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Each unit of our 125gr Improver or AntiFungal costs about £20 and will treat up to 100 pigeons for 6 months against diseases and give great flying results.
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Read our all our health & performance articles at Pigeon Vitality Contact our veterinarian & nutritionist team by letter or email for any query: mail@pigeonvitality.com Pigeon Vitality, Lundekroken 10, 3940 Porsgrunn Norway
Contact our resellers if you want to use these patent protected products:
H. Beattie & Son 028 3884 0486; Derek Rooney 019 25 72 13 28; Taylors Choice 01270252530; Abbeyton Lofts 07799640711; B.Leefe & Sons Ltd 01653691411; BJF Feeds 01909770065; MedicAnimal LTD 02030580500; Gem Supplements LTD 01243531259; Cosworth Studs Feeds 01215561497; Boddy & Ridewood 01723585858; Andrew Hitchcock 07595394444; Graham Tysom South Ltd 01797227999; Graham Tysom North Ltd 01933317444; R.E. & E Smith 01915843773; P&J Lofts Friskney 01754820027.
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All about a good molting for racing pigeons
To have an excellent molt, resulting in the production of a lustrous set of feathers, and to allow on-going development of a strong natural immunity. This is achieved through the maintenance of a stress-free environment, drug avoidance, parasite elimination and a complete diet.
Approximately 3 weeks after weaning, the youngsters will start to molt. The process is accelerated in all birds, irrespective of age. As this total replacement of feathers only occurs once a year, a new set of feathers must last the bird for its entire first year of competition. Poor feather quality compromises performance and so it is vital that everything is done to ensure that the new feathers are good.
Healthy stress-free youngsters using Improver & AntiFungal molt quickly and the feathers they grow are of good quality. Conversely, birds that are sick for any reason take longer to complete their molt and the feathers they produce are not as lustrous. It is therefore important that the basic principles of on-going good care already established in the post weaning time and discussed in the chapter Weaning continue. During this time, medications are still best avoided if possible, the aim being to further strengthen the birds' developing natural immunity through low-grade on-going exposure to various organisms. The parasites, however, must be eliminated now.
Improver & AntiFungal if used during this time will not interfere with the development of natural immunity but make it stronger, it will also increase feather quality and so their use is best recommended. They increase feather quality by increasing in this specific subject many of the beneficial bacteria in the bowel. These are necessary for digestion and the assimilation of nutrients. Their disruption by antibiotics interrupts the on-going delivery of nutrients to the growing feather within the feather follicle.
Supplementation
Any nutritional deficiency during this time also results in poor-quality feathers and so suggestions made under Supplement Recommendation in the Post weaning Program hold true here. In particular, the birds need to have good levels of iodine (found in some pink minerals or Improver & AntiFungal, e.g. PVM Powder, and some vitamin/mineral supplements, e.g. Multivite Plus) in their diet for the molt to proceed quickly. Supplementation with unsaturated fatty acids (found in seed oils) aid in the production of lustrous silky feathers in birds (and interestingly also a glossy coat in mammals) and so their use is particularly recommended during this time.
If disease appears during this time, the same basic principles are followed as in the Post weaning Program. Flock preventive treatments are necessary. Unwell birds are treated individually with double dosage to actively boost the immune system against the diseases. Those that do not respond within 5-7 days are usually best eliminated.
To have an excellent molt, resulting in the production of a lustrous set of feathers, and to allow on-going development of a strong natural immunity. This is achieved through the maintenance of a stress-free environment, drug avoidance, parasite elimination and a complete diet.
Approximately 3 weeks after weaning, the youngsters will start to molt. The process is accelerated in all birds, irrespective of age. As this total replacement of feathers only occurs once a year, a new set of feathers must last the bird for its entire first year of competition. Poor feather quality compromises performance and so it is vital that everything is done to ensure that the new feathers are good.
Healthy stress-free youngsters using Improver & AntiFungal molt quickly and the feathers they grow are of good quality. Conversely, birds that are sick for any reason take longer to complete their molt and the feathers they produce are not as lustrous. It is therefore important that the basic principles of on-going good care already established in the post weaning time and discussed in the chapter Weaning continue. During this time, medications are still best avoided if possible, the aim being to further strengthen the birds' developing natural immunity through low-grade on-going exposure to various organisms. The parasites, however, must be eliminated now.
Improver & AntiFungal if used during this time will not interfere with the development of natural immunity but make it stronger, it will also increase feather quality and so their use is best recommended. They increase feather quality by increasing in this specific subject many of the beneficial bacteria in the bowel. These are necessary for digestion and the assimilation of nutrients. Their disruption by antibiotics interrupts the on-going delivery of nutrients to the growing feather within the feather follicle.
Supplementation
Any nutritional deficiency during this time also results in poor-quality feathers and so suggestions made under Supplement Recommendation in the Post weaning Program hold true here. In particular, the birds need to have good levels of iodine (found in some pink minerals or Improver & AntiFungal, e.g. PVM Powder, and some vitamin/mineral supplements, e.g. Multivite Plus) in their diet for the molt to proceed quickly. Supplementation with unsaturated fatty acids (found in seed oils) aid in the production of lustrous silky feathers in birds (and interestingly also a glossy coat in mammals) and so their use is particularly recommended during this time.
If disease appears during this time, the same basic principles are followed as in the Post weaning Program. Flock preventive treatments are necessary. Unwell birds are treated individually with double dosage to actively boost the immune system against the diseases. Those that do not respond within 5-7 days are usually best eliminated.