How’s the breeding going

never heard of that george, but i do know they havnt to have too many of them, plus the go moldy fairly quick ....

George & Morgan wrote:

i have been feeding peanuts just read for pigeons you need to put them in the microwave to take toxins out is that correct

Load of codswallop, mine got pea nuts every day, the only thing that is nuts are the idiots making such idiotic statements.

Was it the Dandy or Beano George where you saw it ?.

Regards.

pigeonchat one chap did say it was nonsense

Bit too scientific for me but :

Peanuts CLICK

just read it Colin think same could apply to pigeon corn

George & Morgan wrote:

just read it Colin think same could apply to pigeon corn

Just read it George, the same applies to ALL food sources if they are not dealt with in an appropriate manner.

You do not feed contaminated feed of any kind and ALL feed can become contaminated.

If you took notice of all the rubbish the experts spout you would die of starvation.

Never ever heard of a pigeon dying or being ill from eating pea nuts nor any of the wild birds.

No doubt in no time the commercial boys will be out with a preventative and curative if fanciers are daft enough to take any notice.

As said my pigeons got them every day both in their basic feed and as a t*t bit for more years than I care to recall and never had a problem.

Regards.

will start feeding them again hen with broken wing can't understand why i stopped she loves them

George & Morgan wrote:

will start feeding them again hen with broken wing can't understand why i stopped she loves them

Only thing I did George was buy in small quantities until I had to part with my pigeons I then bought larger bags to feed the squirels and woodies and townies
crushed some for the blue t**s etc;

Bought last bag not long ago will last a good while but will keep an eye on as always that they are not going off at any time but never had a problem.

Regards.

misty we had 2 cats only ever drank dirty water from outside one died of a broken heart when my wife died never come back indoors again age 14 2nd cat died 22 years old would not drink clean water

George & Morgan wrote:

misty we had 2 cats only ever drank dirty water from outside one died of a broken heart when my wife died never come back indoors again age 14 2nd cat died 22 years old  would not drink clean water

I think animals know by instinct what is good and what is bad for them.

Know the heartbreak of losing a wife and the effect it has on our pets George not to mention our selves.

Always had garlic in the water for the pigeons and very rarely washed the drinkers
the same with the canaries, the pigeons had the option of drinking from the pond but I had to top up the drinkers every day.

Two ways of looking after livestock, clinical and natural.

I chose the latter.

Regards.

strange thing to-night went to throw away eggs from broken wing hen in the nest is one yb beside her is another hen now i did see her and the cock she is paired to but took no notice then  i had a look there is a yb under each hen yet both cocks also go in and out it's on the floor with hardboard in front will check again Monday

good sign that they're happy in their little community I would say George

barnie wrote:

Bit too scientific for me but :

Peanuts CLICK

Scientific you say won't even attempt to read it here now etc .

George & Morgan wrote:

strange thing to-night went to throw away eggs from broken wing hen in the nest is one yb beside her is another hen now i did see her and the cock she is paired to but took no notice then  i had a look there is a yb under each hen yet both cocks also go in and out it's on the floor with hardboard in front will check again Monday

Pleasure to see a photograph like that George.

Pure contentment not in a constant state of panic nor in a clinical loft.

Pity you do not race George.

Regards.

think is misty up until a week ago blue hen had 2 eggs checker must have roll one over and sat on it

As long as they are happy George it is better than all the rigmaroles fanciers use.

You cannot beat the love of home and you do not get that out of a bottle.

Regards.

misty one yb dead did not think checker had soft food to feed it
this is one of a nest pair which i kept 2 same way bred at olr 2 at local loft very bad light

MISTY wrote:

George & Morgan wrote:

strange thing to-night went to throw away eggs from broken wing hen in the nest is one yb beside her is another hen now i did see her and the cock she is paired to but took no notice then  i had a look there is a yb under each hen yet both cocks also go in and out it's on the floor with hardboard in front will check again Monday

Pleasure to see a photograph like that George.

Pure contentment not in a constant state of panic nor in a clinical loft.

Pity you do not race George.

Regards.

Bunch of hippy types etc kids belong to every one type thing .

George & Morgan wrote:

misty one yb dead did not think checker had soft food to feed it

It was an odd situation George in the first place.

I would have put pot eggs under both, they know if the eggs are going to hatch and if not do not divelope soft food.

Regards.

was a bit worried about the single yb now looking good

George & Morgan wrote:

was a bit worried about the single yb now looking good

Which one George, off ?.

Regards.

broken wing hen misty  thing about the 2 ybs i have off her and may make no difference is the very dark bars on the wing and how wide they are i have never had blues like this but do like now to see it

Fan of dark bars too George although nearly all mine were Chequers Pieds.

Winners come in all shapes, colours and sizes but most fanciers have their likes etc;

Are you going to keep it ?

Regards.

yes misty

Just gave a big bag of straw and shavings away to a local fancier , I ha d no use for it now......really gla d I separated them a few w eek ago, management is. So much easier plus the corn intake has bee drastically reduced.