moulting

hows the moult going i got a bag full of feathers from my loft today lol they having a good moult this year

old birds dropping to bits mark, later ybs just starting to moult some wing flights........older dark birds which went the full time not moulted a feather yet......

David when you have done your race/training give them buttermilk at 1 tablespoon to 2lts of water as you are going to find they have not gone right though there moult they will be holding flights through next year just like a latebred and if they are pushed next year they wont do much thats my opineon i will be shot down in flams but i am never far wrong

Good bit of advise Ginger

Ginger169 wrote:

David when you have done your race/training give them buttermilk at 1 tablespoon to 2lts of water as you are going to find they have not gone right though there moult they will be holding flights through next year just like a latebred and if they are pushed next year they wont do much thats my opineon i will be shot down in flams but i am never far wrong

thanks for the advise ginger, what is buttermilk and where do i buy it.........?

its what it says from the whey of the butter you would get that from someone oh makes butter like a dairy or something like that

my lofts full of feathers at the moment, as fast as i clean out they pile up again, its like a snow storm whenever i go in.

mick.

How do we deal with feathers from loft? could we put them into compost bin as compost?

Yes you can but don't think they would route down

yes they do rot down , put them in my compost heap