Murray wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:48 am
I only put that out there for something to think about.
I don't think a two grain mixture would supply all the nutrition of a balanced diet. But it does show how ingrained our feeding habits are.
Peas and beans. The Europeans treat them like poison for race birds.
I wrote the other day that I had pulled half the peas out of the feed for the young birds, as they were leaving them. What they are eating now looks very strange to our eyes. Equal parts of maize, milo, wheat and saff. With a few peas floating around in it.
Rather than quietening down, I let them out at 3 pm yesterday, and they flew for an hour and a half. The lighter the feed, the better they feel!
I think we need to open our minds to better ways of feeding, or I have to anyway.
Murray wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:48 am
I only put that out there for something to think about.
I don't think a two grain mixture would supply all the nutrition of a balanced diet. But it does show how ingrained our feeding habits are.
Peas and beans. The Europeans treat them like poison for race birds.
I wrote the other day that I had pulled half the peas out of the feed for the young birds, as they were leaving them. What they are eating now looks very strange to our eyes. Equal parts of maize, milo, wheat and saff. With a few peas floating around in it.
Rather than quietening down, I let them out at 3 pm yesterday, and they flew for an hour and a half. The lighter the feed, the better they feel!
I think we need to open our minds to better ways of feeding, or I have to anyway.
