sounds good to me, I did not like the bay-mor when I bought some, I use jm browns now, but found some one who is willing to order the purgrain advantage nutra pigeon for me, it has pellets already in the mix and is at 16%, so it won't take much to up that when Im breeding. I think purina is fine and up the protein with the pellets or they have an all stock pellet too that may be even cheaper....just make sure you use pellets, I bought the crumbles and my birds would not eat it, or at least alot went to waste as the smaller particles were just too small....
cool,
I saw some of those at my local purina dealer, heck if it is cheaper than the gamebird or all stock or layer pellets why not, I think learning has used fish pellets before also. also cat food...but that seems like it would cost more...
WHOA!! Does it have flecks of gold or something in it??? LOL......that's pretty steep.
UMMM........can't do that when you've got 100 pigeons. THEN what you feed would be expensive too.........LOL
everyone has their own take on feeding, but the basics I would say is find a good pigeon mix, like you have already. this sounds simple, but different fanciers have different methods of feeding their birds, usually developed by trial and error and each person will do what suits their requirments and management. for maintenance perhaps 13 to 15 % protein, when feeding babies perhaps like 16 to 20 % protein. you can add protein as stated above, or some vegetable protiens are beans, legumes, peanuts, safflower. just try to find a balanced mixture with peas, corn, and smaller seeds. don't forget your minerals such as oytser shell, and granite for digestion. oh greens, they are good to give as a rich source of vitamins, but not too many at first.
