problem with the moult

[frank-123]

came back from my two weeks away on holiday today

on checking my darkness young birds some flights seem to have not grown to well

like a webbing on the feather what caused it ???   holding it up to the light you can see right through the feather

not all my birds are like this

are these birds no use next year for racing if they have not moulted properly

[Guest bigda]

came back from my two weeks away on holiday today

on checking my darkness young birds some flights seem to have not grown to well

like a webbing on the feather what caused it ???   holding it up to the light you can see right through the feather

not all my birds are like this

are these birds no use next year for racing if they have not moulted properly

did you give your birds a jag for ecolli by any chance,  sal,vac or something like that

 

[frank-123]

no bigda no jag

[Tony C]

how many pigeons are showing these frets bart

[Guest bigda]

no bigda no jag

 

only asking  did you give your birds  disinfections in water  as this is knowing to  affect the quills  if giving to  often something like  vircon -s , the quills some time look thin and opaque   if you give them to much  of that type of stuff it might be a bit late now  but try giving them  wheat germ oil once a week  very lightly on the corn  give them a hand bath every  other day  a hot one,  and seed give them the kids liquid  vits  once a week cant remember the name just now its in a small bottle,  but every day  just monitor to see if the feathers strengthen  up  the vits are the type you put on the kids tongue but only give once a week 3 drops to  2lb of grub

[Guest bigda]

the name  for vits is abedec

[terry mccarthy]

put some redcell on food with a drop of abidec vits via the mouth 1 drop maybe a bit late now this sometimes happens if birds have had a bit of illness

[terry mccarthy]

snap lol

[Guest IB]

Once the feather is formed, there is no recovery. Only stuff I've come accross that causes this fading is (some) worm treatments and viral attack.

 

I do not know how many flights are affected in each bird, only a couple of weeks holiday so its likely to be a maximum of 1 in each wing; would suggest that after 10th is cast & regrown, select worst flight(s) and pull them. Was given this advice for a natural youngster last year, badly-fretted primary which would probably have broken off as a yearling, pulled it after 10th almost fully grown, came back in no problem.

 

[terry mccarthy]

i  would of said probally at sometime a illness its weird how it effects them