Feeding For Old Birds

[anto b]

Been reading that some well known fanciers on the continent

feed the same mix all week , do you think this would be better

than breaking down / building up for sprint racing up to 200 miles ?

[Wiley]

IMO no sprint pigeon should be broken down, especially if you want good output of exercise and performance. Years ago when we would break down using depurative mixtures and barley ect, beginning of the week we found their exercise around the loft poorly and to be fair had very little point of having them out until Wednesday onwards. Nowadays we feed heavier on the few days after return, and the birds exercise well every single day. Feeding the same mixture every day would create one thing and that's an ideal digestive system, which I believe to be one of the most important things.

[greenbar]

100% agree with wiley,

[anto b]

Thanks for the reply

can i ask what type of mix would you think would be a good one to go with ?

[PIGEON_MAN]

Been reading that some well known fanciers on the continent

feed the same mix all week , do you think this would be better

than breaking down / building up for sprint racing up to 200 miles ?

The thing in pigeon racing is that one person will be very successful using one system where as another person will do just the opposite and still be just as successful.

[gulkie]

Any good clean food ,And get the amount right.

[dwh]

any good hp mix + barley + beans

and a few seeds

then hopper fed winter mix beans and barley after the moult till 2weeks b4

pairing up

[Tony C]

Experiment with something in-between. Add to your race mix a % of barley at the front end of the week, back end of the week add a high fat mix.

[anto b]

thanks for the replys ...

as a racing mix what would you think of Gerry plus would it be heavy enough ?

[Wiley]

A top flyer in LNRC uses Gerry plus as his base mixture all year round, and those that race in London will you tell you how dangerous this man is from 56 miles to 510 miles. Article is on the fancier below

 

http://www.elimarpigeons.com/MC.htm

[Tony C]

thanks for the replys ...

as a racing mix what would you think of Gerry plus would it be heavy enough ?

My problem with Gerry is that its all small seeds/grains, the pigeons become picky. My preference is a high carb w/h mix, something with a bit of substance to it. You could add Gerry to this at the back end of the week.

[anto b]

cheers for that Tony very interesting read...

[neila]

A top flyer in LNRC uses Gerry plus as his base mixture all year round, and those that race in London will you tell you how dangerous this man is from 56 miles to 510 miles. Article is on the fancier below

 

http://www.elimarpigeons.com/MC.htm

 

 

Hi Wiley

 

interesting report , Can I ask did during your loft visit did they mention if they fed the mon-wed food allowance after loft flight or before just thinking would the birds do the work at home if fed in only.

With the regards of the use of Superstar what was the reason why they added protein (within the superstar ) that late in the week rather than Gerry and fats

 

 

thanks once again for the interesting read

[Wiley]

Hi Wiley

 

interesting report , Can I ask did during your loft visit did they mention if they fed the mon-wed food allowance after loft flight or before just thinking would the birds do the work at home if fed in only.

With the regards of the use of Superstar what was the reason why they added protein (within the superstar ) that late in the week rather than Gerry and fats

 

 

thanks once again for the interesting read

 

Hi Neil,

 

Mickys birds really do exercise very well at home so i am told, not just by micky, but by the fanciers who live locally. Whether they fed before or after flight i couldnt say my friend, however i imagine the use of superstar plus, would be due to the fact the expect their birds to perform from the short races to the long distance races, with no pigeon being specialised for one or the other, but then again that would be a guess again, as its not a question i asked at the time.

 

Regards

Ryan

[neila]

cheers Ryan

 

thanks for the answers,