what food ur young birds on

hi all im just trying to work out a feed for me young birds as there is some which is bigger than others and ones like a yearling im on super young bird and was woundering wat others feed ....

hi phil iam on widowhood mix

Im on Versalga superstar plus. birds fly like rockets on it, very high energy food.

Phil a lot of flyers in my area use gerry plus and add to it as it is a lite mix used for sprinting and as the distance gets longer then fanciers add extra grains maize etc mate

Hi, all i can say is that young birds need a high protein feed to develope nicely.

hi phil, after a lot of thought and mistakes ive eventually decided on 1/3rd barley. 1/3rd widowhood and 1/3rd yb no maize......this will change when training/racing starts to something mainly widowhood, with a little bit added to it

Sorry I cant help you as I mix up a mix and feed old and young the same through the racing season my mix is starting end of march 8 bags of breder 6 widow two sunflower hearts 2 peanuts 2 layer pellits all mix at the same time and feed till it runs out after the racing season

have read about fanciers doing something similar ginger, and they feed old and young all the same throughout the year and it works for them giving good results.

It works for me I get good days and bad like every body else I wouldnt be any where in england where it is win at all cost but I am happy to see my birds come home now I supose Iv lost the plot Im not a pigeon racer no more Im a pigeon keeper now, I have my enjoyment out of it and thats what matters it gives me something to do.

Ginger it is good to hear that as this sport has lost some of the fun it once had

Ginger169 wrote:

It works for me I get good days and bad like every body else I wouldnt be any where in england where it is win at all cost but I am happy to see my birds come home now I supose Iv lost the plot Im not a pigeon racer no more Im a pigeon keeper now, I have my enjoyment out of it and thats what matters it gives me something to do.

ginger, you dont get yourself in the pigeon weeklys if you dont do your share of winning..................ive sen you in there so you must be doing something right, keep it up.

David I didnt say I didnt win a race but its a bonus if I do if a lot fanciers injoyed thear birds thear wouldnt be all this hard feeling going on or bad sportmanship

there seems to be a lot of bad feeling between pigeon men ive found, some just dont like others to do better than them............ive seen that members in the clubs form a little clicke` between then selfs much the same as they do on these internet pigeon forums, cant do with them myself............

You get some will say welldone if you do well and others just dont like it at all

i havnt been racing old birds this year and will only be sending ybs racing, so when someone wins ill congratulate them but ive found through experience years ago it doesnt pay to get too friendly with the competition.........(in my case it doesnt anyway )

Get frendly with the compertion they can help you but dont tell them what to do just leasen ones you have maid freinds with them and gained thear trust you can sometimes do very well from them

Ginger169 wrote:

Get frendly with the compertion they can help you but dont tell them what to do just leasen ones you have maid freinds with them and gained thear trust you can sometimes do very well from them

afraid it doesnt work like that here ginger, maybe some clubs could be like that but ive found local ones to me arnt........ive received better help and advise off members of our site, maybe because we are not in competition so they have nothing to fear from me

Ginger169 wrote:

Get frendly with the compertion they can help you but dont tell them what to do just leasen ones you have maid freinds with them and gained thear trust you can sometimes do very well from them

im comin round for a coffee tomorrow then Ginge

You can come round for a coffee any time you like but dont forget your £1 60 per cup if you take milk& suger £2, 6 & 8 pence old money will take Gold coins or diamonds

David they are scared you will beat them with thear own birds the fact that you conditioned them better than them should tell them they have got to do better, in one loft races it doesnt mean if yours wins the race it is the best bird what it means
yours was the lucky one to go in first and was conditioned by some one eles

Ginger169 wrote:

You can come round for a coffee any time you like but dont forget your £1 60 per cup if you take milk& suger £2, 6 & 8 pence old money will take Gold coins or diamonds

what if i bring mow Tbag and milk mate dont take sugar im sweet enough

A sloa looks sweet till you bite into it.