black lumps on bird

[Guest karl adams]

what are the black lumps that come on a pigeon is it a boil

[sammy]

supposedly protein growths which are harmless  

[Guest karl adams]

how can they be harmless when the bird starts to bleed dont it give the bird pain and open a gate for infection

[sammy]

nope wait till its ripe and ready to drop off then pull it out but yi have to get the root or it will grow back in again  

[coey]

1 of my birds had this. i was told to give it a pea size piece of garlic and tie string around the base of it and it will fall off. i done that and sure enough it fell off. the bird is now fine.

[REDCHEQHEN]

They fall off without doing anything to them - have never had any grow back

[Guest]

1 of my birds had this. i was told to give it a pea size piece of garlic and tie string around the base of it and it will fall off. i done that and sure enough it fell off. the bird is now fine.

 

i took one of my hens to a friend of my dads and he tied fishing line around the black lump and it fell off within days. the bird was none the worse for her ordeal.  

[tommy d]

They fall off without doing anything to them - have never had any grow back

 

agree with you,just leave it will go before to long

 

[Roland]

They fall off without doing anything to them - have never had any grow back

 

Ditto

[Tony C]

They fall off without doing anything to them - have never had any grow back

 

Ditto

[john robo]

what are the black lumps that come on a pigeon is it a boil

 

is this the same thing

http://www.pigeonbasics.com/forum/blah/m-1189543810/s-0/

 

 

[Guest shadow]

nope wait till its ripe and ready to drop off then pull it out but yi have to get the root or it will grow back in again  

sorry must disagree they do not come back make sure the birds have garlic and cider vinegar the lumps mean the birds blood is carrying to much protien tie the base off to reduce the blood flow and the lump will fall off with no lasting damage, also change the feed to barley to reduce their protien intake

 

 

[Guest casbri]

THEY FALL OF WHEN THEY DRY UP MAKE SURE BIRD DOESA NOT KNOCK IT OR BLOOD WILL BE EVERYWHERE

[JimC]

  had this problem two years ago when over 30 y/bs were covered with them the cause of the problem was to much iron in the blood caused by giving them to much red grit'' once removed lumps dried up and fell off without me having to do anything birds went on to well as yearlings and two year olds last year  

[Michael J Burden]

I trimmed it with a pair of very sharp scissors. Until I was close to the flesh.

They don't feel a thing but it is bloody and messy.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

is this the same thing

http://www.pigeonbasics.com/forum/blah/m-1189543810/s-0/

 

 

yes the very same thing.