Keeping them healthy

[Devo1956]

This is a topic, that there will be many different views. So i would like to hear the views from other members after watching the video. Like we say, there are no rights or wrongs. But your views may help other members.

https://youtu.be/AkTyxHVctfc?si=NWHx8KLHiVojqhhS

[MIL]

There might be rights or wrongs George - but there's winning and losing and I know which side of the fence I wanna be on

To be honest, if someone was to rock up against me just on clean water all day every day and nothing else going on I'd fancy my chances of beating them comprehensively week in week out.. I feel like this because I did just that week in week out for decades.

[Devo1956]

There might be rights or wrongs George - but there's winning and losing and I know which side of the fence I wanna be on

To be honest, if someone was to rock up against me just on clean water all day every day and nothing else going on I'd fancy my chances of beating them comprehensively week in week out.. I feel like this because I did just that week in week out for decades.

Thanks for the feedback Mike.

[NeilA]

Not sure what extent people use supplements some seem to use different ones daily some none
What you people use during the moult for instance ?

Mine are on flax and wheatgerm oil dried with pink vitamin/ mineral powder as Mike recommended I up my pink mineral a little and my spices I buy separate
Also using up the tollison forte in the water twice a week
Apple cider vinegar in the water every day or avidress

When breeding I do like Gemthepax every 2/3 days and Saturdays / Sundays in racing

racing I use the forte and trying B12 and a product Mike advised me to use earlier in the week

I think that’s it not sure if that’s a lot or not

[Buster121]

Only use black and pink minerals along with redstone grit

[Devo1956]

Thank you for the feedback lads, remember your feedback helps other members. And maybe new starters,

[Spieker-Loft]

Great topic Specially right now in the moulting time its almost more important then ever to do the "Right" things. We use a food mixture containing high sulfur amino acids which helps the pigeons in the moulting process. In the drinker they get 3-4x per week High sulfur amino acids (Taubengold from rohnfried) Also with that they get vitamins also from rohnfried (Gervit-W). The moulting stage is super important obviously since the new feathers they gain will be the ones they will be racing in the year after. So for us its very important to supply the pigeons with the minerals etc which help them in the process.

[Murray]

As I have often said I keep it very simple. And natural.
I am a firm believer in the benefits of freshly crushed garlic and organic apple cider vinegar. I also feed freshly chopped vegetables regularly as I think it adds nutrients which could be missing from a grain diet.

I do feed fish oil, but found that when the birds were locked up they didn't want it.
Another thing, when I got the small bucket I use to mix oil through the feed and took the lid off it, it nearly knocked me over It stunk.
Just the other day Ad Schaerlaeckens was telling of a bloke who now uses sugar or honey in water on the feed to stick powders to the grains. Oils do go off and leave a build up of smelly residue.
I scrubbed the little bucket and put it out to dry and now it's clean.
I am a great believer in grit, especially when the hens are about to lay and when they are raising babies. I have a hen that would fly 40 yards across the garden and follow me into the shed to ride back to the loft in the grit bucket

[Devo1956]

Great Feedback Murray, there are many ways of getting some really good nutrition for the birds. So it is good to try other ways, I am looking forward to be chatting about things like this.

[Murray]

Devo, you are going to be surprised,
Australia is unlike the UK and Europe. I think you will enjoy it.