seeds percentage

what seeds do members feed and why
black rape
lin seed
hemp
canary seed
ect what percentage

Depends on the time of year, I feed high carbs during the racing season and peanuts when I need to give it a bit of weight.

feed has changed so much but to be honest the basics havent the corn merchants aint really got a clue

whatever the season racing, resting, i always feed 50/50 a corn mix and super diet.......as super diet is a high energy mix with some good small seeds in it......including linseed.


i dont use it when breeding tho.

I'll be honest a lot of fanciers ain't got a clue, especially with racing mixes. There's very little fat in my mix and when I need it I add it.
The pigeons will tell ya what they want, just watch what they favour at diggerent times of the year. Breeding times the fattier stuff, racing the smaller stuff.

barley is my leveler feed small amounts of food at all times by hand your right some will run round for the best bits but they soon get fed up with barley

I only use wheat, peas, maize for racing with red cell and honey in the water.

i stopped using the mixture od honey and cider vinegar, think i might start using it again........

i gave them it three times a week mixed in the water.

I only give honey in its own or mixed with yerba tea. I use cider vinegar with the younguns early on.

never tried cider vin is it any good

It's great for younguns. Not only for the digestive system, but also for clearing any mucus they may have.

whats it like on chips

seanl wrote:

what seeds do members feed and why
black rape
lin seed
hemp
canary seed
ect what percentage

i allways mix my homoform 50/50 with mixed canary seed , dont last 5 mins in the feeder gone in seconds , i give it them once a week on a sunday except when they are rearing young birds i give twice a week.

Never tried it g.

i think homofrom is over priced to be honest

never used it graham, i know plenty who do but just never bothered.....it quite expensive so im told.

2011 season i only fed breeding mix in the boxes and always made sure they had plenty, other years ive added pellets and to be honest i never seen any difference in the ybs but this year my yb team was the best yet............weather this was down to what i fed the parents i dont know,

i make my own hormoform groats cod liver oil and yeast and i add some provit to it works out alot cheaper

Homoform is like any other convenience mixture, you pay through the nose for it.
All these things are easily done, cheaply, with a little thought and educating yourselves about pigeon nutrition.
You have got to make this hobby as cheaply as you can, I don't mean that by cutting corners. On the contrary, but procuring your own mixes like your corn, grits and minerals. It can save you a small fortune.

yes i agree gary, if you read up and get the knowleage im sure we could make pigeon keeping a lot cheaper for our selves.........the thing is, its convienient to go to the corn supplies and buy it, rather than mixing and preparing it your self.

i agree with you there gary lad , you make the sport/hobbie as cheap or as expensive as you wish , there are fanciers that win at all levels with expensive and inexspensive systems . old school maybe verses new school some may say, but either way they win . we all do things are own way, with the money we want to spend that differs all across the board but the fundamentals are the key , right housing , right birds and right manegment all the suppliments and tonics in the world wont make didley squat of a difference if they aint right . and you dnnt need to be an experianced fancier to know that.

deffo agree there gary and david thers allot of things that you can make up your self for a fraction of the price. my uncle has always used his own supplements whic are for the most part natural and mixed his own feed and i think you learn allot more doing that that just giving them this or that because someone said so

if you realy look into some of the supplements you can they most of them have very simple active ingredients which can be bought on there own and in most cases would have the same effect


before i got into heavily involved in the pigeons i used to keep British finches and there the guys to ask about doing thinks cheep. they collect allot of there conditioning seeds from the wild. most make there own soft food for when feeding young and also for the brits that need insects when feeding young they breed there own

CANT BEAT BABY MILK ON THE CORN WHEN BREEDING IT HAS THE LOT
LOOK HOW QUICK THEM WEE BABIES GROWN ON IT FOR SIX MONTHS

birdy2011 wrote:

CANT BEAT BABY MILK ON THE CORN WHEN BREEDING IT HAS THE LOT
LOOK HOW QUICK THEM WEE BABIES GROWN ON IT FOR SIX MONTHS

Agree there with you Graham

i think theres a lot of pigeon men make pigeon keeping/racing harder than it needs to be, make it simple............some think too much

David wrote:

i think theres a lot of pigeon men make pigeon keeping/racing harder than it needs to be, make it simple............some think too much

keep it simple and stick to your system and the results will come