on the moult

good topic i started here i learnt a lot on this one thanks guys

Did read the once that a fancier placed a cardboard box in the loft in a certon position which helped catch most of the feathers during the moult

My dads Mate Has a Vaccume and it has a big barrel on it for more storege i must have cleaned about 1million feathers up and i cleaned 300 birds out for him when he said there a thew i thought about 100 so i said ok i got to the back garden , it was a massive garden and half off it was lofts

altho there are quite a few feathers in my loft they tend to gather under the gap below the bottom nest box as i havnt closed it in......so it isnt too bad cleaning them out compared to the yb section.....

yes david the feathers in my widowhood loft tend to gather in the bottom boxes making it easier to clean out

do you clean out every day ian? do you use floor white or deep litter in some sections ?

As long as you can clean them easy then thats half the problem sorted out

yes, doesnt take me long on a morning don....about 10 mins each section.

good for you mate more time to observe the birds

DAVID wrote:

do you clean out every day ian? do you use floor white or deep litter in some sections ?

have been cleaning out every day bare floors but now that the season is finished i will put them on deep litter until the season starts again only clean perches and boxes every other day

What type of deep litter Ian

Straw, sand or shavings ect???????????????????????????

i use horse bedding its like a scented wood chippings

we clean out twice everyday in the racing season and once in the winter,just boxes and perches.i have a hoover but never use it but i will now since you lot have been talking about it

at the moment i only have to clean out once a day as ive only 6 in two of the sections and 10 in the other, which means theres not a lot of droppings......how often do members change the drinking water in the racing season and during the off season/winter ?

drinking water changed once a day thro race and winter months

Spot on Ian same here
Ken

do you use cider vinegar ken in water i use it every tuesday

Yes Ian, but what i do extra is crush a garlic segment up put this into the cidar vinegar bottle, as you know garlic is a good natural antibiotic, so everytime i add the vinegar/garlic to the water
Ken

Garlic is one of the best things you can use

If you use garlic a lot this can be used in keeping the worm count low

Always once during the winter months but during the racing season two to three times a day fresh water is the best thing for your pigeons

The only thing with water is if the pigeons have anything wrong with them then water fountains can be the main thing to pass the problem around

dont

usually use