Feeding darkness ybs...........?

does any members feed differently when they put the ybs onto the dark.......? or do they still feed exactly the same.......? what minerals/vitamins do they give as i read somewhere that darkness ybs can be prone to anemia due to lack of sunlight.

im feeding same corn verse laga diet 1000, 2 types of grit minerals pink black and iodenised
and on a cold night a tot of whisky for me

usually give matrix which has minerals etc in it, but when i go to crowthers this week im thinking of getting extra minerals like those pickstone things they have.........hard pink stuff, dont know exactly what it is tho`

david I give matrix birds do love it, but I mix it 50-50 with normal grit to make it go further, I used to use pick stones in a wrapper natural ones, my birds just destroyed them in a day in the end I left them in the wrappers and let the birds pick them to get them out ,still only lasted 2 days ..so I have stopped using them. just loose grit and minerals now.

hi martyn, ive found that once my birds have had matrix they wont touch ordinary grit or the grit with the red brick in it......

DAVID wrote:

hi martyn, ive found that once my birds have had matrix they wont touch ordinary grit or the grit with the red brick in it......

they will in time if its all you give them

I have said before that I thought matrix was a bit of a con, as its full of small seeds to get them eatin it, it looks like they love it but actually they are only eating the seeds ..but I take it back I mix it with ordanary grit to make it go further, but they empty the pot so they do eat it all.

mine eat all the matrix i give them, ineed to be careful because as we all know when feeding ybs the parents gorge on grit etc if we let them.............

yes true

then i would assume it effects the digestive system and could give loose droppings............