How Much Feed

[blue bar]

how much should i feed the ybs at th moment they get 2cups in th morning and 4 cups at night thats for 47 birds they have not started training yet

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

GIVE THEM ALL THEY WANT MATE SO THEY ARE STRONG AND HEALTY THEN YOU CAN CUT THEM DOWN.///

[blue bar]

would it be best to fill the troughs and take them out after 10 miniutes

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

I LET THEM FEED TILL THE FIRST PIGEON GOES TO THE DRINKER.///

[blue bar]

thanks i will try that and see how that gos they do not seem to fly much mind you its pretty hot here at the moment 30c

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

thanks i will try that and see how that gos they do not seem to fly much mind you its pretty hot here at the moment 30c

ALL THE BEST MATE GIVE THEM TIME THEY WILL COME GOOD.///

[Wiley]

i believe the sport in oz and new zealand is tottally different to what it is in the UK, when are these ybs intended to be raced or trained?

[Roland]

Not much racing old birds in oz I believe. tis mainly the young birds that race I believe.

[Guest Owen]

You can not feed your youngsters by asking other people, how much. There are too many variables to be able to use a mathematical calculation. Besides the art of feeding any animal is about how you feed not how much. I often see people leave food down for dogs and wonder why they can not do anything with the animal. It is the same with pigeons.

First of all, make sure you have enough trough space for them so that they can eat in comfort with no bullying. Remove the drinker and put the troughs down and use a clicker or your voice as a stimulant to feed. Leave the troughs down for about 5 minutes and remove them completely. Replace the drinkers with fresh water and leave them too it. Make sure they have fresh grit and clay blocks crumpled up and mixed with the grit at least once each day. If the birds do not show that they are keen to eat you have overfed them. Any bird that is slow to come to the trough should be picked up and checked at the next feed, because it could be sickening for something and feeding a bird that is not really keen to eat is asking for trouble.

I hope that helps.

[blue bar]

Roland oz is not part of Nz we are a seperate country we cannot import birds and we race old birds the old bird programme goes from aug to mid dec and our ybs race from feb to mid may and our rings are not issued till 1st aug

[Wiley]

Roland oz is not part of Nz we are a seperate country we cannot import birds and we race old birds the old bird programme goes from aug to mid dec and our ybs race from feb to mid may and our rings are not issued till 1st aug

 

Blue Bar, when will you be looking to train your young birds, and what sort of feed are you feeding at the moment?

[blue bar]

Wiley

our ybs will be raced mid feb as for our feed there is not a lot feed companys that make pigeon food a lot of us buy uor grains seperate and mix our own from finding mixes in books or internet we cannot get some grains like cardi,hemp,tares,and soy beans even pigeon pellets are hard to get we end up useing poultry pellets there is only about 800 fanciers in the whole country of 4.5 million people

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

I LET THEM FEED TILL THE FIRST PIGEON GOES TO THE DRINKER.///

 

even when breeding..???

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

WHEN FEEDING YOUNG FOOD LEFT OUT ALL THE TIME.///

[kirky]

its only about 5 weeks to mid feb, i would start to train them now get them into a rutine ie trapping well cut the corn if not trapping to your likeing.