the moult.

seems now that all my young birds are at the body feathers moult stage and pushing out the flights.what im looking for is someone to tell me any info on getting a good moult and good feathering when coming through.does anyone know if they should have extra iron or calcium or pro vitamins to aid the moult.all i really know is giving them baths regularly will help cheers.

i,ve heard that as well ,i keep my together untill they are through it so they are under less stress than if you part them.. just my opinion

your youngbirds shouldent need anything to get through the moult if they are fit they will get through the moult with no problem thear is too much hype on you need this or that if you want to help a bit, give them a some linseed and let them get through on there own

lol my old dad look on these sites and he say we are lucky our birds home never mind race with all the crap we pump into them these days lol.i love it when he sits there and go on about the old days.

I bet it is funny Mark

if everyone else stopped buying all this stuff would you?

Everyone to there own

Never deworm birds wich are in the molt.
Be sure, you get rid of external parasites.
High protein feed with a high oil content.
Avoid medication during this time.
The list go on and on , this is what i consider the most important.

Will agree there Grizzel, always liked plenty of oily seeds when moulting

all i do is put cod liver oil on there corn so it just dampens it down 2 or 3 times aweek
and sprinkle some babys milk powder on top , brill stuff full of vits and try giving them some borroco vit tablets disolved in there drinker buy them at any chemist or health food shop both of them will cost you about
a tenner .

hi kev, was reading about the use of baby milk powder yesterday in the "feed to win" book, and it said the use of powdered milk is very good and especially good for rearing ybs............ so would you reccomend its use for helping the moult too.....?

DAVID wrote:

hi kev, was reading about the use of baby milk powder yesterday in the "feed to win" book, and it said the use of powdered milk is very good and especially good for rearing ybs............ so would you reccomend its use for helping the moult too.....?

hi david , all i think is there still babys so there still growing it as got to help there new feathers when they start to moult that,s my thinking of it ive never had a bad moult with yb and they still fly with vigor hope this helps .

hi kev, have you never had problems with your ybs exercising round home when they are moulting..................when mine wouldnt fly i automatically presumed they were sore because they were moulting, is this the case or was it something else...

DAVID wrote:

hi kev, have you never had problems with your ybs exercising round home when they are moulting..................when mine wouldnt fly i automatically presumed they were sore because they were moulting, is this the case or was it something else...

the only reason mine fly well david is because i don,t race them and they get only a few chucks just to find out what the basket is , the moment
they start racing i think the harder it is to make them fly but if there fed a lighter mix they tend to fly better .

Ken will agree 100% with your comments spot on

sorry chaps BUT i HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH COMMENTS, nature takes care of things and Im sure they dony get sore, my youngsters have never stopped flying and have moulted out, the secondrounders are now heavy moult and not stopped flying. The flights are the biggest to mout and they are always casting them, cant see any body feathers causing problems, we race birds casting flights and they fly ok....sorry to strongly disagree but thats what this forums all about. If they are not flying they are sick, and I dont mean dying but not completely healthy.

hi mate, yes your right that,s what forums are for differant opinions but i must disagree when you
say they don,t get sore i think they do when they cast there primarys it,s one of the most stresfull things a pigeon will go through in it,s live yes your right when you say nature will takes it,s course but will can help them by not putting to much stress on the birds and giving them a helping hand by giving them suplements and oil and multivits and plenty of baths and not stressing them out because thats the the bigest thing they will face is stress at the end of the day they are still babys and still growing . i think your right there might be
a underlying problem with davids birds the only way is to get them tested to be sure , if we can come on here and discuss things and pass on tips and advise then every one a winner . all the best cheers kev .

Agree with you also Martyn with your comments but everyone to there own, but it is good to see different veiws

i have been led to beleive when they cast there last few flights its like having tootheache, how true this is iam unsure but sure it does hurt them

i personnally would think ybs do get sore when moulting, im not experienced like most of you but i would definately think that when heavy in the moult it would have some degree of soreness/stress on them...................

i think the problem with mine is that the older birds are all paired up and on pot eggs, thats why they dont want to fly.......i tested this by letting the younger birds who are not paired up out seperately and they flew for fun, then when i let the older birds out they dragged them down and they all landed.

anyone use linseed?

littlehen wrote:

anyone use linseed?

if you use linseed be carefull with it not to much
as to much will act as a laxativ so only a little pinch . kev

funny you should mention linseed, i was reading in an old pictorial about it today.....the writer said linseed is very good for pigeons and since he has used it the condition and feathering of his birds is excellent.......also he said that linseed given every day helps them exercise well around the loft.


cant remember exactly what was wrote but will have another look and elaborate more on his views re linseed..........

It is the same with hemp seed they are both good seeds to use but in small amounts

i think the birds do get reluctant to fly when the 4 end flights are being pushed out.when you think of it the birds has to use air to push it forward and if the flight is being pushed out from the stem and getting closer to the end of the wing then flapping is going to irrirate like having a tooth thats ready to break free.i dont think when the birds are in this state that its a good idea to race them or toss them and force them to fly.only my opinion.