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I remove water from hard exercise this gets the red blood cells at a level of red cell doping if its done correctly, but haven't done it for a while it's only fresh in head because teaching my son how to condition a running dog and he's been doing it after each hard exercise.
Other than that I don't mess with water.

I prefer to feed the widowers in their boxes so trough feeding only applied to the YBs like Mike when a few went to the drinker the tray came out the other way is to weigh the corn and give what was required

The corn mix I use at the moment is 50/50 barley & moulting mix, all the corn is weighed out & when they go for a drink that's it all fed in trays on the floor. Some leave to have a drink then go back to the feed but the majority eat in one sitting until it's gone.

That’s usually the case, we used to have a good channel hen that would gorge herself if she wasn’t watched

NeilA wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:33 am No something I have done
Just wondered what people think of removing the water at feeding times in order not to over feed
I don’t really understand it I guess it’s do pigeons don’t drink then return to eat again
The bit I don’t understand how does that make it the correct amount of feed

I remember reading this in the Dave Allen book his rational was youngster went and grabbed a drink before eating enough