jimmy_84 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 Hi eveybody i have been putting a constant supply of food down for my birds as they are feeding youngsters but i have caught them in the garden eating worms and slugs and then flying in to feed the youngsters surley this cant be healthy can it
ChrisMaidment08 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 never seen my birds eating worms slugs
bewted Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 Hi eveybody i have been putting a constant supply of food down for my birds as they are feeding youngsters but i have caught them in the garden eating worms and slugs and then flying in to feed the youngsters surley this cant be healthy can it see how much faster your ybs grow with them eating all that !!! dont worry on it !!!1
ChrisMaidment08 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 is it something only rollers do i have honestly not seen mine do it
jimmy_84 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Posted August 17, 2008 i have never seen it happen before and only noticed because 1 of the yb had a foul smelly mouth and crop looked strange so i squeezed out the contents and there they were slugs and worms among the seed i'm gonna keep the oldbirds in till the yb are weaned
bewted Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 is it something only rollers do i have honestly not seen mine do it not many will do it,but,i was reading from bilco,correct me if i am wrong,that he use to enjoy his pigeons grow far stronger and faster when his pigeons where doing this !!!
sammy Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 Hi eveybody i have been putting a constant supply of food down for my birds as they are feeding youngsters but i have caught them in the garden eating worms and slugs and then flying in to feed the youngsters surley this cant be healthy can it most pigeons given the chance will do this its natural for them especially when on open hole ,only way to stop it now is keep them locked up ,eating slugs etc is really good protein for growing young birds ,but better to worm them once they are weaned ,old/young
jimmy_84 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Posted August 17, 2008 so i can leave them for out flying and just worm after weaning cheers
bewted Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 so i can leave them for out flying and just worm after weaning cheers to help the crop of the pigeons to smell better and not get sour crop,,,,,let them have acess charcoal and coal dust !!! you will be suprised !!
Guest IB Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 All the protein etc the youngsters need comes from crop milk. Thats one of the reasons Nature made it so rich, simply because pigeons don't eat 'insects' so the young birds need an alternative source for their protein. I know birds will eat snails, personally I try to stop mine doing it, but I have never heard of pigeons eat slugs or earthworms, and I wouldn't be happy with that either.. Snails can carry flukes, which invade the body organs and kill. They are also intemediatory hosts for tapeworm; earthworms are intermediatory hosts for one type of hairworm. Hairworm are particularly nasty cos its the gut lining that they live in.
mark Posted August 17, 2008 Report Posted August 17, 2008 never seen my birds eating worms slugs perhaps they eat them when your not looking. :X
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