Darkness Moult

[Wiley]

Now the racing season has basically come to an end those on darkness need to get there birds in a moult?to help those on the darkness post up your tips and fads.

 

Once racing is finished we give the birds a final bath,all birds are seperated from sexs. In The drinker they get a teaspoon of cayne pepper to a pint of hot water,when this cools gets put into the shed,They get this most days in the drinker when this aint in the drinker nettle tea and garlic is in there.They are fed on a moulting mix,with garlic juice mixed in,To this is added red band and lineseed.

[PIGEON_MAN]

WILEY,YOU SAY THAT YOU GIVE THE BIRDS A FINAL BATH,SURELY A BATH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK WHEN THE BIRDS ARE IN THE MOULT IS MORE BENIFICAL.

[Wiley]

i mean a bath before they get locked up for a month pigeon man,thats what i meant to say,then a bath every other day after the month of lock up!Sorry fo the confusion i didnt proth read before posting

[ACE LOFTS]

all i do is lockem up and feed them as much as they like with reguler baths, and dont put nothing in the water just good food and fresh grit daily

[NANCYVIEWLOFTS]

same here ace lofts

seperate cocks and hens keep them in give them a bath once a week nothing in the water no lights on

always got through the moult perfectly ok

i think its how far and for how long into the season you race your youngsters

if you race them well into september especially when paired up  then you may have a job getting them through on the above method

[Guest shadow]

clean water garlic once a week baths as often as you feel like and linseed added to the feed

[Guest TAMMY_1]

FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER HEARD OF ANYBODY GIVING THEIR BIRDS PEPPER WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR THEM EXCEPT CLEAR THEIR NOSTRILS WHEN THEY SNEEZE

[Wiley]

lol its not the same as normal pepper mate its a spice,and heats up the body temp,so therefor they begin to moult

[jimmy white]

i use peppers as well ,, the sunday peppers the daily peppers , but put them on the floors of nest boxes ;D ;D ;D ;D just joking wiley, but see your point i prefer if poss to get them out every day , enough time to clean the loft [not on horrible damp days]as many baths as poss , as this induces the moult in itself, a higher protein diet, with a handfull of red band

[Mike Lycett]

7 days buttermilk in the water.   Nothing - but nothing can beat it

[Bobthegas]

Hi Mike,

 

Your the second person ive heard of doing this,how much to a litre of water?

Where can i buy it?

Is it powder or liquid?

 

Bob

[Wiley]

yea ive heard a few fanciers say this also,be interesting to here the answers to ur questions BOB

[andy]

7 days buttermilk in the water.   Nothing - but nothing can beat it

 

PUT 2 TABLESPOONS TO A 4 PINT DRINKER FOR A WEEK, BUY IT AT TESCOS NEXT TO THE MILK.

[mac1]

cant beat new clean wheat and beans n garlic

[ribble]

cant beat new clean wheat and beans n garlic

 

agree on the new wheat.

 

[sapper756]

Same as Ace. I put garlic in the water, and at least one bath a week. I have never had problems getting my darkness birds through the moult.

[Pompey Mick]

These are the beans I'm currently using

[roadhog42]

what if you keep the  birds on the darkness way to long into season  and they when the racing is over have maybe only   moulted one flight how can i by december get them all the way  thouigh there wiing

[Mike Lycett]

2 soupspoons per litre for 7 days

 

Not by the milk - with the whipped cream / yoghurt.   Costs 50p a carton

[toofawest]

i agree with mike,although i only give the buttermilk for 5 days,nothing can beet it.

[Mike Lycett]

Roadhog

 

The birds will need a bit of help but they'll do it.

 

On 9th September virtually all our YBs had not cast a flight - they're on their 6th now

[rockinrick]

i use peppers as well ,, the sunday peppers the daily peppers , but put them on the floors of nest boxes ;D ;D ;D ;D just joking wiley, but see your point i prefer if poss to get them out every day , enough time to clean the loft [not on horrible damp days]as many baths as poss , as this induces the moult in itself, a higher protein diet, with a handfull of red band

 

lmao , jimmy m8 u are a star   :D,  and wiley m8 when i tried darkness a few years ago all i gave birds in way of feed was barley and plenty of fresh clean water also the odd bath in warm water , no need for all the things u give ,jus my thoughts  ;D ;D

[ACE LOFTS]

well i had some youngens on the widowhood so u can imagine they only droped 1-2 flights in september after last race i think it was 9th,

 

well now u look at them they have 3-4 to go, they were throwing 2-3 flights out at a time.

 

just good food and fresh grit + plenty of hot baths.

[Wiley]

well every one has there own opinion lads,at the moment most of my youn birds have 2-3 to go,so i must be doing something right,