egg food

[newbold]

any one feed egg food to birds during breading,

[Guest]

Canaries, not pigeons, but it can only be beneficial to them.

[newbold]

no bob you can get it from boddy&ridewood for pigeons

[sammy]

any one feed egg food to birds during breading,

 

versa laga have one out for pigeons cant remember the name of it

[Guest]

no bob you can get it from boddy&ridewood for pigeons

 

Sorry mate, what I meant was I have fed it to Canaries but I havent fed it to pigeons lol

[Guest]

I hand reared a squeaker from 2 days old on it about 3 years ago,it was recomended to me by pigeon rescue as the most suitable food for such a young bird,as the bird got to about 8-10 days old I then mixed small seed with it gradually,I still have the said squeeker,infact just paired him up again today,he was the biggest strongest YB of that year fed on that stuff!,I ordered it from the pet shop and it wasn't cheap but it was obviously good stuff.

[Delboy]

I hand reared a squeaker from 2 days old on it about 3 years ago,it was recommended to me by pigeon rescue as the most suitable food for such a young bird,as the bird got to about 8-10 days old I then mixed small seed with it gradually,I still have the said squeaker,infact just paired him up again today,he was the biggest strongest YB of that year fed on that stuff!,I ordered it from the pet shop and it wasn't cheap but it was obviously good stuff.

 

That's fascinating Chrissy, I thought pigeon soft food was impossible to replicate and you cannot make a good job of rearing a yb unless it was onto hard food ( 8 days ). Thats very interesting to know.Did you race this yb  Chrissy ?

[nogin]

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That's fascinating Chrissy, I thought pigeon soft food was impossible to replicate and you cannot make a good job of rearing a yb unless it was onto hard food ( 8 days ). Thats very interesting to know.Did you race this yb  Chrissy ?

 

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[Guest]

 

That's fascinating Chrissy, I thought pigeon soft food was impossible to replicate and you cannot make a good job of rearing a yb unless it was onto hard food ( 8 days ). Thats very interesting to know.Did you race this yb  Chrissy ?

 

I thought at 2 days it was going to be hopeless but I had to try!,I had hand reared before but on older ones using corn,pigeon rescue weren't phased at all they said they do it all the time using the egg food.At the time I didnt race I just bred them for showing and the bird has taken a few cards,certainly none the worse for being hand reared,he also has the top perch! and he did appear in a play for 10 days last month via pigeonbasics [strange but true]

[newbold]

hi chrissy ,you can make it your self its verry easy . and alot cheeper.

phill

[Guest]

I hand reared a squeaker from 2 days old on it about 3 years ago,it was recomended to me by pigeon rescue as the most suitable food for such a young bird,as the bird got to about 8-10 days old I then mixed small seed with it gradually,I still have the said squeeker,infact just paired him up again today,he was the biggest strongest YB of that year fed on that stuff!,I ordered it from the pet shop and it wasn't cheap but it was obviously good stuff.

 

WHen I used to breed canaries I mixed 50/50 Egg biscuit and pheasant rearing crumbs (that contained antibiotics) and never had a youngster die on me in the nest.

[ribble]

hi chrissy ,you can make it your self its verry easy . and alot cheeper.

phill

What is the recipe ? please.

 

 

[sammy]

hard boiled eggs and digestive biscuits finelly chopped up  

[newbold]

yes sammy you are corect but i dont use the white just the yoke and the biscuits mix into fine crumbs and a touch of cod liver oil

hope thats ok for you ribble

[phillips]

i use the one from versa laga optium start its called raised some cracking ybs on it but dont now if its down to that as i use a few things when breeding

jason

[ribble]

yes sammy you are corect but i dont use the white just the yoke and the biscuits mix into fine crumbs and a touch of cod liver oil

hope thats ok for you ribble

Thanks for that. How and what quantity do you feed it?

 

 

[newbold]

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[DeDarren]

Did anybody see the letter from the owner of Osmonds in this week's BHW asking for fanciers to test out cow's collostrum for them during the coming breeding season?

 

According to said owner of Osmonds, it has a lot of proven health benefits in other animal related industries when used as a breeding / rearing supplement.