A tip for the breeding loft

Thanks Fred will do that, the good looking one is my grandaughter Lily-anna,
Ken

She's lovely Ken, you must be really proud

Fred remember seeing them in an old fanciers loft next to the mineral pots and yes they are like the colour of house bricks but they do the job right

Nice one fred

Don sometimes the old ways are the best mate

a fancier on another site has asked about wet feeders in the stock loft, believe me you wont get them if you follow this tip. I did PM him to let him know. another guy suggested putting a pot of salt in the shed, I think Dave Allen also said about it, but it's not for me, twofold really, the birds will gorge on it, and it attracts so much damp, it clogs in the pot, and that cant be good

I'd like to see replies to anyone trying it this year

Hi fred ive now got the salt lick in place now so will let you know the results
Ken

I put mine in today also, you may not see any difference, but the droppings round the bowl will be excellent

tell me Ken, did they have a go at it

Yes Fred a few went and had a go, will let you know the results
Ken

couldnt get a hold of any will try next week and get some

Ian, you'll get them at any horse suppliers,

Yes Ian thats where i got mine from £2 .65 for the block
Ken

cheers will get them tomorrow

Your spot on Fred 100%

just ordered 2 off net 4 sections

The only thing i would use a pot of salt for is to see if the loft in damp and if the environment is right the salt would be the same as when it came from the pot first time

good way of testing loft Don

so what your saying you wouldnt give your birds a salt block

unless your loft has central heating then the salt will draw the moisture out of the air so what will this prove don please enlighten me

I'm not so sure, sorry, salt draws water from the atmoshere, as far as I'm aware, and will draw water wherever it's placed, sure it will draw more from an open loft, but I think it will from a closed loft also, that's why I don't leave grit in front of the birds also JMO

Wow, great minds think alike

yes your right fred so what would you test by leaving salt in that your loft has a moist atmosphere

the pink and black minerals go damp too,thats why i dont use it.

your spot on little hen, but given little and often it aint a problem

fred holbard wrote:

your spot on little hen, but given little and often it aint a problem

yes quite correct fred,must just get the right amount if fanciers choose to use it

If you have a good ventilated loft then you can use the salt test to see how the loft environment is

But in this type of weather were everything is damp then the salt test is useless