Co wood by gem

I've been to get my corn today and picked up 2 bags of what I thought was gem young bird without maize , but got home and 1 of the bags is cowood, what is it for , and is it worth me keeping it or taking it back for my usual corn

personally I like the ybs to have a percentage of maize I have seen the cowood mix it don't seem a bad mix at the moment I am mixing versa laga junior o , and marrimans sport mix for the ybs when that's gone I will lighten the feed a bit maybe versa laga junior extra sublime or junior plus

is what you normally feed a high protein mix lofty...?

David, I've got the stock birds on country wide breed and wean, and when I wean the ybs I put them on gem young bird no maize, I'm thinking of adding maize as the racing season gets near, am I on the right road or am I way off the mark, all this feeding is pretty new to me and bloody confusing

I think some fanciers feed the ybs on a high protein mix when they wean the ybs lofty....just so they are getting protein while they are growing and developing, while they are young, I think they then lighten the mix and add maize to it for carbs, for ybs when they are exercising ive usually fed Gerry plus to get them exercising well......and the last season I raced ybs I then changed to a protein feed and carbs later in the week....each to their own though lofty, we hear of that many systems its just a matter of choosing one which suits you and your birds.

Lofty wrote:

I've been to get my corn today and picked up 2 bags of what I thought was gem young bird without maize , but got home and 1 of the bags is cowood, what is it for , and is it worth me keeping it or taking it back for my usual corn

if i am right lofty cowood has no maize and is high protien tares small peas safflower etc a nice clean corn

Lofty wrote:

I've been to get my corn today and picked up 2 bags of what I thought was gem young bird without maize , but got home and 1 of the bags is cowood, what is it for , and is it worth me keeping it or taking it back for my usual corn

Depends Lofty if you get it just around the corner from home etc or 40 odd miles like myself when I load up      if the latter, just mix it with what you feed your stock birds & they will be happy to eat it I suspect .

Shippy, yep that's the stuff

Knackered, the corn supplier is only a couple of miles away and the guy who owns it lives on the same estate as me and will deliver if I'm desperate, really handy that

Lofty wrote:

Shippy, yep that's the stuff

Knackered, the corn supplier is only a couple of miles away and the guy who owns it lives on the same estate as me and will deliver if I'm desperate, really handy that

MMMMMMMmmmmm there are advantages some what etc   of living in a crowded enviroment Lofty .

just brought a bag of natural energy maxi any members used it before and when did you feed it

shippy wrote:

Lofty wrote:

I've been to get my corn today and picked up 2 bags of what I thought was gem young bird without maize , but got home and 1 of the bags is cowood, what is it for , and is it worth me keeping it or taking it back for my usual corn

if i am right lofty cowood has no maize and is high protien tares small peas safflower etc a nice clean corn

Just had another look snippy, it has popping maize as well

Snippy

David wrote:

Snippy

That's my senior moment for today david

Popping maize = popcorn. Supposed to be hard to digest but I have never had problems with it.

Yes same here, popcorn maize never been a problem