rearing young birds

[bewted]

i only keep fancy pigeons apart from two pairs of logans,i am going to try some tips of you fanciers this year,thanks for all the info everyone on here,looking forward to a good breeding season,,,,bewted

[Guest]

Bewted,

 

What fancy birds you keeping ?

[bewted]

speight                                       i keep,rollers,woe,german beauty homers,lahores,german shield owls,x fantails,tumblers,

[speedbird]

breed & wean good corn with no maize also good to keep the ybs on till training starts

[mealybar]

HI SPECKLED YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE USED TO GIVE OURS THE PELLLETS AND THEY STARTED ADDING ANTIBIOTICS SO WE STOPPED USING THEM

 

Was listening to Farming Today (couldnt sleep the other night..lol), they were discussing new european rules to ban antibiotics in animal feed. I think its quite a new thing, they were also on about putting probiotics and other bits n bobs as replacement to speed up growth (which is more expensive).

[AlanWilkins]

bewter can u post some pics of ya german shield owls,always wanted a pair of them

[bewted]

alan,,,,at the moment unable to put pics on here as dont have PC,only tv internet,if you PM me with your address,i will send you a photo,,,bewted

[snowy]

some very good tips here on this post,

any more as the rearing starts?

[speedbird]

only need one corn bread & wean its got enough protein & all the ybs need till you start to train em when in nest add a hand full of rearing pellets

[Guest Big Blue]

WHEN YOUNG HATCH WE USE BABY MILK IN WATER YB DONT HALF GROW

[Diamond dave]

I'm told that black minerals - charcoal/soot etc will ensure that the nest stays dry?

[speedbird]

ask for a breed & wean mix it has no maize in

[jimmy white]

read LEVIES book on" the pigeon"  he says its all in the JEANS  ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

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[johnnysfarm]

Hi all looks like everything is going great on the fourm..  Good to hear from everyone.  I hate not being able to get on here much but I have a little more time with my boy and my birds with the new Job.. Good luck everybody and have a great flying year.

[MsPigeon]

WOW ! Johnnysfarm, it's been a very long time since I've seen you here. I often wonder how it is going for you and your family. Have you started racing yet? Did you race YB's last year?

[MsPigeon]

Just wanted to mention that I have tried a couple tips from this thread this year while rearing and REALLY like the results I'm having. One is Purina Green label Pigeon Pellets. It took some time to get the breeders to eat them but when they started pumping to their babies it helped and the babies look wonderful and of good flesh and feather. The other thing I tried was the milk in their water. I started off using it in some of my individual breeding pens after they hatched but found that to be too big of waste as they needed chaged daily and there are 25 pens. But I use it in the water in the YB loft after they are weaned. They seem to really like it and I have to fill it twice a day as they prefer it to the plain water. The YB's are all very healthy and growing nice and no set backs at weaning time.

[jimmy white]

:)GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU JOHNYSFARM,,, AND GOOD TO HEAR YOUR YBS ARE SOUND MS PIGEON, I THINK ITS HALF THE BATTLE IF THEY GET A GOOD START IN LIFE, GOOD LUCK TO YOU   :)