Fred Holbard..........

you have to give them the pellets so they can eat them, not keep them in a bin

I have no trouble, mine eat them at anytime, even when they're full

you should be paying around £12 a bag, they were more expensive last year but have now come down.

yes the g10s were £12 this year but the boss pellets were about £10 for a white plastic bucket which i found out later should have been around £4.50.....so he was charging double.

the best pellets we used were turkey growing/laying ones years ago but now i dont know where to get them from but these g10s seem to be popular by what ive heard and read and also hormoform is too ? but never used it.....

Have never used pellets but a lot of people who use them are happy with them

But homoform is still the best for me

got some hormoform last week, none touched yet

I use hormoform as well, I think it's great for the youngsters

steve1952 wrote:

got some hormoform last week, none touched yet

think they have to be gradually introduced to it steve maybe....???? usually do when its something different so ive found.

steve1952 wrote:

got some hormoform last week, none touched yet

Steve, they'll eat it when the babies are on hard food, they have a go at eating you if you stay in the loft to long

3 pr with young in nest been taking some today

you'll know what ones are eating it in the morning, cos it comes out the colour it goes in

bought something called golden boost last year, birds wouldnt even touch it.......tried them with it loads of time, left it in the pot and still wouldnt eat it.........

your birds are far to fussy, have you got food in front of them al day long.

only asking

hi fred, no i feed after morning exercise and then approx mid afternoon........but when rearing ybs they have food infront of them all the time so the ybs never go hungry, i dont let the parents out to exercise much just incase they dont come in due to not being hungry and then they are at prey to cats, hawks etc.....

Hi David

This is just my opinion, I never leave food in front of my birds, for various reasons, no control, I think the parents don't feed them properly and you can get all sorts on the food, ie mouse piss or pigeon crap, I much prefer to feed them several times a day, that is before I go to work, dinnertime, and a couple of times in the evening before it gets dark, I know we've all got our own ways , but this is mine.

fred holbard wrote:

Hi David

This is just my opinion, I never leave food in front of my birds, for various reasons, no control, I think the parents don't feed them properly and you can get all sorts on the food, ie mouse piss or pigeon crap, I much prefer to feed them several times a day, that is before I go to work, dinnertime, and a couple of times in the evening before it gets dark, I know we've all got our own ways , but this is mine.

this helps to explain, the more you put into it the better results you get, good reading for all especially beginners

Fair play Fred what ever works for you

fred holbard wrote:

Hi David

This is just my opinion, I never leave food in front of my birds, for various reasons, no control, I think the parents don't feed them properly and you can get all sorts on the food, ie mouse piss or pigeon crap, I much prefer to feed them several times a day, that is before I go to work, dinnertime, and a couple of times in the evening before it gets dark, I know we've all got our own ways , but this is mine.

you are right about no control fred, i like to have food available most of the time when feeding, but then when i exercise the obs they dont want to come in as they are not hungry......

Yes you are right Fred never left food as this will attract mice during the night which can disturb the birds rest
But the pigeons are the boss for a short period of time during breeding as they always have food in there crop for there youngsters

I know fanciers that have always kept birds hungry, and others who keep the bottom of the feeders full with barley they both fly equally well, so its horses of courses me thinks.

i bought 2 hoppers for my stock birds so that there is not two much corn in front of them all the time.i can programme it for certain times ofthe day when i,m not there and also the amount of corn i want to give them ,it is really a good thing to have and only cost about 18 pound each.i will take a photo of them you show members as they are a great help to me and they might be to someone else as well

are you sure you,ll be to put photo on only kidding sure you can

i think so ian lol

wheres the photo then ray where waiting

ive read that hopper fed birds tend to eat less, than if they are fed twice per day given amounts........dont know how true it is because i have never hopper fed.