Guest cosmic dave Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 I have been leaving the food hopper with the YBs all day but have now noticed that are getting fussy with their food and chucking the stuff they don't like around the loft. Is it time to cut back or start feeding for an hour only ? :-/
chaz Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 feed down until they start to drink and then food away, or down for 20 minutes and then up , or add barley and when they start leaving the barley take the food away, all these will work Hungry birds are well controlled birds
Guest bakes Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 i would leave it there mate there eat it in the end if they havent got nothink else to eat. what mix you got them on all the best.
DUBLINFLYER Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 feed down until they start to drink and then food away, or down for 20 minutes and then up , or add barley and when they start leaving the barley take the food away, all these will work Hungry birds are well controlled birds these are young birds? barley????
Guest frank dooman Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 put it down for 30min then lift it and leave whats on the floor they will soon get to know the rules they will eat whats on the floor thats them fed for the day
chaz Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 I said add barley it is only as an indicator as when the birds are full, not a large percentage of their diet ,
kev43 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 as soon as 1/2 go to drinker take it away best way,,,alot ov ppl get yb sickness cos they ova feed and the food they cant digest turns sour i,e ybs
DUBLINFLYER Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 as soon as 1/2 go to drinker take it away best way,,,alot ov ppl get yb sickness cos they ova feed and the food they cant digest turns sour i,e ybs ;D > ;D > food causes ybs??? now thats just crazy talk ??) :X
kev43 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 ;D > ;D > food causes ybs??? now thats just crazy talk ??) :X they fill themselves upto bursting point ( if u let them ) and cant digest it quick enuf which in turn they hold their corn and it turns sour
OLDYELLOW Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 think he was refering to sour crop rather than young bird sickness
kev43 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 think he was refering to sour crop rather than young bird sickness thanks mark ,,but both same thing to me birds still vomit food bk up m8 and only 1 way to cure it which we did last season but was our own fault by ova feeding our y,bs
OLDYELLOW Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 i think this is a case of too much food down at once and also bamfords breed and wean too much maples which are actualy toxic be better mixing with green peas feeding my ybs 3 parts green pea to 1 part maple pea http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1195378849/s-0/highlight-maple/#num0
Guest Owen Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 Dogs and pigeons are much the same. Put the food down, use a clicker, buzzer or whistle. Pick it up after five minutes. Try to judge it so that you put about the right amount of food down in the first place. Then if any bird is slow to enter the loft, it will have to wait until the next feed. There has to be a balance struck between starving them and training them. I personally do not like the system of stopping the food when the first bird goes for a drink. Very often there can be a variety of ages in the young bird loft and the younger ones need to be treated fairly. Taking the food away from them too quickly will spoil them. Besides I do not like the drinkers to be available until after I have fed the birds. Some birds will go to the drinker before they have eaten properly, which will do them no good and give you a false impression of whether they have eaten all they should. The test for me is whether or not the birds respond to the Clicker. Pigeons should be keen to eat at meal times and should react when the Clicker is sounded. I say this because meal times are a valuable oportunity to teach them their manners. If you fail to do this you will end up with birds that do not hold you in any regard and will want to do as they like, when they like.
kev43 Posted March 31, 2010 Report Posted March 31, 2010 i think this is a case of too much food down at once and also bamfords breed and wean too much maples which are actualy toxic be better mixing with green peas feeding my ybs 3 parts green pea to 1 part maple pea http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1195378849/s-0/highlight-maple/#num0 thats y mine get a high protein sunday monday tues rest ov week hi carbohydrate till the friday morning for old birds and our corn for yb,s is always measured out now and we add a bit more if they want it till 1/2 go to drinker then takin away till afternoon feed
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