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Feeding flyers.
Have been experimenting all summer on feeding the flyers. I've come to the conclusion with my birds anyways that its not so much what you feed them but how much. Also I find that if you keep them to low or starved on the feed they are not as strong on the wing and their natural abilities to dive roll etc seem to dimmish. I find that if I let them eat all they want after they fly for say about 10 minutes with say maybe a little bit left in the feed trough they always seem to give me my best performances. I feed my birds after all of them are flown for the day. Sometimes I fly small kits of certain birds at certain age. Sometimes I fly all of them at one time if thats all the time I have. Am currently feeding them a 15.5 percent protein feed. Consists of white and red milo. Hard red wheat. Canadian peas. maple peas. And popcorn. Its a good mix I get down the road at my elevator. Red cross health grit and purified water from my in home reverse osmosis system. I also feel the higher protein content keeps the muscle on them for when they need it...Interested to hear of others feeding/flying methods..
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Re: Feeding flyers.
It seems like feeding pigeons is a daily experiment....LOL. With my Orientals I have been having trouble especially. Unlike with my other rollers. With the OR's I have fed a high protien mix,a of mix wheat,milo and maple peas in different amounts. Locked them up for afew days at a time,flown them every- day,flown them every other day,different times of the day. Flown them with other rollers that already roll and fly for up to 45 min,flown them in groups of 4 OR's,hand tossed them. Nothing seems to get them to fly for longer then 5 min or so. Now that's a PROBLEM....
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Re: Feeding flyers.
I've been riding the same boat as you,Paul,with these Husband birds I have.Right now I think it may be the heat as none of my other breeds want to fly either.We had 99 degrees fahrenheit in the sun here yesterday.Shade ain't much better.
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Re: Feeding flyers.
Kelly...I have 4 Husbands in with the birds I got from Amir. All are this years birds. It's not the weather that is apart of the problem. Cause I fly them very earily in the morning or late in the evening just before the sun goes down. I have other rollers young as well as older birds that all fly for me.
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Re: Feeding flyers.
I have 4 Husband birds. 2 silvers & 2 blacks. I call the silvers bluebars, that's what they look like to me anyway.Those that have seen them in pics pretty much confirm the Husband line. They don't fly any higher than 3 to 500', unless confronted by a hawk, then they climb above it. Anyway, I have feed in front of them all the time. They like to fly best in the morning (except 1 black that needs pried
out of the loft).He is a great performer too. They all are once the big red beach ball attacks them on the roof. They fly 20 to 30 minutes. Longer if I hold the beach ball. They have their days they don't want to fly at all, so i'm not sure a feeding routine is that important to them. One question I do have though. I have read cracked corn can cause them to have canker due to the sharp edges of it scratching their throats. Can anyone confirm that? If you think about it a little, why wouldn't the grit scratch their throats too? It has sharp edges. The feed I buy comes with or without cracked corn. I would like to feed them corn during the cold season here in Pa. Or would it just be better to buy 5lbs of pop corn & add it to the feed myself instead of buying the prepared feed with it already added with cracked corn?
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Re: Feeding flyers.
Mine eat crushed oyster shells without problems. Those must be sharper than crushed corn.
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Re: Feeding flyers.
Olds 66.... I just buy a 50# bag of pop corn and add it accordingly to the temps. I don't like the cracked corn,it has atendency to get stuck in their throat sometimes...
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Re: Feeding flyers.
It’s my understanding, that the reason cracked corn can cause health problems today, is because moisture along w/ bacteria can enter the small pieces of corn much easier…. Whole cornel corn has a barrier around it to help prevent the bacteria. In the old days, gunny sacks were used to bag grain, thus keeping an almost constant flow of air through the grain and preventing any moisture build up. So people used to feed cracked corn to any and all fowl w/ no problems. To day plastic type bags are used, so cracked corn as well as other seed grains, have more chance for a moisture build up in the bags. But if you can get fresh (same day) cracked corn, from a local dealer, feeding should NOT be a problem w/ health. As long as you watch how you store it.
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Re: Feeding flyers.
I see no reason that cracked corn can cause problems....yes moisture might be able to get inside easier...to me the main problem is the fines (dust and real small pieces that can be wasted). As for me I would stick to whole corn! It is also easier to tell the quality of the grain!
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Re: Feeding flyers.
I've always heard that cracked corn can scratch up the crop lining making a nice home for canker,sour crop,etc. It may be a wive's tale but I don't use it.I use whole popcorn or small yellow corn
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