butcher Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 If your pigeons are well fed for 6 days is it ok to fast for 1 day
Daisymay Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Why ?? Is this a money saving scheme ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Guest Davy Fleming Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 No No No there is absolutely no reason for this. Read somebodys column about a year ago and it states you wouldn't do any harm to youngsters doing this but no more than 3 times in there youngbird life . Personally wouldn't consider it if you are feeding them the correct way don't see any benefit to this. WHY DO YOU WANT TO THIS ANYWAY ????????????????
Guest Owen Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 What is this all about? Is this a new scheme that comes from Belgium and is garanteed to give you winners? If it is money that is the problem, you can always collect up the old bread and feed that. That is the kind of thing they had to do in the last war. Of course this could be a cunning scheme to get you birds to trap quicker. I have found that feeding on a wire netting floor is pretty good way to get them to dive after the food. On race days, I often put the feed into a glass jar with a screw top on, to get them to trap. The problem I had with the jar was that I ended up with snub-nosed pigeons. A bit like boxer dogs.
Roland Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Well it is fine when keeping fish. Many aquarist do as such, as indeed I did. The reason was two fold. One to keep in trim wieght wise and two it meant they scaverage for any food on bottom etc. So the tank benefitted as they was nowt there to pollute. BUT it was, and is for conditioning the fish, indeed there wasn't much left to scavage any road. Was a time when prisoners were fed 3 days food... 3 days bread and water and one day nothing. This again was also found to be be good health wise... Again many people, well not so many lol now - do fast one day a week to cleanse out the system. It IS ad has been done for a few years now regards pigeons. Again to cleanse the system. Yes of course many slans and angles and view will be prevalent on this topic. Personally I can only see good from it. JMO.
Guest rodders Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 have read that to start the moult on darkness yb no food for 2 days just grit minerals and fresh water but thats a one off not every week
greenlands Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Doesn't it bring the moult on for darkness youngens,nothing to eat for three days.
Guest JonesyBhoy Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 All sounds like madness.. Why on earth would you want your doo's to be hungry..?? Are we not building them up to have reserves to call on when the face a stinker..?? Surely not feeding them one day per week would defeat that purpose..??
Guest IB Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Doesn't it bring the moult on for darkness youngens,nothing to eat for three days. Darkness or not, I thought that any bird in good nick, would moult 'naturally'. So I don't follow how 3 days without food would bring moult on? A bird out & going 3 days without food, would stop its moult, and after it got home and back into normal routine, flights would start growing again, and that bird end up with frets?
Guest bakes Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 me personally wouldnt all the best.
stantheman Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 i am pretty sure that geoff kirkland adopts this system with his hens during the winter prior to pairing up i just remember reading or seeing it on a video maybe someone else can confirm this
Guest bakes Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 i am pretty sure that geoff kirkland adopts this system with his hens during the winter prior to pairing up i just remember reading or seeing it on a video maybe someone else can confirm this theres a belgium partnership do this as well stan cant remeber there names they feed up through the week then shut loft up for a day if i remeber rightly they was a good long distance partnership seen on a video i got lent me. all the best.
JONSEY Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 good quality food , feeding in the right quantity in agood routine is surely best
REDROCKET Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 What is this all about? Is this a new scheme that comes from Belgium and is garanteed to give you winners? If it is money that is the problem, you can always collect up the old bread and feed that. That is the kind of thing they had to do in the last war. Of course this could be a cunning scheme to get you birds to trap quicker. I have found that feeding on a wire netting floor is pretty good way to get them to dive after the food. On race days, I often put the feed into a glass jar with a screw top on, to get them to trap. The problem I had with the jar was that I ended up with snub-nosed pigeons. A bit like boxer dogs. tried this myself but birds couldnt open the jar so gave up.lol
Chris Little Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Fill up the grit dishes and minerals, drinkers topped up with garlic and no food. Leave for 2 / 3 days and you will see a difference.
frank-123 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Fill up the grit dishes and minerals, drinkers topped up with garlic and no food. Leave for 2 / 3 days and you will see a difference. would you do that when they are still moulting and what happens?
shweet Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Fasting cleanses the body and a starved body will turn to its own body fat for energy causing a rapid fat loss and give a toned, trim look. Too much fasting though causes the body to eat away at the muscle. A better way of doing this though I would have thought would be to cut out the carbohydrates and feed a high protein diet causing them to go into keytosis[where the body burns its own body fat for energy], this is assuming the body of a pigeon works similar to a human body when it comes to fats, carbohydrates and proteins, lol.
Chris Little Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 I do it the once Frank, it really gets the down feathers out of them, infact when I open the door its like a blizzard inside Shortly will be missing out a day a week, done this for years, a tip I got from my master
wilkins Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 kevin hurst in his book done that after the moult
wilkins Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 I do it the once Frank, it really gets the down feathers out of them, infact when I open the door its like a blizzard inside Shortly will be missing out a day a week, done this for years, a tip I got from my master do you do it one day a week every week during winter or just now and again
rembrant2coo Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 I do it the once Frank, it really gets the down feathers out of them, infact when I open the door its like a blizzard inside Shortly will be missing out a day a week, done this for years, a tip I got from my master exactly my point I made to Butcher earlier in a p.m. to him , that is also the tip I got from my mentor a lot of years ago now does them no harm whatsoever , cheers
chickadee Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 When we go to Blackpool they miss two days feeding on the Saturday/Sunday, as long as they have plenty of water and they are always glad to see me
greenlands Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 I do it the once Frank, it really gets the down feathers out of them, infact when I open the door its like a blizzard inside Shortly will be missing out a day a week, done this for years, a tip I got from my master Hi Chris,One of my old mentors done it regular and he took some beating at any distance,usually gave them a miss on Tuesdays. Lindsay.
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