Guest Dorset-lad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi all as this is my first season back racing, my aim is to build myself a team of young cocks for widowhood next season, so was just wondering what other fanciers advice would be on feeding these youngbirds during raceing as im not to bothered in chasing young bird races, just want them to be well schooled ?.... They will not be on darkness this season, so it would be nice to hear how you aproach you're YB season thinking off the following season. Regards Brian PS lets have you.re views lads and lasses please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIGEON_MAN Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Are you going to race them at all or as you say just get them well schooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dorset-lad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Are you going to race them at all or as you say just get them well schooled. They will be raced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam owen Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 my advice would be as they are not on darkness,to feed best all round with 25%diet, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster151 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 my advice would be as they are not on darkness,to feed best all round with 25%diet,sorry for being thick but what is the 25% diet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDYELLOW Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 read the Question and answer sessions you might get a few good tips there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dorset-lad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 read the Question and answer sessions you might get a few good tips there Yes Mark ive done that...just thought ide put this up and get peoples opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDYELLOW Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 feed a good breeding / weaning mix for 3 weeks then start to feed the corn you wish to race on with 20% barley , getting birds in control / pre conditioned to feeding will set them up for life whistle whilst feeding , then trapping is so much easier Laurent covered this in his Q&A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy74 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 feed a good breeding / weaning mix for 3 weeks then start to feed the corn you wish to race on with 20% barley , getting birds in control / pre conditioned to feeding will set them up for life whistle whilst feeding , then trapping is so much easier Laurent covered this in his Q&A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dorset-lad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 feed a good breeding / weaning mix for 3 weeks then start to feed the corn you wish to race on with 20% barley , getting birds in control / pre conditioned to feeding will set them up for life whistle whilst feeding , then trapping is so much easier Laurent covered this in his Q&A I know Mark ive had a read off all the Q&A and they were very well dealt with... but also its nice to hear other people's views, and thankyou for your,s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 plenty beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy74 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 If your not racing to try and win should it matter what you feed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam owen Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 diet mix i use is diet 1000 by versa laga its a better quality than barley or depuritive but eather will do mate your prefrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 When I raced my youngsters 'naturally' I fed Marimans Super-M. Two feeds a day, the first feed was mixed with depurative making it a 50/50 mix at around a 1/3 of an ounce per pigeon, the evening feed was 100% Super-M at around 1 ounce per pigeon. This of course had to be tweaked because the more work they put in around home plus the training they had could mean they my need a tad more. I trained them 2-3 times a week at around 35 mile (the harder they were trained the slower they moulted). I use to let them pair if they so wished which meant they didn't exercise around home too good but if I got them sitting it would slow them down in the moult. The only time they got any seed or trapping mix was when I exercised them around home before I took them training, just enough to trap them in, no seed given apart from that as again its was all about slowing the moult down. The day prior to basketing their daily ration was 3/4 ounce per pigeon of Super-M & the day of basketing they got 1/2 ounce of 50/50 (Super-M/Depurative) per pigeon.A mistake a lot of folk make is to give them too much feed on the day prior to basketing and consequentially they eat little on the day of basketing. More youngsters are lost through dehydration than anything else so giving them a half decent feed on basketing day ensures they have a good drink after they've eaten and if all is well they've had digested it all come marking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tooshy Boy Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 I GIVE THEM ALL THEY WANT THEY ARE ONLY BABYS./// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dorset-lad Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Some great replies there, Thanks you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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