feeding greens.....

does anyone give the birds lettuce or any other greed stuff or vegitable.i give my birds a lettuce when ever i see it going cheap but dont know if it has any nutritional values.

Hi I have heared that greens are good for pigeons, when I was 15 and still learning the art of pigeons many good fanciers told me to feed letuce and other greens like fresh sprouting cress in a tub, I even used to cut up dandilions and give them. Not sure if any of them done any good, bert braspenning sweers by carrots, and wouldnt we like to fly like he does. But for the little bit of extra they get I dont think its worth it, and my birds always got wet droppings after so stopped a long time ago, but I think the carrots could be very good as there are things in them you dont find in other food, so blend them up and stick the juice in the water.. must be good.

yes ive heard that putting fruit juice like alderberrys in the water is good but its only the vitamins that they get so a good probiotic is the same.

Greens are good for the pigeons always gave mine the leaves of the cabbage which my mom never used for dinner even the potato skins given every two weeks pigeons loved the veg

Durring the summer months the birds love lettace leafs, so on salad days they get them
Ken

would nettles boiled in water be good for pigeons......? been told they are full of iron so the water could be good used in pigeons drinkers.....

any thoughts anyone ?

Have no idear

But can tell you an old thing which fanciers did was to put 6 inch nails in the water fountain and allow to rust as they thought this gave the pigeons iron

And yes saw a top fancier old man Jimpa Price of "Price and Hale" with 6 inch nails in his water fountains went straight home and placed 3 6inch nails in each of the 3 water fountains at my own loft

ive heard about the rusty nail thing as well.as for the nettlesw thing is it thistle nettles or poison ivy nettles?lol i have an abundance of both in the garden.

Not sure mate, never used any nettles

geordiejen wrote:

ive heard about the rusty nail thing as well.as for the nettlesw thing is it thistle nettles or poison ivy nettles?lol i have an abundance of both in the garden.

think it was the stinging nettles, remember when we were kids a poor family used to go out collecting nettles for the mother to make nettle soup for them all to eat.........as usual all the other kids took the micky out of them, but i see them now we are grown up and they all have full heads of thich black hair and dont look much different to when they were kids...........so it must do something for you.

So thats the secret to good head of hair then

I know i should have eaten my greens

well i wish ide have known then that nettle soup stopped your hair falling out.