Top Flight Bamfords

[dunc50]

Bean feeding Bamfords for 2 seasons now and quite happy with it after a bad 1st national we put the team on to their channel mix done the job well so I thought 2 or 3 of the birds started going off and bad droppings and when talking to a friend and I mentioned the channel mix he mentioned a bad batch with weivel in them I sade them will be long gone so when I go home and was about to feed I checked the channel mix and sure as the hair on my chin full of weivel so straight on to Bamfords and the man sade aaaw we can't get a better bean merchant so that's what we have,, so he got a we bit o the Scots tounge

[REDCHEQHEN]

Several years ago I had a similar bag from different manufacturer but noticed the weevils straightaway, returning the corn to the corn merchant who gave us a different brand, and said he would take it up with the manufacturer. I've never used the brand since, I've also had rat poison in a bag and complained to trading standards, but they said there isn't a 'standard' for pigeon corn (so that's OK to poison my birds then) it was blue pellets so noticed pretty much straightaway, it was a bag of hemp this time, the manufacturer said 'we don't use rat poison' and sent me another bag of hemp - you could see the blue pellets in that one without even opening the bag, nobody gives a toss! All you can do is boycott the corn like I have done - and maybe have a go at them at Blackpool if you have an audience!!!!

[doomaloon]

Bean feeding Bamfords for 2 seasons now and quite happy with it after a bad 1st national we put the team on to their channel mix done the job well so I thought 2 or 3 of the birds started going off and bad droppings and when talking to a friend and I mentioned the channel mix he mentioned a bad batch with weivel in them I sade them will be long gone so when I go home and was about to feed I checked the channel mix and sure as the hair on my chin full of weivel so straight on to Bamfords and the man sade aaaw we can't get a better bean merchant so that's what we have,, so he got a we bit o the Scots tounge

I brought this issue up with them at the blackpool show this year and got the same poor response

[BLACK W F]

i changed from banfords long ago to country wide and the quality is spot on and they have a wide range of feeds and products service is first rate and at a good price

[Ryan Hay]

Agree with Alan. I only get pallets from countrywide now. Great to deal with and they sponsored our 3 longest races this year. What I found with Bamfords was that there was always burst bags on the pallet

[robbiedoo.]

Agree with Alan. I only get pallets from countrywide now. Great to deal with and they sponsored our 3 longest races this year. What I found with Bamfords was that there was always burst bags on the pallet

 

We use Bamfords the burst bags come from the courier shifting them from 1 wagon to the next if you contact Bamfords you will get the price of the burst bags taken of your invoice or a credit note.I have been using them for years and never really had any issues with their food.

[dunc50]

We use Bamfords the burst bags come from the courier shifting them from 1 wagon to the next if you contact Bamfords you will get the price of the burst bags taken of your invoice or a credit note.I have been using them for years and never really had any issues with their food.

 

You saying that you have never had any issues with their tick beans,? I was back at the merchant today and not a problem with changing them for other feeds and they said they were cancelling all Bamfords mixes with beans in them as had a few complaints about it

[blue lad]

I also found the tick beans in buckstons mix were riddled we holes from weivils.

Birds just fling them out of the feeders .

[robbiedoo.]

You saying that you have never had any issues with their tick beans,? I was back at the merchant today and not a problem with changing them for other feeds and they said they were cancelling all Bamfords mixes with beans in them as had a few complaints about it

 

Where did I say I fed tic beands because I don't but I have got for some of our members before and I can't recall any complaints.

[doomaloon]

the other mixs we get from bamfords are good just anything with tick beans is not

[dunc50]

the other mixs we get from bamfords are good just anything with tick beans is not

 

Correct

[Andrew suckle]

Bean feeding Bamfords for 2 seasons now and quite happy with it after a bad 1st national we put the team on to their channel mix done the job well so I thought 2 or 3 of the birds started going off and bad droppings and when talking to a friend and I mentioned the channel mix he mentioned a bad batch with weivel in them I sade them will be long gone so when I go home and was about to feed I checked the channel mix and sure as the hair on my chin full of weivel so straight on to Bamfords and the man sade aaaw we can't get a better bean merchant so that's what we have,, so he got a we bit o the Scots tounge

That’s the reason coalburn doesn't sell it 😉😉

[dunc50]

That’s the reason coalburn doesn't sell it 😉😉

 

No cheep enough for the curlew squad

[BLACK W F]

plenty quality beans for sale off the farms theres a couple of farms down ne England sell quality beans and maples and they cheap and top quality

[Roland]

There was a time when nigh all fanciers bought Wheat and Barley straight from the farmers. Set them well during the winter months. Then some farmers grew and sold many other crops that were ideal for the fancier — both in price and goodness.

Indeed many a hard day, smash, or distance races were won on such feeds -- Was a time when acorns were collected and fed to useful purpose just after the war. To the good! Then much came about as the wisdom of doing so. That it was most likely that mice and rats droppings were being eaten alongside the feed- Let me state here, and no pigeon would peck up as such; that it had probably been urinated all over! Scaremongering! Maybe, and most likely.

Remember when stockings were used for 'Polishing'. Lol, you couldn't make it up.

So the reality is and was, and still is that a considerable percentage of fanciers still use farm food, bought straight from the farm. I bought straight from the farm. Nicely bagged and cleaned Tic beans at £6 25 a bag! Think it is £7: 50 a bag now. Yes, the farmers clean it too.

I used to bring back loads for club mates. Other clubs do the same.

Just where does one thing the bags one buys at £15 plus from stores is grown! No brainer I guess... but for some perhaps 'Farms'!

 

Funnily enough, but not funny is that the only time I had a problem regards feeds was from a very well known supplier.

Bought a bag of Maples on a Saturday as I had run short that weekend.

Via Monday, I had pigeons falling down ill. So I went to Loughborough to an excellent Avian Vet. Took two that had had to be culled and two on death's door for autopsies. I asked him to do another test for salmonella, which he assured me they didn't have. Said that the signs showed that the birds have been in excellent condition but had been in contact with yeast! Allowed 0,03% these had nearly 33% Iron nigh the same.

Went to pay him and took a sample bag of the maple peas.

 

Long story short was that the maples had in yeast. Nearly £300 later I was much wiser.

Only ever bought two bags of a 'Name' again.

Moreover, that was because I wasn't up to driving at the time.

[tommy bhoys]

No cheep enough for the curlew squad

you moan about everything you and the wasp are a good pair

[Roland]

Maybe a moan or two. However, then the reality is it deservedly as such surely.

Hands up who accepts paying V.A.T. for instance!

Farmers moan every year to hike up costs. Too dry, too wet, Not enough time to get crops in … they always moan and get the crops in also.

This, after having ploughed two crops coming through and being paid full price!

Sell enough for their books and then sell stacks on roadside tax-free.

Too many 'Sellers of pigeon food jumping on the wagon. A fair profit is garnered and accepted by nigh every fancier.

They charge feed at say £14; 20 and add 20% illegally V.A.T. Farmers grow and clean also. Tic bean well below half the price. Farmers pay workers, fuel and for the seeds etc. and sale and make a good profit at £7 for 25K.

Yes, 25K! Wheat and Barley £4;50 to £5! Yes, let's all go to the farmers.

Whose being ripped off with these suppliers prices. Us, because of not moaning.

Yeah, right! They come out with the baloney of selling any cheaper and be a waste of time stocking.

Answer 'Keep your blue contaminated bags and we will go directly to the Farmers! WHERE they get it!

Farmers would love it! Our pockets would like also!

Edited June 13, 2019 by Roland

[tommy bhoys]

Maybe a moan or two. However, then the reality is it deservedly as such surely.

Hands up who accepts paying V.A.T. for instance!

Farmers moan every year to hike up costs. Too dry, too wet, Not enough time to get crops in … they always moan and get the crops in also.

This, after having ploughed two crops coming through and being paid full price!

Sell enough for their books and then sell stacks on roadside tax-free.

Too many 'Sellers of pigeon food jumping on the wagon. A fair profit is garnered and accepted by nigh every fancier.

They charge feed at say £14; 20 and add 20% illegally V.A.T. Farmers grow and clean also. Tic bean well below half the price. Farmers pay workers, fuel and for the seeds etc. and sale and make a good profit at £7 for 25K.

Yes, 25K! Wheat and Barley £4;50 to £5! Yes, let's all go to the farmers.

Whose being ripped off with these suppliers prices. Us, because of not moaning.

Yeah, right! They come out with the baloney of selling any cheaper and be a waste of time stocking.

Answer 'Keep your blue contaminated bags and we will go directly to the Farmers! WHERE they get it!

Farmers would love it! Our pockets would like also!

plenty use the farms up here but you and dun and the wasp would all be well suited in the same club roland bad dropping due tae these beans my *expletive removed* any excuse

[dunc50]

you moan about everything you and the wasp are a good pair

 

Get back in yer kennel the feeding was bad

[tommy bhoys]

Get back in yer kennel the feeding was bad

blame the feeding any excuse yae do ball

[dunc50]

blame the feeding any excuse yae do ball

 

The weivel infestation in the channel mix is an optical allusion

[Andrew suckle]

The weivel infestation in the channel mix is an optical allusion

He’s only moaning because he had to pay ur money back the big donut

[tommy bhoys]

The weivel infestation in the channel mix is an optical allusion

the weivel has left the bean the birds still eat them but leave them till last just bring them down tae me my birds eat them ok your just a moaning git dun remember your up for race controller at next agm

[Roland]

We get weevil in flour... why told to how to store and NOT too long.

Think Tommy Bhoys has a share in these sales lol.

 

 

Fact is fact. Never mind the little print. We / I can only speak the truth

 

Many farms offer to resort and bag for free Tommy.

Maybe we are fortune that there are a few farmers that look after us here about... and at a great saving too

[Roland]

Weevils are a type of beetle belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea. They are usually small, less than 6 mm (0.24 in), and herbivorous. About 97,000 species of weevils are known.

 

Find the source of the weevils. Although pantry pests can fly, they usually like to stay near their food source. If you've noticed small reddish brown beetles, weevils, in your flour, they may also be in other foods in your pantry.