Have you BEAN done?

[sapper756]

This week when buying my usual feeding, an angry fancier appeared with a bag of beans, he claimed were "recently" being put into the mix he always buys. These beans were very pale, weightless and certainly did not look very appertising. He then produced a bowl of beans that he said up untill lately were the ones being used in this mix, these beans were of chesnut brown colour, shiny, and certainly looked of good quality. His point was,,, that now we are paying ever increasing prices, and yet the quality of this mix had detereorated. Has anyone else experienced a deterioration in a pigeon mix? :-/

[carlsberg]

no issues with regard to quality just the price went to corn merchants 8.25 a bag i then went to a farm and there's were 6.50 also top quality nice and dark on the bag it said they were harvested in 04 so i'm going to go and get a few more bags while they still got some

[Ian McKay]

Hi Sapper 756

 

What was the suppliers name

 

Cheers

Ian

[ALF]

Hi Sapper 756

 

What was the suppliers name

 

Cheers

Ian

 

WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION MYSELF IAN

[sapper756]

Hi Sapper 756

 

What was the suppliers name

 

Cheers

Ian

 

Rather not say, other than to say the mix was called Chanel

[Guest]

 

Rather not say, other than to say the mix was called Chanel

 

fashionable mix

[sapper756]

What I would like to add is to say I feed Versa Laga, and have always found it to be an excellent feed

[Guest casbri]

carlsberg pm me and let me know where you get them

[PIGEON_MAN]

This week when buying my usual feeding, an angry fancier appeared with a bag of beans, he claimed were "recently" being put into the mix he always buys. These beans were very pale, weightless and certainly did not look very appertising. He then produced a bowl of beans that he said up untill lately were the ones being used in this mix, these beans were of chesnut brown colour, shiny, and certainly looked of good quality. His point was,,, that now we are paying ever increasing prices, and yet the quality of this mix had detereorated. Has anyone else experienced a deterioration in a pigeon mix? :-/

 

You probably all know this but just in case,the chestnut brown shiny beans were obviously old beans where as the very pale ones are from a new harvest,left in bags for a while they will be as brown as the others.There are fanciers that say the new beans are the best,personally I do like to see a nice shiny brown bean.

[ch pied]

beans over here £9 a half cwt , if they are the same type of beans decribed in the first post , classed as spring beans , absaloute rubbish , pale no weight

[S.D.B LOFTS]

i went to the stall in Blackpool asked about the beans. They told me there has been a poor harvest because of the floods in summer and cant get the original , but say the alternative has the same values.

[carlsberg]

but the best beans are 3 to 4 yr old so what as that got to do with a poor harvest this year

[Tic eye Hen]

Ok then does anyone know the nutrional value/difference between old and young beans?

 

I have also found that the older the bean the bigger the bean and my  birds do not want to eat them.

[bewted]

i know a fancier who feeds horse beens to his pigeons,there so big i think the pigeon has to bang it on the floor to get it down its throat,but,you cant beat him from the distance !!!!!

[Guest]

i know a fancier who feeds horse beens to his pigeons,there so big i think the pigeon has to bang it on the floor to get it down its throat,but,you cant beat him from the distance !!!!!

 

My dad used to winter our birds on these for some years, 2 beans and they were full!!! lol

 

 

[bewted]

 

My dad used to winter our birds on these for some years, 2 beans and they were full!!! lol

 

 

and i bet he had some good distance birds as well ??

[Guest]

 

and i bet he had some good distance birds as well ??

 

Well put it this way there were more years we had birds on the day from 500 miles than when we never got 1!

 

 

[Taylorsloft]

more bad news corn going up again next friday bamfords

[sammy]

but the best beans are 3 to 4 yr old so what as that got to do with a poor harvest this year

 

it means as soon as they harvest them they are bagged and sold ,they dont let them mature nowadays

[Guest IB]

On age of grain - wonder why bags carry a 'best before' date? I feed Bucktons and their bags are date stamped with a 'best before date', which is 1 year after mix was bagged.

 

Also bumped into one of the guys who works for my supplier, says feeding has gone up in recent weeks and set to go up again.

[bluey]

more bad news corn going up again next friday bamfords

 

£9.90 for 25kg breed and wean today. As the price goes higher the fewer I will breed and race.

[schouwman71]

i know a fancier who feeds horse beens to his pigeons,there so big i think the pigeon has to bang it on the floor to get it down its throat,but,you cant beat him from the distance !!!!!

 

 

Have you tried sprinting on these,especially widow cocks,i think it will open your eyes,it surely opened mine.