Rearing The Perfect Young Birds

[Wiley]

Rearing the perfect young birds whats your method? Do you use any supplementation? Feed a particular grain?

[hotrod]

Rearing the perfect young birds whats your method? Do you use any supplementation? Feed a particular grain?

Plenty protein ,no maize , and some peanuts added , Brewers yeast on food once a week while breeding , perfect every time .

[greenbar]

The same as the old birds!

[Delboy]

breeding mix, clean water twice a day, grit and minerals, job done.

[Wiley]

The same as the old birds!

 

Howd you rear an old bird

[dal2]

Breeding mix. Then breed and wean. Golden boost......m for you old guys out there lol

[eastcoaster]

Breeding mix with oil and brewers yeast twice a week gemthepax three timesa a week as ybs get older lot of peanuts Also have pots with porridge oats and the normal grits and minerals . Always give my first round away and all that receive are very happy .

[Tony C]

First feed a mix of pellets/condition seed/Hormaform & matrix, thereafter 50% breeding 50% Tics. Plain water (winter breeding room temperature)

[Wiley]

Does anyone use cod liver oil or brewers yeast tablets/capsuals? Something some one put me onto this season so i will be giving it a try, when the young are on hard food, one of each every two days.

 

Does anyone use hemp? The best young birds i saw all year from the nest came via a fancier whos breeders had as much hemp as they required, any thoughts?

[dal2]

Does anyone use cod liver oil or brewers yeast tablets/capsuals? Something some one put me onto this season so i will be giving it a try, when the young are on hard food, one of each every two days.

 

Does anyone use hemp? The best young birds i saw all year from the nest came via a fancier whos breeders had as much hemp as they required, any thoughts?

Hemp a wee bit rich for me as a full time feed. My cod liver oil etc in golden boost

[clockman]

Does anyone use cod liver oil or brewers yeast tablets/capsuals? Something some one put me onto this season so i will be giving it a try, when the young are on hard food, one of each every two days.

 

Does anyone use hemp? The best young birds i saw all year from the nest came via a fancier whos breeders had as much hemp as they required, any thoughts?

 

Answer=Me, sometimes

[Guest bigda]

Don't think beans are the answer, think that is old hat method, new way seems to be a lot lighter feed used by the likes of the Belgians. But have seen well reared birds fed 3 times a day and fed with hormiform as a extra

[buster151]

Plenty protein ,no maize , and some peanuts added , Brewers yeast on food once a week while breeding , perfect every time .

 

 

Can I ask why no maize please

[eastcoaster]

Breeding mix with oil and brewers yeast twice a week gemthepax three timesa a week as ybs get older lot of peanuts Also have pots with porridge oats and the normal grits and minerals . Always give my first round away and all that receive are very happy .

Forgot tic beans in hopper all time the mix is in boxes .

[walterboswell59]

just a all rounder mix with a pot of tic beans in the nestbox and plenty grit and black minerals clean fresh water

[Bryngwynt Lofts]

Good breeding mix,fed 3 times a day with tic beans available all the time.I also moisten corn with oil and add baby milk powder.Plenty of pick pots and vitamins also available.

[peter pandy]

Beans, Maples, Tares in the nest box. A handful of Hormoform with Clay blocks crushed only refilled when empty.

[Delboy]

I stopped feeding oil to ybs although I know plenty of fanciers who throw the oils into them. Some folk are kidded with chubby ybs coming out the nest, as there results show. Plump, apple shaped is good but too fat is not imo.

[showman]

Rearing the perfect young birds whats your method? Do you use any supplementation? Feed a particular grain?

 

Don't really know !

What does a perfect youngster look like ?

[Delboy]

Don't really know !

What does a perfect youngster look like ?

[Mossgiel]

I stopped feeding oil to ybs although I know plenty of fanciers who throw the oils into them. Some folk are kidded with chubby ybs coming out the nest, as there results show. Plump, apple shaped is good but too fat is not imo.

 

I was at a quiz night when Eddie Newcombe was on the panel. Eddie stated he was against giving youngsters cod liver oil as he was of the opinion it softened their bones ?

[Delboy]

I was at a quiz night when Eddie Newcombe was on the panel. Eddie stated he was against giving youngsters cod liver oil as he was of the opinion it softened their bones ?

 

Rod Adams told me too much of it burnt the gizzard. I know Hormoform has it in it and it is good enough for the birds but only in small doses imo.

Edited December 15, 2015 by Delboy

[Mossgiel]

Rod Adams told me too much of it burnt the gizzard. I know Hormoform has it in it and it is good enough for the birds but only in small doses imo.

 

Watched a video on Bobby Carruthers at his breeding station - he was saying that they had experienced problems when they fed too much Hormoform, it raised the vitamin A content thus causing the feathers of the young pigeons not to burst out of the sheath. As you state Derek, Hormoform very good in small doses.

[nogin]

I stopped feeding oil to ybs although I know plenty of fanciers who throw the oils into them. Some folk are kidded with chubby ybs coming out the nest, as there results show. Plump, apple shaped is good but too fat is not imo.

[alec guinness]

Groats soaked in cod liver oil and sprouting wheat are two musts at our loft and good maple peas.