Vanroebys corn.............

just put ybs on vanroebys best all round corn, what a difference it is to the rubbish ive been feeding them all season.........its a few pound more expensive but its well worth it and ill never go back to the other stuff now, as i have a couple of bags of the crap left i thought id just feed the old birds on it thinking that with them being audults their imune systems would handle it better than the youngbirds.......they didnt even want to eat it and were leaving half of it every day, now ive put them on the vanroebys too and they are eating everything.

ive realised now that probably most of my problems with my ybs has been down to crap corn.........

your probably right david but if you haven,t got many birds it does not matter
if it,s cost a few quid extra , at the moment im feeding johnson ,jeff,s corn best all round
mixed with there four seasons corn both the old birds and yb get the same with a few pea nuts sun flower hearts and a bit of condition seed .

hi kev, ive been giving the ybs a couple of handfulls of golden boost in the morning as its very small seed...........with the other crap corn it made the yb go to the water quicker than the vanroebys for some reason, in fact they dont usually go to the drinker untill they have eaten their full quota of food now.

DAVID wrote:

hi kev, ive been giving the ybs a couple of handfulls of golden boost in the morning as its very small seed...........with the other crap corn it made the yb go to the water quicker than the vanroebys for some reason, in fact they dont usually go to the drinker untill they have eaten their full quota of food now.

so what crap corn was you feeding then can you say on here .

crowthers own brand..................


never again, to me looking at it now and feeling it.......its like when corn gets wet and looses its shine and swells up, its dirty compared to the vanroebys corn and judging by the stories ive been told a couple of days ago when i was talking to another fancier its no wonder my birds were ill...........

DAVID wrote:

crowthers own brand..................


never again, to me looking at it now and feeling it.......its like when corn gets wet and looses its shine and swells up, its dirty compared to the vanroebys corn and judging by the stories ive been told a couple of days ago when i was talking to another fancier its no wonder my birds were ill...........

it,s a bit like us realy meaning humans you don,t get home from work and eat burger and chips every day you need good whole some food a balanced diet .

it tells you something when the old birds wont eat it doesnt it ? and with the problems ive had with my ybs all season re trapping etc it make me wonder if its all been down to the corn..............plus other years when i didnt intend racing my birds were always healthy and came in when called but thinking back i realise i wasnt feeding the crowthers corn then, was using garlic 24/7 in the water and also when the landed after exercise i would call them straight in so they had no chance to peck around on the grass...................for some reason ive altered all this and its set me back drastically.

DAVID wrote:

it tells you something when the old birds wont eat it doesnt it ? and with the problems ive had with my ybs all season re trapping etc it make me wonder if its all been down to the corn..............plus other years when i didnt intend racing my birds were always healthy and came in when called but thinking back i realise i wasnt feeding the crowthers corn then, was using garlic 24/7 in the water and also when the landed after exercise i would call them straight in so they had no chance to peck around on the grass...................for some reason ive altered all this and its set me back drastically.

yes we all change things around and do silly things we all ways will , but it,s best to keep a diary and write every thing down i do and it,s rather intresting reading it back over the winter months see how you peformed and you can keep going back to it over the years .

yes your right, ken (friendslofts) always tells me to keep records/notes of everything that goes on in the loft............he says make a note of everything, no matter how small or insignificant i might think it is, do it........then i can refer back to them in future.

And Ken is spot on with what he has said with keeping notes

David have you ever read "The Widowhood Year" by Dave Allen he even tells you in his book he keeps a dairy on everything that happens in the loft and can refer back to them

Don Webb wrote:

And Ken is spot on with what he has said with keeping notes

yes he is don i agree, he knows what im like with keeping records he says to me "make a note of this or put that in your records" i say "what records"

Don Webb wrote:

David have you ever read "The Widowhood Year" by Dave Allen he even tells you in his book he keeps a dairy on everything that happens in the loft and can refer back to them

no don, never read it...............i kep saying every year ill keep better records but i never get round to it, i do keep basic notes about breeding etc but i know i need to be more thorough in future.

Have a look on ebay you will get the book on there mate and then follow the way dave does it

yes forgot about looking on ebay don, ill have a look now................ thanks

Just gives you an idea on how to do things best for you mate