SALT

[Guest TAMMY_1]

anybody put some kind of salt in loft for their pigeons, reason is I was looking at a price list I was sent for pigeon products and included on the sheet was a bit about organic salt priced at £1 for 500gm ? and what benefits do you think this gives the pigeons if any? and do they need this added for them ?

[crazy pigeon boy]

i use natural sea salt it works like a kind of electrolite and has lots of minerals in it for the birds

[ALF]

THINK IT'S BEST TO STICK TAE PUTTING IT OAN YER CHIPS ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

pigeons do like salt but as nature goes, they know when they want it, or rather when they need , its really another mineral ,, see them pick at it when their feeding youngsters tie a cabbage up and wash and sprinkle with salt [when they get over the fright of a cabbage hanging in the loft ;D ;D ;D they will eat it with relish [not yorkshire relish ;D]] cabbage is  full of iron [but wont stick to a magnet ;D unless you nail it to the wall of the loft ;D ;D ;D]

[THE FIFER]

back in the 60's we used to go out to the farm fiels where cattle were and the use to have a large lump of salt rock hanging on the fence for the cattle to lick, we used to take it and put it in the loft for the birds to pick at,

[THE FIFER]

another one to give to the birds is seaweed, which no doubt has salt in it, i get a bag of garlic and seaweed powder at blackpool, i put a little in their food they love it, so getting both seaweed and garlic,

[frank-123]

my father used to do the same jimmy except he used a lettuce covered in salt rather than a cabbage

i never had lettuce and tomato when i was younger only the tomatoes as the birds had the lettuce

[Guest TAMMY_1]

THINK IT'S BEST TO STICK TAE PUTTING IT OAN YER CHIPS ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

what do u need to hijack this thread for?

[Guest]

lanark auction market salt licks and mineral licks for 2 quid   ;)