YOUNG BIRD FEEDING SYSTEM WANTED

[lurcher]

i have been told i feed my ybs to much food can anyone, give me a feeding system to correct this   ie   from day of basketing  to race day   thanks   lurcher

[paul l]

ive been always been told an egg cup full per bird

[Henrik]

I feed about 1 1/4 oz per bird

[Guest]

same here Henrik

[mobster]

two heaped tablespoon of feed. 1 in the morning and one in the evening per bird. and also i just observe the birds. if i see 3 or 4 birds goes to the drinker, i take out the feeder.

[lurcher]

thanks people

[schouwman71]

feed like mobster says,watch your birds dont just put the feed in the loft and walk away,watch them close they will tell you when they have had their full.

[Wiley]

ounch and a quatre i find most efficient

[lurcher]

thanks all

[speedbird]

what about when distance increases whats the best feed? i normaly feed up around 1oam then give em some seed around 2.30 to 3pm  to encourage them to have a drink anyone else do the same?

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

FEED FIRST TO THE DRINKER

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

AND TAKE THE FOOD AWAY,DONT WORRY ABOUT THE OTHERS THEY WILL HAVE HAD A GOOD FEED

[Wiley]

Redfox its easy saying first to the drinker however it depends how many pigeons you have say you have 30 you do it to 10% have gone to the drinker so once 3 have drunk stop feeding

[bluebar99]

hello guys,

 

Just had one question as I think I have been overfeeding my birds for yb racing.  I feed based on observation and wait till the majorority of the birds go for a drink which is around 15 min then i pull out the hopper.  To me my birds feel just right but a couple of club mates say they feel a little heavy on ship night.  I feed all they want to eat day before ship night and about .5 ounce of food on ship day?  Am I doing something wrong?  Pls give any advice or comments.  Thanks lads.  

 

 

ps..I fly the darkness system.

[Wiley]

how many birds you got?

[bluebar99]

Wiley,  i have 23.

[Wiley]

well i would feed them 23 ounces mate,and on basketing night id feed them 12 and a half ounces

[Guest WINGS 04]

why would you only feed 12 1/2 ounces ?? do you think that anathlet only eats half his or hers dinner the night befor a race this is what i call racing them to the bean tin this will only work when the races are not hard

[Guest Paulo]

Need a full feed before basketing up early on in the day so they don't spew it up in the basket

[stevebelbin]

The best feeding system ive seen work (for a 100-200mile race) is to feed on a thursday night 'popcorn maize', as much as they can eat. Then on friday morning at 10am popcorn maize again, as much as they can eat and about 2ish feed a bit of redband and a few peanuts so they have drink. The lad ive seen feeding this way, had them coming like bullets  .

[Guest Paulo]

redbands great stuff

[BRL]

How do you feed for a 250 - 300 mile YB race race?

 

Thanks,

BRL

[Guest]

If you fly the same race course I as do, you have to feed for survival on the longer races.

 

We fly 300 miles on Saturday from Mountain Home Idaho, and we have been giving as much 14% protein mix as they will eat.

 

Good luck

Linda

[soontjen]

ANY OF YOU TOP NOTCH FLYERS GOT A GOOD YOUNG BIRD FEEDING SYSTEM YOU WOULD CARE TO SHARE WITH ME!!

[Guest TAMMY_1]

ANY OF YOU TOP NOTCH FLYERS GOT A GOOD YOUNG BIRD FEEDING SYSTEM YOU WOULD CARE TO SHARE WITH ME!!

 

everybody feeds different things at different times, so u will just have to find which one suits you because there are countless feed mixes available