Pink and Black Minerals...?

can members who use pink and/or black minerals give their opinion on them please, what is the importance of using them and how would the birds benefit from them ?

also how often do you give them to your birds ? i give pink minerals every day ......

I give my birds grit every day and they get Matrix sparingly, however I dont ever give minerals to the birds, my pigeons dont eat them?
I have always thought if they eat minerals then they are lacking something, my mate cant understand it as he feeds lots to his birds but I dont and my youngsters are very well and in the past 2 years I have now bred over 200 ybs and not 1 sick bird.
My opinion not gospel.

Rudderfett wrote:

I give my birds grit every day and they get Matrix sparingly, however I dont ever give minerals to the birds, my pigeons dont eat them?
I have always thought if they eat minerals then they are lacking something, my mate cant understand it as he feeds lots to his birds but I dont and my youngsters are very well and in the past 2 years I have now bred over 200 ybs and not 1 sick bird.
My opinion not gospel.

Well !!!!! that tells you something I'm a grit & salt man myself & all that fancy stuff , stays on the shelf, whenever I go to get grain etc.
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the corn you feed should have all the minarels they need , but i do feed pink minerals
about 3 times a week but i damp the corn down with lemon juice the sprinkle minerals on top i don,t like leaving it in a pot as it gets damp this way i know there eating it on there corn .

kev, i mix pink minerals with tk conditioner, grits, pickstone etc and it sticks to it even without damping it down, normally it doesnt actuall coat the mixture but i recently stumbled across some pink minerals made by versele laga which are very, very fine powder and mixes/sticks perfectly without damping.....

i give kirpatricks black mineral for the salt and iodine content also the charcoal keeps the crop fresh especialy when feeding ybs jmo

old birds seem to take minerals as and when but i find y/b aint to keen

so i add all minerals to the corn and crush clay blocks and add them

a tea spoon of each is plenty clay blocks keep the droppings nice and tight to

grit is also put in the feeder just a handull per 25 birds