George and Morgan wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 7:39 am
i'm feeding pellets in with the corn just to use them up
What sort of pellets are they, George? Are they from a British brand name company.
Have you found the pigeons raise good youngsters on those pellets, or do you think the grain diet is as good?
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
Murray wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 12:32 am
Of course for many people complete processed feeds are the very best way forward. Not everyone has the time or space to be growing their own feed stuff, and for those with big race teams, it would be a chore doing what I do.
Also here in Australia the pellets on offer are perhaps not as advanced as the ones you have in Europe. I don't know of many people who use them here. I do know some flyers who do use quite a lot of supplements on their grain mixes though.
It's the same with most supplements, they don't contain anything useful that can't be purchased much cheaper from other sources and then mixed yourself.
It is as you say the time aspect, for many fanciers it's just the easiest way to make everything as simple as possible in the time they have available.
In my opinion this shows with Alan Still in our club, he doesn't do anything out if the ordinary with his team, but he is retired, and can give as much time as he likes with his birds, this clearly shows in his results.
Murray wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 12:32 am
Of course for many people complete processed feeds are the very best way forward. Not everyone has the time or space to be growing their own feed stuff, and for those with big race teams, it would be a chore doing what I do.
Also here in Australia the pellets on offer are perhaps not as advanced as the ones you have in Europe. I don't know of many people who use them here. I do know some flyers who do use quite a lot of supplements on their grain mixes though.
It's the same with most supplements, they don't contain anything useful that can't be purchased much cheaper from other sources and then mixed yourself.
It is as you say the time aspect, for many fanciers it's just the easiest way to make everything as simple as possible in the time they have available.
In my opinion this shows with Alan Still in our club, he doesn't do anything out if the ordinary with his team, but he is retired, and can give as much time as he likes with his birds, this clearly shows in his results.
Yes, Trev, who would have thunk it!
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
Murray wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 12:32 am
Of course for many people complete processed feeds are the very best way forward. Not everyone has the time or space to be growing their own feed stuff, and for those with big race teams, it would be a chore doing what I do.
Also here in Australia the pellets on offer are perhaps not as advanced as the ones you have in Europe. I don't know of many people who use them here. I do know some flyers who do use quite a lot of supplements on their grain mixes though.
It's the same with most supplements, they don't contain anything useful that can't be purchased much cheaper from other sources and then mixed yourself.
It is as you say the time aspect, for many fanciers it's just the easiest way to make everything as simple as possible in the time they have available.
In my opinion this shows with Alan Still in our club, he doesn't do anything out if the ordinary with his team, but he is retired, and can give as much time as he likes with his birds, this clearly shows in his results.
It's the same with most supplements, they don't contain anything useful that can't be purchased much cheaper from other sources and then mixed yourself.
It is as you say the time aspect, for many fanciers it's just the easiest way to make everything as simple as possible in the time they have available.
In my opinion this shows with Alan Still in our club, he doesn't do anything out if the ordinary with his team, but he is retired, and can give as much time as he likes with his birds, this clearly shows in his results.
Yes, Trev, who would have thunk it!
I just wish I could get my birds to eat veg like yours do mate, but then I suppose I'm not much good at eating the green stuff myself, give me a good chunk of meat any day
Me too, I'm a carnivore. Goes back to jockey eating habits I guess, I sort of dislike too many carbohydrates too.
I know not many people feed the veggies the way I do, but mine are crazy about them. I've got 4 pigeons I've bought home from my mate David over the last few months. None had ever seen a lettuce leaf. It didn't take long for them to get the taste for the chopped up veggies
Being retired is absolutely a blessing as far as keeping the pigeons goes. I was leaving for work at 7.30 am after quickly scraping out and throwing them a feed. Now at 7.30 I'm letting the young birds out for an hour's fly, pottering around cleaning out and feeding and just being with the birds.
I've never had pigeons as fit and well as these ones. It's because I have the time to put into them.
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
Murray wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 12:51 am
Me too, I'm a carnivore. Goes back to jockey eating habits I guess, I sort of dislike too many carbohydrates too.
I know not many people feed the veggies the way I do, but mine are crazy about them. I've got 4 pigeons I've bought home from my mate David over the last few months. None had ever seen a lettuce leaf. It didn't take long for them to get the taste for the chopped up veggies
Being retired is absolutely a blessing as far as keeping the pigeons goes. I was leaving for work at 7.30 am after quickly scraping out and throwing them a feed. Now at 7.30 I'm letting the young birds out for an hour's fly, pottering around cleaning out and feeding and just being with the birds.
I've never had pigeons as fit and well as these ones. It's because I have the time to put into them.
My birds do love a lettuce, they will tear into a whole one, it's when I chop up the different veg they seem to lose interest. I take it you give it raw, does it stay fairly dry once its chopped ?? I always used to give mine beetroot chopped up with brown bread, they'd go mad for it, again, I can't get them to touch it these days.
