Moulting time

Ybs on natural and having a fantastic moult , really pleased as I think it makes a massive difference.  They just look healthier and obviously quicker so they can go in their new boxes soon

my old birds are still moulting, is this normal ...? or is it because i didnt pair up this year

Yes normal, ours are the same feathers allover haha

mine have been moulting for weeks, can see no end in sight ......... need to put the bath in really but dont get time .

i just leave the feathers

me too george, im collecting some chipboard sheets next week hopefully, to redo the floor over the top of the 18ml ply, as it keeps lifting when i scrape out .

these darkness youngins just starting to moult now, most still have 7 or 8 flights to go. Be into January to get the end flights up for quite a few. Trying something different with 75% good quality barley on the menu. Rest made up of left over race mix and a cheap bag of moulting mix chucked in.
They enjoyed a bath today, been like a summers day dawn till dusk. Just clean them out once a week now, need to get numbers down but don't like getting rid of young birds that haven't done anything wrong. Difficult choices to make.

i had to move on a 13 year old cock had since yb Colin plus some more it is difficult

was looking at a few of my original van reets i bought off steve whitney ........ i was surprised to see they were 10 years old, i didnt realise they were that old .

Pleased with the way ours are looking now on natural. That's the reason I didn't like dark uns they take ages to go through the moult , some cocks seem to struggle to cast the end flight for some reason

barnie wrote:

these darkness youngins just starting to moult now, most still have 7 or 8 flights to go. Be into January to get the end flights up for quite a few. Trying something different with 75% good quality barley on the menu. Rest made up of left over race mix and a cheap bag of moulting mix chucked in.
They enjoyed a bath today, been like a summers day dawn till dusk. Just clean them out once a week now, need to get numbers down but don't like getting rid of young birds that haven't done anything wrong. Difficult choices to make.

Nothing wrong with 75% barley, for me the best barley to use new harvested barley feed 100% within a few days they will start to drop apart you can add oil seeds to the barley to help when growing new flights.

if i were to race ybs again i think i`d have them natural, tried darkness a couple of times and it was a failure, birds wouldnt exercise and doss around the loft .

most of the hens look really well got 2 heavy in the head moult

yes my hens are moulting on the heads george, pigeons seem to have been moulting for a long time ......