breeding mix

[adam owen]

layers pellets are a must as they have plenty of protein vitimins ect easy to digest

[frank-123]

 

I've fed layer pellets for the last 3 yrs but not the bamford wans

 

no bamfords breed and ween still to find a source for my layers pellets

[Guest frank dooman]

why dont you just feed a good breed&wean mix and add what tit bits you want thease guys have spent a small fortune getting the best mixes together and we know better :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[ALF]

why dont you just feed a good breed&wean mix and add what tit bits you want thease guys have spent a small fortune getting the best mixes together and we know better :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

 

I certainly dont know better Frank but i know i breed great y/b's on what i give the parents to eat and i'll stick to it mate as it works out a good bit cheaper than the breed and wean mixes

 

ps...happy new year Frank ;) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[adam owen]

but they are only human as like the rest of us so what makes them any better than any other human we can all do research ect whats to say they are right ??? :-/ :-/ :-/

[Guest frank dooman]

happy new year big man i used to think the same untill hotrod and a diettician at blackpool put  me right dont disagree if its working for you why change it but the y/birds i breed with just breed&wean ive never seen any better

[Guest frank dooman]

but they are only human as like the rest of us so what makes them any better than any other human we can all do research ect whats to say they are right ??? :-/ :-/ :-/

 

you may be right but this guy was a top man who was not a fancier and every thing he told me made perfect sence lets face it fanciers here what joe blogs is feeding and away we go and get it i had a friend who when he was going up to the club for the tote on the tues night his wife asked him to pick up a pkt of broth mix for the soup he came into the club and said to me watch this he put the b/m down to pay his tote and quickly lifted it and rammed it into his inside pocket he was the man to beat at the time you couldnt get a pky of broth mix in the town for long enough

[ALF]

 

you may be right but this guy was a top man who was not a fancier and every thing he told me made perfect sence lets face it fanciers here what joe blogs is feeding and away we go and get it i had a friend who when he was going up to the club for the tote on the tues night his wife asked him to pick up a pkt of broth mix for the soup he came into the club and said to me watch this he put the b/m down to pay his tote and quickly lifted it and rammed it into his inside pocket he was the man to beat at the time you couldnt get a pky of broth mix in the town for long enough

 

I bet yeez all could have killed for a plate of home made soup though ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[adam owen]

i get you mate    

[Guest frank dooman]

 

I bet yeez all could have killed for a plate of home made soup though ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

;) cant beat a good plate of home made soup

[hotrod]

happy new year big man i used to think the same untill hotrod and a diettician at blackpool put  me right dont disagree if its working for you why change it but the y/birds i breed with just breed&wean ive never seen any better

 

frank dont you meen i put the diatician right at blackpool , if you remember i had him in my pocket ,he could not get one over me on feeding ,and he was a so called  expert    he had a breeding mix with only 16% protien in it along with a good % of maize ,TOTALLY WRONG. this was the guy on the natural stand . i told him he was decieving novices and fanciers that dont know ,with that feeding .so a constructive disscussion took place and low and behold i was RIGHT.

[hotrod]

hi frank youve not responded to my last post am i tellin the truth ?

[holmsidelofts]

adam,

25% pellets are too much in my opinion. Be careful with brown grains,ie peas and beans. They contain tanin which is a poison. Some say that birds can get protein poisoning. I think it is an over use of tinin based feeds. Maize is OK in the nest but you will find that a lot of parents will not want to feed it to the young. I like a mixture containing a variety of small seeds. Make sure you give the feeding parents a small number of peanuts. It is important to make sure that the youngsters are given the taste because the peanuts are invaluable for later.

After weaning I think you should not feed maize but feed grade barley is a must. Do not use malting barley because it is not suitable for livestock.

Once you have got them on the road and training well, give them plate maize in the mix and at least 50% barley. You know how my birds exercise and that is what they get. My view is that when the birds are flying a couple of hours at exercise and training they need carbohydrates.

 

I agree with owen on the above apart one one thing and thats Malting barley. Proper malting barley is much more valuable than standard barley, the process of malting turns the starch to sugar giving the birds more energy than standard barley plus the birds will more regularly eat malting barley over normal barley.

Its not very often me and owen disagree on things as we thing along the same lines and have many conversations together over racing pigeons. Happy new year to all.

 

Jas.