Sprint Lofts What Do You Feed On Return From A Race

[demolition man]

What do you sprint lofts feed your birds upon race return and why:?:

[Wiley]

Protein, if you tear you must repair, whether sprinting or distance racing.

[neila]

Protein, if you tear you must repair, whether sprinting or distance racing.

 

would there be a limit to this Wiley ?

 

I mean in a 100 mile tail wind would you still include protein and if so would this be in the form of a fat mix like diet or pea/bean mix or even a product maybe

[alex young]

On return mine get 1/3 wid mix,1/3 protein mix,1/3 diet mix.This is fed sat/sun. as I like my birds to exercise from the sunday morning because I don't train.If the race has been easy they'll get 50% wid/diet.,it can change each week but I try not to vary it too much.

[andy Burgess]

On return mine get 1/3 wid mix,1/3 protein mix,1/3 diet mix.This is fed sat/sun. as I like my birds to exercise from the sunday morning because I don't train.If the race has been easy they'll get 50% wid/diet.,it can change each week but I try not to vary it too much.

how are your results Alex ,club & fed wise ?

[andyyy]

my birds get knocked down to diet on return, A light feed. then around the usual feeding time they have as much as they like, same on saturday am and pm feeds, Then on monday if it wasn't to hard race they'll go back out and be put back onto the measured out corn which will remain diet until mid week.

[alex young]

how are your results Alex ,club & fed wise ?

Andy,I won 13-1sts flying to that system and also topped the fed with several top fed place too,but all years are not the same.

[dwh]

PLENTY OF PROTEIN

UNLESS ITS BEEN A BLOW HOME THEN I'D LGHTEN IT WITH BARLEY AND W/H

[andy Burgess]

Andy,I won 13-1sts flying to that system and also topped the fed with several top fed place too,but all years are not the same.

brilliant results Alex , well done

[Big Davie]

Pigeon food

[William Reid]

Pigeon food

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[Lennut Tar]

Protein, if you tear you must repair, whether sprinting or distance racing.

 

 

Nice to see a common sense reply Wiley etc.So many these days give them scraps "Light feed" when they return type of thing. I've never been able to understand their thinking.

Enjoy.

[Tony C]

1/3 pellets 1/3 condition mix 1/3 breeding mix. A light feed on return then when hens taken away fed to appetite. Nothing at all added to their drinking water.

 

When you look at pigeons droppings on return from a race what your looking at is the pigeon excreting the by-products of the effort its put in (lactic acid etc)this is a sign of their internal organs working overtime. The pellets & condition seeds are easily digestible which will quicken the process of getting rid of this waste without over burdening the already overworked organs, in essence your trying to flush them out. Anything added to the drinking water will hinder this process.

 

If you don't use pellets wheat is the next best thing.

 

I stand to be shot down

[neila]

On return mine get 1/3 wid mix,1/3 protein mix,1/3 diet mix.This is fed sat/sun. as I like my birds to exercise from the sunday morning because I don't train.If the race has been easy they'll get 50% wid/diet.,it can change each week but I try not to vary it too much.

 

is the diet you mention Alex one that contains barley or more like diet 1000 with no barley but more small high fat grains

[alex young]

is the diet you mention Alex one that contains barley or more like diet 1000 with no barley but more small high fat grains

Neila, the diet mix I use is Bucktons diet supreme and is a high fat mix.It does contain a lot of small seeds and some use it as a conditioner,there isn't any barley in the mix.

[neila]

thanks Alex

good advice , I like your feeding system it seems very straight forward but correct to my way of thinking

can I ask how you make sure that your birds do not over feed early in the week in order to build them up , is this by set amounts ?

I guess that is why I mentioned if the diet had any barley

 

thanks for your help

neil

[alex young]

thanks Alex

good advice , I like your feeding system it seems very straight forward but correct to my way of thinking

can I ask how you make sure that your birds do not over feed early in the week in order to build them up , is this by set amounts ?

I guess that is why I mentioned if the diet had any barley

 

thanks for your help

neil

Yes Neila,it's a gradual build up through the week,saturday I put the food in a feeder on the floor but in the week I feed in the boxes,approx 1/2oz am 3/4oz pm.gradually changing from 50/50 diet/wid on mon/tues to 100% v/laga super star from wed am or pm.Thursday am and pm the get a good feed but not so much as they will gorge themselves as I let them out friday morning and I like them to eat on a friday.Hope this helps.

[neila]

thanks Alex

 

very good information very good of you to share this with us