Maples,Something Different

[ghostrider]

this year im going to hopper feed verse-laga breeding,as usual

when the youngsters are about 14 days old,im going to put a pot of maples in each box.

when i take the youngsters away,again they will be on the maples for a month.

going back i always fed breed and wean,the white dari got snaffled up,and most of the maples left

you end up with seed eaters

not buying any hormoform either,iyl put a tad of codliver oil on their snap a couple of times a week.

Marmite in ther water twice a week...full of vits

Ribena in there water twice a week,a must on a saturday,along with honey,got that tip of a very good pigeon man.

still carry on with the peanuts tho,and the sneaky mix.

are you lads changing anything this year??

nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.

all roads lead to rome,or at least i hope they do

 

atb

 

stu.

[Wiley]

It's something I've always done since FT told me to do so, on weaning 3 days maples, 3 days maize, then onto the young bird mixture. I need birds to eat the large grains. I won't be changing a thing this year

[Pompey Mick]

I'm normally a user of Tic Beans but this year is the first time I've not got a bean in the loft due to unavailability & price.

I'm going to try some barley as a hopper feed for the first time ever, I intend to supplement it with some higher value hand feeding when required.

I was thinking of adding some brewers yeast to the barley on a regular basis,it's going to be a bit of a learning curve. Any tips?

[andy Burgess]

this year im going to hopper feed verse-laga breeding,as usual

when the youngsters are about 14 days old,im going to put a pot of maples in each box.

when i take the youngsters away,again they will be on the maples for a month.

going back i always fed breed and wean,the white dari got snaffled up,and most of the maples left

you end up with seed eaters

not buying any hormoform either,iyl put a tad of codliver oil on their snap a couple of times a week.

Marmite in ther water twice a week...full of vits

Ribena in there water twice a week,a must on a saturday,along with honey,got that tip of a very good pigeon man.

still carry on with the peanuts tho,and the sneaky mix.

are you lads changing anything this year??

nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.

all roads lead to rome,or at least i hope they do

 

atb

 

stu.

why "no hormoform" ??

[ghostrider]

NO hormoform..why

just trying something different.

thats why im adding codliver oil

tell me if im wrong...hormoform...pearl barley,golden boost,codliver oil.

i used to spend a fortune on that product.

 

atb

[Fly_caster]

this year im going to hopper feed verse-laga breeding,as usual

when the youngsters are about 14 days old,im going to put a pot of maples in each box.

when i take the youngsters away,again they will be on the maples for a month.

going back i always fed breed and wean,the white dari got snaffled up,and most of the maples left

you end up with seed eaters

not buying any hormoform either,iyl put a tad of codliver oil on their snap a couple of times a week.

Marmite in ther water twice a week...full of vits

Ribena in there water twice a week,a must on a saturday,along with honey,got that tip of a very good pigeon man.

still carry on with the peanuts tho,and the sneaky mix.

are you lads changing anything this year??

nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.

all roads lead to rome,or at least i hope they do

 

atb

 

stu.

 

Whatever happened to "Good Corn and Plain Water" as a sound basis for the health of our birds ? Just as well our birds don't have teeth or yours would need a dentist regularly !

 

I'd say that my birds wouldn't see even 2 of those products mentioned in a year.

 

ATB with them for the season

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

Steve

[ghostrider]

you could be indeed right.

thats all they used to get years ago,so ive been told.

none of these new diseases around then.

what did they use....good corn and water.

remedies..such as bicarb,epsom salts to clean them out.

was there any others ????

when did young bird sickness first start,

and where...was it belgium.?

 

atb

[THE FIFER]

some interesting posts, well done

[clockman]

It's something I've always done since FT told me to do so, on weaning 3 days maples, 3 days maize, then onto the young bird mixture. I need birds to eat the large grains. I won't be changing a thing this year

 

Large enough son

[Roland]

Would have a staple diet of Horse beans if possible. Many fly youngster on nothing else with very good results. I love marmite. But like Canker it is a yeast :emoticon-0138-thinking:

[clockman]

Would have a staple diet of Horse beans if possible. Many fly youngster on nothing else with very good results.

 

 

£6 =20kg

[WulDon]

Large enough son

 

 

where's the string!! :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[clockman]

where's the string!!

 

 

You lost it,

[WulDon]

You lost it,

 

 

aye trapping my young birds!

[steff30]

Large enough son

The horse beans will last longer three beans and the doos are full

[walterboswell59]

I'm normally a user of Tic Beans but this year is the first time I've not got a bean in the loft due to unavailability & price.

I'm going to try some barley as a hopper feed for the first time ever, I intend to supplement it with some higher value hand feeding when required.

I was thinking of adding some brewers yeast to the barley on a regular basis,it's going to be a bit of a learning curve. Any tips?

i fed lots of barley years ago i was getting it for nowt off am8 the birds were never to heavy and in good nick but got very dry in the feather so now i put a little codliver oil on it worked fine