One seed feed

[Buster121]

If you had to choose just 1 seed for feeding all year round what would it be and why



Asking as I have no idea myself, maybe just maize if I had to mainly for generating heat in the colder months

[Buster121]

That would be a difficult one to answer. The birds would enjoy a maize diet, but would get fat. Also It would be deficient in protein when raising youngsters.
I would have to chose peas if it was the only food.
One grain all year round is not ideal.

What sort of peas Murray

[Buster121]

Hell, I don't know!

Peas! Maple peas, green peas, white peas, dun peas...
They are all legumes, high in protein and lacking in fats, carbohydrates and amino acids.
Pigeons can and do survive on nothing more than peas and beans. If I ever get to the point where all I care about is whether they can survive on what I feed them, I promise I will find new homes for my pigeons.
These days every grain store will sell cheap mixtures which pigeons will thrive on.

Mine have a good racing mix Murray, was trying to get a topic going to breath a bit of life into the forum

[Buster121]

That Irish Ruby mix looks terrific, but I would be too scared to feed it to mine.
I am just starting to train the champions up for the series beginning in about a month. So, I am taking some wheat and more peas out and adding some more maize. Not a lot more maize, they must be lean and fit and athletic to fly 65 miles very fast and trap like lightning.
The club boys had a race from the liberation point today, as a Melbourne fed raced from there today and they were offered a latter liberation. My good mate David had some in 1 hour and 15 minutes.
These things of mine fly that every day, usually in one spell, and are trapping beautifully. So I just need to give them a lot of very short tosses to make them 'jump and run' when they are released.
The feed looks very strange when compared to what we used to give them. The first impression is that it is mostly Safflower. It isn't, but with so few peas the feed looks very pale.
I am down to about 10% peas now, and by race time it will be about 5%.
Some one said to me that I had a good chance of winning a race if the wind was in my favour. I looked at him dead pan and told him I intend to win them all.

Have to agree Murray the same mix in my seed place always stands out, good luck with your racing mate