tares -mixture

got some mixture which looks good £17 a bag the problem is they won't eat the tares even when i throw them into the garden there was a hard frost and the wildes would not eat them anyone know of this before george

bit like anything george leave there long enough they will take um

is it an Irish sort of mix George?

no it came in a clear plastic bag no markings on it thanks george

A right mate, the reason why I asked was because because myself and Kev used Bamfords Irish mix and I think because of the large concentration of tares it contained they would not eat them all and they just refused to eat large amounts of them. I stopped using it for that reason, kev carried on with the mix but they never ever ate them all.
Try mixing it with some other mixture that doesnt contain tares.

thanks Gaz i found out too late that no one in oxford now sells pigeon corn not even countrywide so a shop got this for me i will now get it over the internet and just bin the tares each day thanks george

ive just started on a couple of bags i bought which are bucktons winter economy mix, its not a bad mix and the birds seem to like it......plus it was less than £10 a bag.

No probs mate, there's nowt worse than waste.

just had a look at that David 20kg £18.68 will look at the breeders mix and get from them now on as it's post free george

george the bags i got were 20kg and were just under £10.

Generally when hungry pigeons leave grub they;re telling you summit. Have a taste yourself see if they taste bitter. Had this with white peas in a mix only recently, also my mate who I got a few bags for at same time, same batch. He's hard on his birds (and tightwad) but ended up chucking it away.

twice the price on there website David

barnie wrote:

Generally when hungry pigeons leave grub they;re telling you summit. Have a taste yourself see if they taste bitter. Had this with white peas in a mix only recently, also my mate who I got a few bags for at same time, same batch. He's hard on his birds (and tightwad) but ended up chucking it away.

i agree either feeding to much or maybe something not rite with the tares ....in this cold snap seems strange birds leaving anything ,george how much do you feed per day

[quote="barnie"] Generally when hungry pigeons leave grub they;re telling you summit. Have a taste yourself see if they taste bitter. Had this with white peas in a mix only recently, also my mate who I got a few bags for at same time, same batch. He's hard on his birds (and tightwad) but ended up chucking it away.[/quote

yes i had this before add a drop of peanut oil or anniseed oil they will sharp eat it up remember waste not want not sean]

hopper fed that may be the problem

rainbow wrote:

twice the price on there website David

thats very strange george, i go to a local petshop/pigeon supplies and i went just to buy some cheap corn for over winter........this was cheap so i bought it.

rainbow wrote:

hopper fed that may be the problem

their you have it ....i have been using versa laga mutine ic plus and thats £15 a bag now ....seems alot to pay for that bag of corn but when needs must and hope ya get sorted with a decent supplier ...i know gem will deliver corn and their mixes are quite good especialy the cowood mix but did not like their moulting mix horses for courses i suppose atb

Is there any barley in the mix? If the pigeons are eating the barley out before the tares then there's good chance the birds know the tares are dodgy. In a mixture barley is usually the last thing the'll eat.

yes all they leave are the tares george