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Are members still flying this system I know it’s a old post just wondered if many still do

Any ideas why one race cock has wet dropping ? he’s a 3 year old that started around being a bit wet May this year then all seemed fine now these last two: three months it’s returned all the other cocks are fine so seems odd to be just him if it’s a illness they have ACV 4 days a week , iodine 1 day and garlic on the other two days the food just has flax oil and pink mineral two days and gemthepax 2 days with some cinnamon/ turmeric on it feed is barley and all rounder beyers multi mineral grit fed a little fresh each day , he eats fine has no weight loss and like the others looking for food each day . Nothing goes out over this period of the year so he not picking stuff up and the loft is dry grids in the box VL granules on the floor which is a bone dry litter

Would flax oil work the same as giving linseed to activate the B12

I use them in my hens with boards under the perch area set at a angle and hinged to the back so not sh** really goes on the grids

I use about 15 percent pellets during the moult and then when babies are in the nest I put a Handful in each box with fat seeds of a morning so they get easy to digest first feed .This year from December to pairing I plan to feed 5 parts barley 1 part layers instead of just barley and my racers will be in that to mid March as they don’t rear .

Anyone feed Beyers corn ? i normally feed Bamfords or VL I thought I would try Beyers and I find my birds do not clear the maize the same normally they clear maize and would leave other grains but I noticed it’s not the case with Beyers Anyone else notice this ?

Do any members add vitamin C to the water at all before or after flight ? would it be any use for short races or only suitable after a long hard fly

interesting older topic this Had the cocks out 6 times and first time today they flew with speed as a team , pleased with them so far I have them on tight rations at the moment they are a little under weight which is ok for me just in a ounce a day since mid December unless it’s a minus tempt then I give a little more good to see how others are going

In two minds what to do I have my 20 cocks I keep looking at the hens although some very good fanciers have told me for sprinting not to race there hens As I seem to get by with the Vicks but I do have 7 extra hens plus I have a 4 retired cocks that I haven’t bred out of but kind of put them to one side plus two June bred cocks that I could add to the 4 . i am weighing up if it’s worth it or not

How interesting pretty much exactly what I was heading towards in my head I have some lovely yearling hens and I like the idea of celibacy but thinking as we all do more and more and I started thinking of a yearling hens on there first nest ever potential for 6-7 weeks of her experiencing the first pairing to eggs to young plus they would be super fit by the time they are paired by flying unpaired during March i am in two minds to be honest

Anyone race hens on natural for sprinting at all if so do you train a fair bit or flag at a certain times I have a idea of just pairing 6 hens so they sit eggs from early April rearing youngsters in May so it’s the first nest of the year etc

Cheers mate I will let them know sure one of them must be on Facebook I’m not myself

Thanks I will pass the number on to one of the club members today

Will look today it never arrived yesterday 👍

Would that be the complete system apart from leads? If so would you have a number I could pass on to a club member thank you