peanuts ? and pigeons performance

[Diydave]

just a general notice, for as long as i can remember , most pigeons love redskin peanuts, so, i give them as a treat every now and then, plus i give all my channel birds them leading up to a race. normally the good pigeons accept them, all my best have , but i have a 2008 bird that flew very well and have great hopes for , he is my only pigeon that will not take a peanut !!! any thoughts  / experiences on the subject ?

[blaz]

DO U LIKE CURRY OR CABBAGE OR SPROUTS OR TURNIP OR EVEN HAGGIS IF U SAY NO TO 1 HE MIGHT NOT LIKE PEANUTS

[REDCHEQHEN]

None of mine will eat peanuts

crush them and take the skins off (embarassing isn't it (kewl))

[chickadee]

Ours absolutely adore peanuts.

[OLDYELLOW]

put a few down its throat it will get the taste for them then , use only peanuts fit for human consumption  

[Diydave]

i reckon old yellow is on my lines , my peanuts come from holland and barrets , no pigeon peanuts , the idea of the thread is / will this cock make out to be good for the future , or shall i post when he goes down ? even though i like him , i think due to his dislike of peanuts he wil knock in the future ?

[OLDYELLOW]

i reckon old yellow is on my lines , my peanuts come from holland and barrets , no pigeon peanuts , the idea of the thread is / will this cock make out to be good for the future , or shall i post when he goes down ? even though i like him , i think due to his dislike of peanuts he wil knock in the future ?

 

not at all theres more than one way to get the fats / energy into a bird

[just ask me]

sunflower seeds are good to

[Guest]

i reckon old yellow is on my lines , my peanuts come from holland and barrets , no pigeon peanuts , the idea of the thread is / will this cock make out to be good for the future , or shall i post when he goes down ? even though i like him , i think due to his dislike of peanuts he wil knock in the future ?

;Dif your thinking deep down youre gonna lose him ,will probably go down . show him the love the others have and maybe hell come well                     andy.

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

sunflower seeds are good to

 

Can get hulled sunflower seeds from health food shops

[Ronnie]

;Dif your thinking deep down youre gonna lose him ,will probably go down . show him the love the others have and maybe hell come well                     andy.

 

 

Ahh now this is where it gets interesting.

Do you deep down think he will go down so you treat him differently throwing him up in all weathers putting him in race's when u would leave another at home then ultimately make  him into a great bird or you lose him and say it was because he didnt like peanuts.Anyway

Peanuts are a great source of the fats u need for racing but there are other source's.

[Guest]

I have been led to believe, that you must feed peanuts to them as young birds.this way they will get used to them.As if you wait till they are mature they wont eat them.Dont now if this is 100%,but never the less i feed peanuts to them as yound birds to let them get used to them.

[OLDYELLOW]

if there hungry enough they will eat them  

[Guest]

I  tried and tried to get my widowers this year to eat them, in the end I cut them down until they had too!!! Now they devour them, wierd??

[Wiley]

best way to get pigeons used to peanuts feed them while on young birds, theyll eat anything

[Guest slugmonkey]

I cut them and feed 2 or 3 to futurity babys the only way I can get mine to eat is cut up and even then its hard

 

[hotrod]

feed them to parents while reering their young .i feed them that way,  also feed parents in nest boxes, once youngsters are up on their feet they will soon compete with their parents to eat them first.peeled sunflower seed just as good if not better peenuts are very dodgy .HUMAN consumption peenuts ONLY.

[Guest LBuddle]

We always used to feed peanuts and the birds would do anything to get at them but stopped giving them in about 2003 due to getting a dodgy batch (must say they were not human consumption!). But now to get fats into them we give Sunflower hearts (shelled sunflower) I we must admit we think they are alot better than peanuts and smaller so the birds take to eating them straight away. I would recomed Sunflower Hearts insted of Peanuts any day of the week. Why not give them a pinch of them every night!!

Lee  

[TERRY JOHNSON]

Hello Lee, Barcelona was won feeding a lot of sunflower hearts

[budgie]

Buy them for human consumption and put them in a food processor along with Red Band and Hormaform it makes a first class job of the youngsters and the pigeons love them.

[Guest LBuddle]

Hi ya Terry,

How are you? are all your birds looking well?

Well there you go, It doesn't get any better than that winning 1st & 2nd Open Barcelona 2002 for Terry Johnson.. Sunflour 1 - peanuts 0.

Lee  

[Guest]

You got by the best if your going feed peanuts was lucky enough to get them easily and plenty of them lucky as wasnt only the birds that got them think me and the dog used to eat more than the birds  ;D

 

your nuts lol(evil)

[Guest LBuddle]

Would be lovely Rose, Got 5 for Barcelona next year (3 done it this year) but dunno if ours are quite up for 671 miles in an International, just a tad too long. Its more like 800 miles with the BIG international convoy.

Any way haven't seen you for a long time Rose. are you going to the BICC doo in Bournmouth?

Lee

[Guest LBuddle]

Will do Rose, I'll buy you a drink or three!! . See you there.

[Guest Freebird]

We always used to feed peanuts and the birds would do anything to get at them but stopped giving them in about 2003 due to getting a dodgy batch (must say they were not human consumption!). But now to get fats into them we give Sunflower hearts (shelled sunflower) I we must admit we think they are alot better than peanuts and smaller so the birds take to eating them straight away. I would recomed Sunflower Hearts insted of Peanuts any day of the week. Why not give them a pinch of them every night!!

Lee  

Lee, wheres the best place to get them and any particular type/brand. Ta.