FEEDING BIRDS ONCE LAID

[Guest TAMMY_1]

After your birds have laid and are on eggs do you alter your feeding or keep it the same ?

[sapper756]

Keep it the same, a good breeding mix, plus plenty good fresh grit available

[Guest]

SAME

[Guest shadow]

keep it the same

[Guest fergie]

same

[Tony C]

Once laid out I feed 50/50 w/h mix/depurative. I cease feeding them in their boxes and feed them communally.  

[Lennut Tar]

same

 

 

Same!!!!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D "Sort of"   ;) I must admit thou, once the babies reach 12 to 14 days etc I do give them a few more peas for the protein factor, just to boost them up that bit more, till I ship them out at 24 days.

Enjoy.

 

 

[carlsberg]

feed same corn still in their boxes

[phillips]

i dont alter my feeding as such but i do start to put more protein into the pigeons but i always feed them in there boxes aswell as a feed in a nest bowl on the floor as soon as they have got ybs all feeding is done in their nest boxes in galley pots as i find the ybs pick up the hang of eating by seeing their parents eating all the time and i do add baby milk to there feed

thankyou jason

[DOVEScot]

Tha same as usual, which is, a different feed every time carol reads a new method  :'( :'( :'(

[Guest casbri]

same

[jimmy white]

i usually add a little extra protein , increased near hatching , and as i said b4 a little babies milk powder in their water now and again,, plenty grit ,pickstones, minerals,,a must  

[NANCYVIEWLOFTS]

we put them on a lighter mix until a week before hatching  g mix

[murphy]

I feed 50% barley once they have laid for approx 10 days then back on full breeding mix. Bamfords breed & wean, extra maple peas, Homoform,layers pellets and usual grit,mins and pickpots.

 

 

Murphy

[retired]

did i read somewhere Chris Gordon feeds his 100% barley up to the day of chipping ??

[murphy]

Chris does feed alot of barley. I personally feel barley is the most under rated grain we feed and people should listen carefully when fanciers like chris start to talk about its use and qualities.

[Guest slugmonkey]

I increase peas to help with milk formation also increase peas after hatching and feed peas in the box as well as increased in mix

[andy]

1/3 Breeding, 1/3 gerry plus, 1/3 barley until 3 or 4 days before hatching, then 100% breeding, adding Homon pellets or g10s or p40s and more peas at 10 to12 day old youngsters. Fresh grit every day.

[883girl]

Same, as was advised by friends on here.  Seems to be fine for us ;D

[ALF]

Paired the birds up last week and have had them on 50/50/barley and breeding mixture  and will continue on this until about a week before hatching is due to take place

[Guest Paulo]

feed my pigeons a little red band everyday in their boxes when the yb's hatch

[Back garden fancier]

I read somewhere Chris Gordon feeds 100% barley all the time?

[billy wilson]

my birds have been on barley for six weeks birds are in great shape droppings are perfect all down on eggs,ive got five pair at home in my back yard all stock prisoners,3 pair are late breds all down within 15 days when eggs are laid they go on deweeds bs for six days.for some who dont know what bs is it treats birds for preventive and curing of canker [tricho]coccidiosis hexamitiasis and somebacterial infections of crop intestinals stimulates down feather fall purifies andimproves digestion,  dosage is 1 sachet to 2 litres of water hope this can help some people,as somepeople have there own ideas.

 

                                                                        billy

[billy wilson]

forgot to say after 14 days of sitting they go onto breeding mix ime trying verselaga super breeding as it has the pellets added,i use verselaga but this will be the first time using breeding mix with the pellets .

 

 

                                                          billy

[Guest TAMMY_1]

my birds have been on barley for six weeks birds are in great shape droppings are perfect all down on eggs,ive got five pair at home in my back yard all stock prisoners,3 pair are late breds all down within 15 days when eggs are laid they go on deweeds bs for six days.for some who dont know what bs is it treats birds for preventive and curing of canker [tricho]coccidiosis hexamitiasis and somebacterial infections of crop intestinals stimulates down feather fall purifies andimproves digestion,  dosage is 1 sachet to 2 litres of water hope this can help some people,as somepeople have there own ideas.

 

                                                                        billy

 

  I am a great believer in barley and use it practically all year round in some form or other .