does salt affect the birds

[Guest pigeon82]

i have been noticing this last while slugs all around my garden and i am wondering if i put circle of salt around my shed i know it will kill the slugs but will the salt affect the birds

[pjc]

most mineral blocks/pickstones contain salt, the birds like it but will only effect them if they gorge themselves after not having it readily available for a while.

[Guest JPH]

nope wont harm them, some salt on loft floor good for them they only eat what they need.

 

dig a hole in ground put pint tumbler in fill 3/4 with beer check next morning and will be full of slugs and snails great wat to get rid of them. ;)

[cemetary]

i have been noticing this last while slugs all around my garden and i am wondering if i put circle of salt around my shed i know it will kill the slugs but will the salt affect the birds

 

Keep a couple of hedgehogs in yer garden, they fix the little bliters out, we have 3 running aboot at night, also the wife feeds them cat biscuits, so they keep coming back every night.

 

Dont put salt onto them, it makes a bloody mess around the garden.  

[Guest pigeon82]

nope wont harm them, some salt on loft floor good for them they only eat what they need.

 

dig a hole in ground put pint tumbler in fill 3/4 with beer check next morning and will be full of slugs and snails great wat to get rid of them. ;)

 

thanks off into the garden now to give this a bash just fingers crossed it works

 

 

[cemetary]

nope wont harm them, some salt on loft floor good for them they only eat what they need.

 

dig a hole in ground put pint tumbler in fill 3/4 with beer check next morning and will be full of slugs and snails great wat to get rid of them. ;)

 

Got slug cups from the pet shop, filled them up with good beer, went out next morning, nowt, waste of bloody good beer, then noticed the hedgehogs running around hissing at one another, cheaper buying cat buiscuits to keep them in the garden.  

[chickadee]

Get a couple of hens, they love the slugs and you get great eggs every morning  

[Guest JPH]

 

Got slug cups from the pet shop, filled them up with good beer, went out next morning, nowt, waste of bloody good beer, then noticed the hedgehogs running around hissing at one another, cheaper buying cat buiscuits to keep them in the garden.  

The beer works great for me . a dont have any hedgehogs. ma dogs eat the hogs, but dont waste the beer cem just sive the slugs out and give it to clocky ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[betty boo]

when did you ever buy beer ya wamper :-/ :P yuv got short arms and deep putches :) :)

[cemetary]

when did you ever buy beer ya wamper :-/ :P yuv got short arms and deep putches :) :)

 

And your off Topic once again,  ;D

[Guest pigeon82]

well i dug a whole put pint glass in 3/4 filled with carling and put slug near it went right for the bate so happy days lol shame it was carling tis my favourite lol

[Guest]

well i dug a whole put pint glass in 3/4 filled with carling and put slug near it went right for the bate so happy days lol shame it was carling tis my favourite lol

 

you'll never get rid of pat tho. ;D ;D ;D

[Guest pigeon82]

i ave at the minute hes in france lol but wudnt want to get rid of him lol knows to much about the birds any problems i just ask him if hes about if not find out on ere lol

[Guest kevin b]

B e very careful when putting salt in your loft if the birds have not had any for a while, some will gorge on it and kill themselves.

 

Introduce the salt in small quantities at first once they have it in their systems they should be ok and not over eat it.

 

Kevin

[Guest JPH]

B e very careful when putting salt in your loft if the birds have not had any for a while, some will gorge on it and kill themselves.

 

Introduce the salt in small quantities at first once they have it in their systems they should be ok and not over eat it.

 

Kevin

teaspoon on floor once a week is enough for lots of pigeons

 

 

[Guest spin cycle]

Get a couple of hens, they love the slugs and you get great eggs every morning  

 

do you get many eggs out of those two  (evil) (evil)

[chickadee]

 

do you get many eggs out of those two  (evil) (evil)

 

The big one is a cockerel  ;D but I get about 250 a year off each of the two cross silkie hens

 

The Rhode island reds lay 300+

 

The black rocks lay about 300

 

Pekin bantams are too broody but they raise great chicks

[Guest pigeon82]

what other birds to you keep lol you should start your own sanctuary lol ;D

[sammy]

that ma wee baby wan carol

[Guest JPH]

that ma wee baby wan carol

no thats christmas dinner yum yum ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[sammy]

no thats christmas dinner yum yum ;D ;D ;D

 

 

would look good right enough with a cocktail stick sticking out it a--- ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest spin cycle]

when i had silkies they we're broody for 250 days a year (dizzy)...crossed with a light sussex cock gives a sex linked chick. brown pullets that are good all round. got some battery rescues now ...sorry i'm off topic

[chickadee]

that ma wee baby wan carol

 

It is that sammy

[Guest JPH]

 

would look good right enough with a cocktail stick sticking out it a--- ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

yes in about 4 months time with a little cranberrysauce ;D ;D

[chickadee]

Don't come near my babies > > >

 

They can eat slugs at that size