CooCoo
51 posts
Mar 01, 2007
2:57 PM
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I seen MCCORMICKLOFTS spends $2400.00 a year for feed.....if you would not mind telling me how many birds you feed and are they all pigeons......thanks.......Dave
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
1234 posts
Mar 01, 2007
3:34 PM
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Yes, for that figure they are all pigeons. I have other birds but don't count that into the feed number I mentioned.
During the summer months I will have somewhere between 400-500 pigeons as the breeding season winds down. I break my pairs up by June. I shouldn't approach those numbers this year as I have scaled back quite a bit on my breeding pairs.
This year I am breeding from about 30 pair of Wests (a reduction from 45+ pairs in previous years), 8 pair of Helmets and 18 pair of Rollers. I usually have at least five or six kits of rollers all year.
I usually make two trips a month to the feed store and purchase six bags of my show conditioner/breeder mix, one 50lb bag of wheat, 25 lbs of peas, 25 lbs of milo, and grit on each trip. For the most part this purchase runs fairly consistent for two weeks. November, December and January it will be a little bit less, about one bag less of the mix. During the summer it might be a bad or two more. A 50lb bag of mix only lasts maybe three days at most.
Hope that answers your question.
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CooCoo
52 posts
Mar 01, 2007
5:36 PM
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Thank you very much.........Dave
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classicpony
122 posts
Mar 01, 2007
7:33 PM
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WOW! I have only 30 tops!!!
Jim
@thebirdhouse
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Santandercol
814 posts
Mar 02, 2007
6:18 AM
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Brian,
Sounds like a full time occupation!I know if I had that many birds,I'd be leaving the property to go to buy groceries and feed and maybe go fishing.
Cheers,
Kel.
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Steve_uk
96 posts
Mar 02, 2007
11:29 AM
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Your not related to Ronnie Hale are you Brian?
Last Edited by on Mar 02, 2007 11:30 AM
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
1235 posts
Mar 02, 2007
12:37 PM
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No Steve, I don't believe I have heard of him.
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rollerpigeon1963
149 posts
Mar 02, 2007
1:29 PM
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Brian McCormick,
I can see where the feed bill can get out of hand if you let it LOL LOL.
100lbs of pigeon a week {30.00}{200 pigeons}
200lbs of chicken a week {30.00} {250 chickens}
100lbs of rabbit feed a week {22.00} {150 rabbits} For a nice little total of $328.00 a month which runs out to almost 4000.00 a year in feed.
You really don't have an idea what you spend until you sit down and look at it like this. Now this don't have no conditioning aids, vitamins, or medicines. Then the cost of building cages and building for all of them LOL LMAO I don't want to figure that up so I will leave it at this LOL LOL.
Thanks Brian Middaugh
Last Edited by on Mar 02, 2007 1:31 PM
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Alohazona
247 posts
Mar 02, 2007
10:58 PM
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Brians,
I bet you guys make sure to get that free calender every year from your feed suppliers,lol...Aloha,Todd
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Gregg
32 posts
Mar 03, 2007
6:55 AM
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Brian,
I don't have to ask do I, you do have a manure spreader, right? Maybe a little Ford tractor to haul and spread it on the back forty?
Gregg.
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
1239 posts
Mar 03, 2007
1:07 PM
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No Greg, I have three giant green dumpster trash cans and several flathead shovels...lol. I don't do the mulching thing, my chickens would spread it out for me, then the weeds would grow more than they already do, then I would have to use more weed killer than I already have to..lol
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