Moulting

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Do you let your birds out during moulting or keep them locked up ? If you let them out , how much. If not when do you start to let them out again ?

Thanks Wayne.

[Guest IB]

When the birds are heavy in moult they don't seem all that fussed in going out, but it is a bit early in the year to think about locking them up I think, the short daylight hours will be with us soon enough. But weather permitting, I still try to get them out at weekends.

[sapper756]

Do you let your birds out during moulting or keep them locked up ? If you let them out , how much. If not when do you start to let them out again ?

Thanks Wayne.

 

 

carry on letting them out for now, and always have a warm bath for them to usehttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[gulkie]

I split all my birds after the last race and once they are in a heavy moult

I keep them in ,when they are through the heaviest of the moult I let them out once

a week for a bath ,and it gives the bops less food,when they are in a heavy moult they won't

fly much anyway.

[peterpau]

I try and get mine out every day, as often as I can, 365 days a year.

My young 'uns took half an hour to come out, but when they did, they still flew for over 2 hours tonight

[Guest peter.j]

mine are on open hole 365 days a year except wednesday and saturday during racing season if they want to go out they will

[novo10]

dont let ours out all put into avairys all winter with a hot bath twice a week they have a better moult dont need to worry about bop jmo

[Guest mick bowler]

They go out occasionally, but too risky with Percy being in abundance this time of year, he picked one off with ease last week or week before.

 

I give them buttermilk with cinnamon twice a week, the feathers drop out of them.

[geordie1234]

ive recently added linseed for the moult but the doos dont seem to like it anyone else had this prob

[ALF]

ive recently added linseed for the moult but the doos dont seem to like it anyone else had this prob

 

gie them it before you feed them there normal grub geo

[geordie1234]

ive already mixed it through ill just put less doon until its all gone then put somemore food doon

[ALF]

ive already mixed it through ill just put less doon until its all gone then put somemore food doon

 

[dal2]

Wots yer main feed that yer mixin the seed intae?

[billt]

Can't believe what I read, Warm water in the baths, Mine are on open loft 24/7, ice cold bath water and they dive in, if I shut mine up for a while I know they would be hawk bait when I let them out, moulting is a natural thing that all birds do, don't make it complicated because it isn't

[geordie1234]

Wots yer main feed that yer mixin the seed intae?

versele laga all round mate