the moult............

this year i want to get my birds an early moult for the showing.what is it you do to get an early moult is it you increase the day light in the loft or do you decrease the daylight in the loft?i cant remember.

decrease daylight in loft to eight hours a day

hi, when fanciers put the ybs onto the dark system it simulates the hours of winter and forces the moult earlier than normal, maybe this could be used for the reasons you want........is it ybs or obs you are wanting to know about......?

it will be young birds mate.my intention is to get them through the moult by october.

The moult is the most important and can spoil the bird for the next season, let nature do it as it does it the best forget gimiks mate...

even if you did as martyn suggests i think they should be naturally through the moult by october anyway shouldnt they .....? so there would be no need to darken the loft.

rudderfett wrote:

The moult is the most important and can spoil the bird for the next season, let nature do it as it does it the best forget gimiks mate...

what do you mean martyn gimiks are you refering to dark system

DAVID wrote:

even if you did as martyn suggests i think they should be naturally through the moult by october anyway shouldnt they .....? so there would be no need to darken the loft.

depends what you mean through the moult.i am looking to get my birds with all the flight through and no more growing.in october i check all my birds progress in the moult and always find all the birds are still growing flights and this means the birds arent in the best condition for showing.its by mid november they are fully through it.do any of you racing guys show your birds?

only just started back with pigeons but used to show 20 years ago got a few cards, show quality were just bred off not raced by some of members, plenty of sun in aviary for show and eyesign birds, less stress better for showing i was told then mate always fully through moult on time

only thing with darkness system is birds dont throw there flights
(just body feathers)
so carnt see how you will benifit from this system except catch some of the early agg shows
light system might be best suited for your needs
jmo

Just to be clear gimiks means using unatural means to speed the moult...anything other than natural.

so i gather you dont put your youngbirds on the dark martyn , i tell you it make no difference to them for yearlings they are just as good as natural youngbirds so in what way does it spoil them for following season

i will just let them moult naturally.any advice on helping the moult i heard that iron amd cod liver oil is good.