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The best racing pigeon feed mixture for young birds

https://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/nutrition/race-feed-recipe-for-racing-pigeons/
Racing Pigeon Race Feed by Lavender Hill Lofts. I have had a lot of people call and ask me what I feed my racing pigeons particularly my racers and I wanted to show you the mix that I feed. This is a mix that is based off of American fancier Bruce Gordon from Seattle Washington.

http://birdsofthewild.com/ultimate-guide-training-young-racing-pigeons/
In addition to nutrition, the timing and consistency of feeding are equally pivotal. A structured feeding schedule helps pigeons maintain optimal weight and performance. Here's a sample feeding schedule for young racing pigeons: Morning: A mixture of grains, legumes, and seeds to provide the necessary energy for training sessions.

https://www.backtobirds.com/blog/feeding-racing-pigeons
Providing corn daily to racing pigeons is good but make sure that the ratio of its intake should not be more than one-fourth of its total consumption. 3. Wheat. Wheat is one of the major sources of proteins to racing pigeons and therefore, it is essential to add wheat to the daily consumption of these birds.

https://www.auspigeonco.com.au/practical-feeding-for-performance.html
We know that for optimal racing, diets need to contain 12-14% protein. For high performance sprint racing, this should be 12%. Racing diets also need to contain over 3000kcal per kg of energy (in the form of fat and carbohydrate). Protein. Calculating the protein level of a grain blend.

https://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/whats-new/rearing-youngsters-correctly/
For instance, youngsters until they leave the nest require a higher protein content diet than they need later in the racing season. 20% to 25% is necessary to build the youngster into the healthy potential winner, but 14% to 18% protein in ample in a racing mixture. Knowing what to feed, when to feed, is a vital part of good management.

https://pigeonpedia.com/racing-pigeons-feeding-systems/
Again overfeeding and underfeeding fats is not healthy. It is generally accepted that the ideal food mix is the following ratio. Protein - 12 - 17%. Carbohydrates - 70%. Fat - 5 - 7%. Fibre - 5%. This mix should provide all the vitamins a pigeon needs but some owners will add supplements to the birds' diet.

https://www.auspigeonco.com.au/recommended-grain-blends.html
Group 1 - Birds in a racing loft that are being actively raced. Peas 25%, corn 20%, sorghum 15%, safflower 20%, wheat 14%, small seeds 6%. Group 2 - Young pigeons in a racing loft that are growing and moulting and flying the roof but are not being forced to fly or actively tossed or raced.

https://www.pigeons.biz/threads/feeding-of-racing-pigeons-during-racing-season.7379/
feeding methods of racing pigeons during racing season for short, mid and long range racings. we feed a GOOD quality, mixed grain racing mix. We found with racers, you can't go cheap -- it just doesn't work. Short races -- feed a good mix, do NOT over feed. If the birds still have food left in the feed tray after 20 minutes, you're feeding too

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/topic/16679-feeding-for-racing/
From a light to a heavy as race aproges. I think to achieve the best results you do need to break the feeding up. ... .In my opinion i think i could definately race my old birds upto the coast 300 ml give or take. and would make a good mix for racing young birds 25kg £12:50.Lindsay C ... and i seem to fatten my birds with a resultant loss of

https://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/whats-new/pigeonfeeding-feeding-to-win/
By using the best quality grains and with a healthy race team, the fancier can now think about a racing mix appropriate for his particular family of birds and training methods. The mix chosen must provide a good balance of protein (amino acids) and for this to be achieved at least 8 different grains must be used.

https://bucktons.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bucktons-Pigeon-Care.pdf
Racing Pigeon General Feeding and Care Guide 5 ... General Feeding and Care Guide PRODUCT RANGE Best All Round 4 Breed & Wean 4 4 Breeding Mix 4 200 + miles Depurative 60 - 800 + miles ... • Young bird racing mix • Ideal for show birds • High protein Composition: Maple Peas,

http://www.reach-unlimited.com/p/1226113938/feeding-mix--for-breeding-for-racing
Protein content for breeding season should be 18 to 20 percent of feed mix with a variety of foodstuffs. This mixture should be given liberally twice a day throughout the growth and rearing of the young. Newly weaned bird require the same feed mix since the whole body is still maturing and the flight feathers and muscles are developing.

https://gerardkoopman.com/en/koopman-mixture/food-schedule-all-in-one-mixture/
Racing season, old birds: Short distance, races up to 300 km, I ad an extra 10 to 20% barley. You can also ad 10 to 15% barley and 5% paddy. The pigeons must clean the trays before they get new food. Middle distance / one day long distance, races from 300 up to 700 km. In this period I switch to 100% 'all in one' mixture.

https://racingpigeonsport.com/feeding-nutrition/
The weight of the pigeons, especially the hens is very important. The hen should not be overweight and as such should be fed a leaner food such as barley or depurative for 2 or 3 weeks prior to pairing up. (Ron Williamson)A 50:50 mix of depurative/barley or 50:50 barley/breeding mix is recommended. Do not overfeed and perhaps even skip a day in

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/topic/16681-whats-the-best-sprint-mixture/
pigeon82 said: this is what im doing for racing this year is a super boost feed for Thursday and Friday morning when racing. Mix a small bag of Homaform (1/2oz per bird), a small bag of golden boost (old hand) 4 bags of ricelong grained from the super market, plus 1 small bag of conditioner (natural) mix all of this together and feed as stated.

http://geoffcooper-pigeons.com/?page_id=77
The birds we clocked were all bred down from our early 1980's imports which are stil in our family today. 1995 was another hard season for young bird channel racing. We sent 12 to the young bird National from St Malo and clocked 10, with some flying nearly 11 hours, arriving home after 7pm when it is starting to get dark.

https://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/whats-new/feeding-pigeons-feed-medication-program-for-young-birds-in-training/
Feeding Pigeons During Weaning- Feed & Medication Program For Young Birds in Training. Success with racing pigeons in a young bird racing series starts with good, healthy birds and a proper feed and medication program. Assuming you have good breeders that produce healthy, well developed young birds that potentially will handle the tough style of racing in Taiwan, the following feed and

https://pigeonsmatter.com/best-feed-for-breeding-pigeons/
Whether you are looking to feed your birds or breed them, Morning Song Dove & Ground Feeding Wild Bird Food is the perfect solution. With its abundance of essential nutrients, this feed mix will provide your birds with the energy and nutrition they need to stay healthy and strong. 4. Vitakraft VitaSmart Egg Food.

https://www.vanrobaeysbelgium.com/en-BE/products/mixtures
Vanrobaeys Basic mixtures. We use yellow Cribbs maize and red French maize in these mixes. Your pigeons are supplied with everything they need when you feed them these breeding, racing and moulting mixes. This assortment includes all mixes consisting of the different types of maize (100% yellow, 100% red, 50/50 red and yellow). NR.

https://www.pigeons.biz/threads/feed-mixture-and-wheat.89121/
Thanks for your input , what I am getting at is "Belgium is king of the racing pigeon world" and from the feed label of Versele Laga feeds they do not have wheat in their mix. Must be something to this for a big company to do this. I agree a lot of people say wheat is a good feed for the birds - even in "the Pigeon" Levi has said its a good feed.