any where near him  sean