FIELDING

[Guest TAMMY_1]

IF YOUR BIRDS START FIELDING WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE MISSING AT HOME

[friendsloft]

Minerals, that is what i was told once,it could be black minerals,salt, what ever,once i started putting black minerals fresh in the loft,the birds stopped fielding. it must be something they are short of at this time of year when birds are paired and rearing young,because the rest of the year they never bothered

friendsloft

[mac1]

i had this problem last year with old birds,was told a few things.would like some advice aswell.

[carl]

I have this problem every time i have young in the nest say 6 to 15 days old,,parents looking everywhere for SOMETHING,picking in all the places i dont want them too.I give every thing i can when this happens,all grits,minerals,etc etc  i still dont know what they are looking for

[carl]

would it be bad or do the birds any harm to buy some soil or compost and put this in pots for the birds as they are looking for something

[ALF]

IF YOUR BIRDS START FIELDING WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE MISSING AT HOME

 

DONT THINK THEY'LL BE MISSING YOU ANYWAY :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[THE FIFER]

keep them with plenty grit minerals and pick stones,

[Guest]

IF YOUR BIRDS START FIELDING WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE MISSING AT HOME

a pair of wellies

 

[birdman55678]

IF YOUR BIRDS START FIELDING WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE MISSING AT HOME

 

If they go to the field they are missing some sort of  vitimin or minerals, try a pigeon supply house and buy several types of minerals for them.  I have used damascus dirt which works very well for me.  Ed

[Guest TAMMY_1]

would it be bad or do the birds any harm to buy some soil or compost and put this in pots for the birds as they are looking for something

 

WELL WHEN I WAS FIRST TOLD TO TRY THIS I THOUGHT HE WAS BEING FUNNY WITH ME , BUT AN OLD MAN WHO WAS A GOOD RACER TOLD ME TO GET DIRT FROM THE FRESH MOLEHILLS THAT WERE MADE AROUND HIM AND PLACE A PILE ON A LARGE TRAY AND WATCH THE BIRDS GO DAFT FOR IT, AND HE WAS CORRECT , STILL DUNNO WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IN IT BUT THEY CERTAINLY FIGHT TO GET TO IT

[Guest TAMMY_1]

a pair of wellies

 

AND YOU ARE MISSING A BRAIN ;)

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

DONT THINK THEY'LL BE MISSING YOU ANYWAY :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

WELL WHY DO THEY KEEP COMING HOME TO ME AND KEEP ON WINNING CUPS FOR ME, THEY MUST LIKE SOMETHING HERE AT HOME :P

[Roland]

Mole hills are free and contain everything they need, or are looking for. Use to place some on a board and then take back and replace with fresh ones every so often. Can't be arsed now, likewise use to fetch in 'Spring Water' which is also ripe with goodies. Now fielding is fine via me, I know the spray etc. but rain has washed most into the ground in no time... But they just don't go. Use to get the 'Cows Mineral' that they seemed to relish and travel afar for, likewise a little salt block.

Qualtz is in every crop cut open... go figure that out. But is certainly found and got regular....

[Roland]

And of course 'Well Water' is also superb, if you know well to get it.

[Guest beautyhomer]

Surely giving pigeons fresh soil is not very scientific.Different soils will contain different minerals and in different quantities.Light sandy soils are prone to leaching of minerals more so than heavy clay soils.This is why there are different fertilizers available.

The same arguement can be used for cow minerals,diff minerals are available to buy depending on what the animals are not getting from their forage-back to diff soils again.

The mineral content of spring and mineral water will depend on the type of rocks the water has passed through.

If pigeons are allowed to go fielding are any of you not concerned about them being shot?Pigeons training or racing are easy to identify,not so when they are landing on a freshly sown field where they will be mistaken for streeters.

[maverick]

I HAVE A OLD RED HEN THAT WHEN I PAIR UP AND SHE HAS YOUNG IN THE NEST GOES DOWN TO THE BEACH . YOU KNOW AS SHE WILL BE LATE HOME AND LOOK UNDER HER RING YOU WILL FIND SAND. ALL THE GRIT AND MINERALS DO NOT STOP HER DOING IT.

[pigeonscout]

Maybe they just want some greens try some rabbit pellets.

[Guest Paulo]

I use those clay pickstone things. I find the worse thing for fielding is when the farmer has cut the corn and there is corn lying in the fields seems to draw the birds from miles around!!!