weights & measurements

[Guest]

Came a cropper twice this year with manufacturers mixing their weights & measures.  :B

 

(1) Duramitex: sold in 'ml' bottles, label talks about ml then changes to gallons. Ended up mixing 1 bottle into 2 litres of water and just about melted the wicker in the baskets... and yes, been to Specsavers!!!    ;D

 

(2) Hormoform: sold in kg bags, but dished out in ounces per bird!!!!

 

I can handle ounces, gallons, ml, litres ok, using a dual measuring jug.

 

But I usually use a tablespoon to dish the solid stuff out. Anybody tell me how much a level teaspoon and a heaped tablespoon holds, in both grammes and ounces please?

 

[Peckedhen]

I think that depends upon what you are weighing Bruno.  A teaspoon of flour would weigh less than a teaspoon of sugar.

[Guest]

I have a set of scales in the loft and just use that to measure mine out.

[Guest]

Spot on, Peckedhen. Honestly hadn't spotted that. Makes me wonder about previous advice given when making up 'own' mix, that using one 'measure', one off grains a, b & c would always be the same.. obvious now that it is not.   :-/

 

Looks like scales like Sbelbin says.

 

 

 

[carl]

I have a set of scales at the loft to weight my food out.

[carl]

30 years ago we just added "drugs" to the water till the color looked "right".

 

What do you mean don,that cant be good

[Guest]

Agree Don, medication for animals is based on body weight.  

 

I think I am not alone in not weighing my birds ... but then, I don't medicate them.

 

 

[Guest]

Mystery of weights, measures and spoons solved.  

 

Wife had a cookery book stashed away - weights, measures and spoons is about the only bleeding thing she's given me out of it!!!!!!!!  ;D

 

There is a British Imperial Standard for a level spoonful!!!!!  :   (Fanfare of trumpets)

 

And Peckedhen spot on: 1 ounce = 3 tablespoons of flour; or 2 tablespoons of rice.  ;D

 

Now ... whats the number for 'Who wants to be a millionaire'?  

[Guest]

Amazin the bovver a bag of hormoform causes.  ;D

 

Now this is supposed to be a food additive... something in addition to the birds normal ration?

 

To be fed at 2 ounces per 'resting' bird per day?

 

How much does a pigeon eat per day? Supposedly 10% of bodyweight.

 

How much does a pigeon weigh? Supposedly between 400 & 600 grammes or between 14 & 20 ounces. (Brilliant that cookery book conversion thingy)

 

10% = 1.4 ounces or 2 ounces 'normal' food per day. (+ 2 ounces hormoform?)

 

Double the birds daily intake?  Am I missing something here?  Do I reduce the 'normal' daily ration?

 

How much 'mixture' do you feed per pigeon per day?

 

Wish I'd stayed in bed today!!!!!   :-/

[symbro]

what are you going to name your new ulser?  i almost gone one just reading this thread haha

[Guest]

Symbro, think I'll call it 'chronic stupidness'.  ;D

 

When the figures don't add up, go over them again, did this morning.   :B

 

Er, hormform NOT 2 ounces per 'resting' bird per day. Its to be fed at 2 ounces per 16 ounces of food per day.  :'(

 

Big difference, me thinks.  

 

school report card: 'must do better'.  :