Correct food for Westys

[Ian McKay]

Hi

Is there anyone out there who can tell me what is the best food to feed Westys for flying ;)

 

Can anyone tell me how old they have to be before they start to tumble ;D ;D

[Wiley]

I know the old country and westys used to eat cold beans, and used to tumble as soon as they left the Saloon!  ;D ;D ;D :P ;D

[Ian McKay]

I knew I laid myself open to this but did not expect you to be first :P :P

[Wiley]

lol i couldnt resist with this one

[west of englands]

i have had some westys for about a year now and mine dont tumbler and i have been talking to loads of people that have got westy and they all said that they dont tumbler like they used to because people breeding them just for showing and not for flying  

[Ian McKay]

OK Wiley Will let you off this time

[Ian McKay]

I thought I had got what I wanted But tumblerless tumblers whats the point ;D ;D ;D

[nipper]

If you tie the left wing to the right b$$lock, and then launch it off the loft,

I bet it will tumble for you !!!! ;D ;D

 

 

Country westy pigeons !!!  I like that one !!! lololo

[Clarkey1990]

Irish flying tumblers are the, imo, the best tumblers around at the moment.

[Ian McKay]

Hi Lee

Hope you sent me some and had a word with them lol ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Clarkey1990]

Ha yeh gave them a right talk

[Ian McKay]

Cheers Lee

[Clarkey1990]

Ian,

      

     Asked one of the local lads about the food for flying tumblers as he flys irsh ft's. He said anyone he asked and he himself uses

 

3 parts peas

2 parts wheat

1 part maize

 

Increase quantity in the winter and also increase the amount of peas.

[Ian McKay]

Thanks LEE

[Adam Gray]

Go and buy a depuritive mix - wheat, barley, red/white dari, buy it already mixed various brands sell it. This will take any excess weight of them, every now or again a handful of condition of mixed canary seed will go down well. Fly them regular every day if they will do it and you might start to see some better performances even tumbles.

 

If your that keen on them you have two choices - find someone who has genuine WOE flying tumblers (not many about these days) or cross something in to them like a good quality well marked Iranian Tumbler or Turkish Mardin Tumbler then try and bring that tumbling into the wests - I will take you a good few years and is hit and miss if it will work.

[DOVEScot]

We used to have Birmingham rollers on a depuritive mix ect, were great rollers. sold them to another guy and he said they never rolled as good so their must be something in correcting the diet

[Guest]

i have had some westys for about a year now and mine dont tumbler and i have been talking to loads of people that have got westy and they all said that they dont tumbler like they used to because people breeding them just for showing and not for flying  

 

Agree,this breed is extremely popular for showing now so you would struggle to find some genuine "flyers",they would need to be kept/fed and managed more like racing pigeons.

[ally mac]

I had a pair of wests a few years ago. I had them for about a year and never saw any tumbels except for 1 week when the cock did a few flips whenever he was out. I tried everything with the feed and could nvere get him to do it again. It might still be in some of them if you can coax it out. Like someone said though, an awful lot of them are bred for show and most probably nver fly out.

 

Al.

[DOVEScot]

I had a pair of wests a few years ago. I had them for about a year and never saw any tumbels except for 1 week when the cock did a few flips whenever he was out. I tried everything with the feed and could nvere get him to do it again. It might still be in some of them if you can coax it out. Like someone said though, an awful lot of them are bred for show and most probably nver fly out.

 

Al.

 

I also think you need a decent kit to start with and like all pigeon habits, the young would learn to copy, even though it is natural to them I still think they learn more by mimicing older birds:-/

[ally mac]

I think you are right to a certain extent. A kit of rollers will stimulate each other into breaks. But I flew my wests with the roller kit and it never made any difference.

 

Al.

[Steve0]

Are they flying wests or the big daft show type?

Steve0...

 

Another ruined breed!

[ally mac]

Hi Steve.

 

The ones I had were the first pigeons I got, they were show birds from John Stark but I got them for flying out.

 

let me know if you get anywhere with your pal and the other birds.

 

Cheers.

 

Al.