A tip for the breeding loft

hope so steve

peel bros wrote:

thats what i thought ,the salt drying it up,believe me its strong,i cannot get the taste out of my mouth...lol

Ray, you shouldn't be eating it although it should come in handy if you have a beer tonight

Ok thanks for the info, so I supose it does both jobs, dries it up unnaturaly with the properties of salt, but could also be good for the system in general.I once saw a natural history programme where hunters were catching monkeys to eat, all they used was a container with a salt block in it, the monkeys wanted the salt that much that once they put thier hand in and grasped the salt, they wouldnt let go, and couldnt pull the clenched fist out through the hole in the top. The hunters would simply walk up to them and smack them over the head. thats how inportant salt is when you cant get any. I supose the birds will only eat what they want...thanks

peel bros wrote:

thats what i thought ,the salt drying it up,believe me its strong,i cannot get the taste out of my mouth...lol

at least your droppings will be dry ray...............

yes ray its for the pigeons not you forgot to tell you

DAVID wrote:

peel bros wrote:

thats what i thought ,the salt drying it up,believe me its strong,i cannot get the taste out of my mouth...lol

at least your droppings will be dry ray...............

nice 1 David lmao

very good,drppings where perfect this morning.mine not the birds thanks

Can I ask how everyone faired that used the salt blocks?

Be good to get some feedback

Fred the dropping around nest bowl were spot on, i thought they were alright before using ur salt tip, but using this and how much the dried up showed me just how much moisture they contained, thats me converted, and i will certainley carry on with this with future breeding years
Ken

one of my stock ends use it the other one does,nt, cannot see much of a difference in there droppings yet

just started to peck at it now fred.
to early to say yet.but you were right fred one of the hens thats feeding 3 day young was pecking away at it today.

Thanks for the replies boys, keep them coming, in answer to you Ray, you may not see a difference between the two sections, you may have got it right in both sections, all I would say is you wont get any wet feeders in the section that has the salt block in IMO.

Are you using pickstones in the other section or grit with salt, as they must be getting salt from somewhere.

taking mine out fred as they were drinking too much filling drinkers 3 times a day plus dropping on youngbirds were watery much better now maybe it a coincidence

WOW I'm shocked Ian, never had that before, can't understand it, sorry mate I wouldn't put you onto a wrongen if I could help it, glad there OK now,

yes i always put grit and minerals in the stock loft

Ian, can I ask if they were gorging on the salt, ie did you notice a lot of activity on the salt block, only trying to understand what went wrong

not at first fred but after a couple of days they noticed it then they were eating it but i wouldnt say gorgeing

I suppose you can't please everyone Ian, but as I said before I'm shocked, as everyone I know who had wet droppings with the young birds in the nest, on trying this stopped it in it's tracks.

I got to say this topic has generated a lot of posts, and mostly good ones about the salt and its obvious it works on the dropping...but personally I wouldnt give it, dont get me wrong Im not knocking it just stating my opinions. but they dont always no whats good for them like we think, my son would eat chocolate and chips all day every day if i let him, too much salt has got to do damage internally, to the kidneys I would say, so be carefull.

i havnt used it fred, but noticed the droppings around the bowls are very good and are a nice green colour tipped with white........what difference would the salt block make to the droppings as reading kens reply i get the impression they dry out after a while with using the salt, also when the parents have walked on the droppings they flatten down anyway, does this still happen with using the salt block or do they stay firm.....

[quote="fred holbard"]I put mine in today also, you may not see any difference, but the droppings round the bowl will be excellent

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hi fred, was that in reply to my question or to kens.

david sent you pms

I didn't know Ken asked a question, it was to you David

I dident Lol
Ken