What would be your choice

Just a question for our members, What would be your choice. Haiths Red Band or Harkers Homoform.

conditioner for me ie red band etc,,,

devo56 wrote:

Just a question for our members, What would be your choice. Haiths Red Band or Harkers Homoform.

niether devo red band is bulked up with wheat homoform i have used and could not see any improvement on young reared without it but as a treat i would sooner give homoform than red band if they were the only seeds available

I remember red band from my former racing days, didn't realise it was still available but it was a fine conditioner then so I would probably go back with that, but I'll see how the birds go without it first.

Lofty wrote:

I remember red band from my former racing days, didn't realise it was still available but it was a fine conditioner then so I would probably go back with that, but I'll see how the birds go without it first.

agree used to be a great mix late 70s early 80s but not any more

I think there is so many products on the market, May be best if you make your own mix. I think it is a case of getting the balance right.

devo56 wrote:

I think there is so many products on the market, May be best if you make your own mix. I think it is a case of getting the balance right.

we use it for the moulting season added at a percentage daily to their feed as part of the feed ,when the moult is over its stopped ,we use hemp in the racing season as a treat I don't use peanuts and g10 pellets all year round

Ive never used either Devo, I think a few members from my club have red band in the trough when the birds return from training.

never used the homoform dev, but It just looks like wheat and pink minerals to me......I think red band is quite expensive so I usually buy the bamfords tk conditioner which is virtually the same, I mix this in with grit, pink minerals, clay blocks etc and make my own matrix type mix......works out a lot cheaper too

David wrote:

never used the homoform dev, but It just looks like wheat and pink minerals to me......I think red band is quite expensive so I usually buy the bamfords tk conditioner which is virtually the same, I mix this in with grit, pink minerals, clay blocks etc and make my own matrix type mix......works out a lot cheaper too  

David, i think red band is cheaper than homoform, I made a mix of mixed grit, hemp seed and tk conditioner, the birds love it.
I think this may be the way forward for myself, using different mix and oils, along with Bos pellets from Bamfords.

no idea dev, I don't buy either of them, all I know is red band isn't cheap, and homoform isn't cheap......this is why I go for the bamfords tk conditioner as its reasonably priced and virtually the same as red band, I use this as a base for a matrix type mix adding grit minerals etc to it.

Red Band as a conditioner and treat to get birds in with

Homoform for breeding youngsters and for the youngsters when parted of for the first few weeks

bamfords tk conditioner haith red band to dusty and not as good as bamfords

corn and water with marmite in it for me if my birds look well I leave alone

TK for me but only used as a trapping mix to entice birds in works ok for us