SETTLING and LOFT FLY: 35-40 DAY OLD BIRDS should be settled to the loft and know the trapping procedures. As birds start flying freely around the loft (2-3 times a day), the following should be applied until road training starts.

WATER: 2 days a week with vitamins, minerals, electrolytes and fresh squeezed lemon

2 days a week multi-mixture #2 A OR B medication

1 day a week onion, fresh garlic, apple cider vinegar

2 days a week fresh water with bleach or NOLVASAN

FEED: 2 TIMES A DAY MORNING AND EVENING:

80% mixture various seeds(15-17%)
10% safflower
10% raw Spanish peanuts (#1 grade)
fresh grit and pellets free choice
MEDICATION: #2A MULTI-MIXTURE MEDICATION 1 GALLON WATER

1 teaspoon Ridzol
1 teaspoon Sulmet or amprol
1 teaspoon concentrated aureomycin
1 teaspoon TELMINTIC (WORMER)
MEDICATION: #2B MULTI-MIXTURE MEDICATION

1 teaspoon emtryl
1 teaspoon tylan
1 teaspoon vetisulid
1 teaspoon aureomycin
One week use mixture #2A, the next week #2B

Prior to road training all birds should be vaccinated for PMV and POX.

Settling and Loft Flying Pigeons – Feed & Medication Program For Young Birds In Training by Bob Prisco