I wish somebody introduced me to barley sooner , its a fanatstic grain for two reasons the birds dont like it, it gets them flying , to a novice like me l really struggled getting the feed right so now l use it in conjunction with another mix ,pigeons are like kids dont know they will eat the nicer grains and leave the others if overfeed, l give them just enough and top the rest up with barley noticed a big difference as soon as l used it, now l can judge ifthey have had enough by whatching for them to leeve barley, go to the drinker, throw grain out of the feeder looking for nicer grains .the best thing is my pigeons always get enough feed for the work they are doing.