Rearing

[T_T]

For the first time, I have been rearing a few youngsters by dampening the corn with Cod Liver Oil and drying it with Babies Milk Powder.  Noticed quite a few damp patches on the loft floor which I think could be down to the Oil.  Don't like it and havn't noticed any significant growth in the youngsters.

Am now using Gem Thee Pax with Babies milk powder and hoping for a big improvement.  How's everybody else's young un's coming on ?

[Guest Big Blue]

YB growing well just using garlic & cider vinigar feeding beans wheat & barly with resting mix

[Guest Silverwings]

breeding , feeding de scheemaecker breeding  mixture as usual , pluss a desert spoon of 2 parts mixed canary 1 part homofom  mix twice a day ,in the water honey and red cell every other day and fine chopped cabbage with a sprinkle of salt once a day ,pigeons look realy well .....ray

[pigeonjock]

OURS ARE BEING FED A VERSELE LAGA BREEDING MIX WITH G10 PELLETS ADDED ALL MIXED TOGETHER WITH FERTIBOL.OREGO STIM IN THE WATER DAILY AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE YOUNG ARE AS GOOD AS IVE REARED IN 27 YEAR OF BREEDING.

[MsPigeon]

My babies are beautiful this year. I am attributing it to the recommendation I got on here to use Purina pigeon pellets, green label, 50/50 with grain mix. I also use things in the water like garlic, multi vitamins and probiotics.

I also got the tip here about using milk formula but I was using it in the water because what I have is canned. I was given several cases of outdated tube feeding formula from a hospital. I started out trying it and I don't know if it was the milk or the pellets, but I did see nice babies. I gave up the milk though because too much was getting wasted and you really needed to change it every day. But I did use it at weaning in the YB loft in the water and the babies seemed to prefer the milky water to the plain as they had a choice. And there has been no weaning set backs in the YB loft.

Carol

[NANCYVIEWLOFTS]

most brands of corn are ok i think your right about the cod liveroil

 

too soon for that and dont put multivites in the water when rearing as youngsters cant hold them at an early age they dispell them out causing watery droppings

[Guest cloudview]

keep things    natural   good sound corn    , plenty protein  cleanfresh waterno  additives    needed   pick stones,  clayblocks,   pink minerials,   one teaspoon of  hormoform per bird in  nest box daily  ,if  stock  is   sound   ,should ,nt    be any problems