Im a newish starter & I just can’t seem to get mine going at all. I find there Hungry with just the once a day feed. Do you give them anything before you let them out
@jimmymartin7111 think it's all to do with what you feed them mate, we give ours abit more than an ounce each at this stage but barley is the key to get ybs going, it's all trial and error though, some feed twice a day but we found it best just the once, when they start training we'll start to give them less barley and more race mix but barley will be in the corn throughout the racing season just in a smaller percentage so its 50/50 atm when racing it'll be 25-30% barley
@jimmymartin7111 we always test our birds first before treatment, we've never had worms so don't treat for them, always use ronidazole or flagyl tablets for canker, and baycox for coccidiosis
Nice set up , good too see your wife getting involved
Good luck with the rest of the season 👍🏴
Do you feed them twice a day or just the once
Once a day mate they're flying well, doing an hour 20 most days
Im a newish starter & I just can’t seem to get mine going at all. I find there Hungry with just the once a day feed. Do you give them anything before you let them out
@jimmymartin7111 think it's all to do with what you feed them mate, we give ours abit more than an ounce each at this stage but barley is the key to get ybs going, it's all trial and error though, some feed twice a day but we found it best just the once, when they start training we'll start to give them less barley and more race mix but barley will be in the corn throughout the racing season just in a smaller percentage so its 50/50 atm when racing it'll be 25-30% barley
Going better now with adding the barley. Thanks for the advice. What do you use for canker worms etc
@jimmymartin7111 we always test our birds first before treatment, we've never had worms so don't treat for them, always use ronidazole or flagyl tablets for canker, and baycox for coccidiosis
Good idea to split the youngsters…they are responding well…..shame about not able to race old birds as often as you want
One bad race can wipe out small team fliers like us, it's all about picking and choosing races when numbers start going down