28 Gramms

[Wiley]

Would 28 gramms be roughly 2 tablespoons?

[Guest bigda]

Would 28 gramms be roughly 2 tablespoons?

 

 

yes i would say so, but if you get a beans can and level filled it that would be for 10 birds at 28-30 grams per bird hope that helps you mate

[Guest IB]

28 grammes is roughly 3/4 of an ounce and how many tablespoons depends on what you are feeding. A tablespoonful of barley will weigh more than a tablespoonful of maize, and not all tablespoons are the same size. Best to weigh it out.

[Wiley]

IB, 28.35rams is an ounce, but i was just querying if 2 tablespoons would equal that, but like you said my best bet would be to measure it out.

[Guest IB]

IB, 28.35rams is an ounce, but i was just querying if 2 tablespoons would equal that, but like you said my best bet would be to measure it out.

 

Sorry about that, going from memory I thought an ounce was 34.? grammes, and I got that from a conversion table. Just checked a web ounce / gram conversion and it's just as you say. Will need to have a look at how much I am feeding my own birds now, as my calculations are obviously way out - I also thought one tablespoon would be around an ounce, so that to check too. Thanks.

[Wiley]

Sorry about that, going from memory I thought an ounce was 34.? grammes, and I got that from a conversion table. Just checked a web ounce / gram conversion and it's just as you say. Will need to have a look at how much I am feeding my own birds now, as my calculations are obviously way out - I also thought one tablespoon would be around an ounce, so that to check too. Thanks.

 

no need to say sorry mate, remember as bert brasspenning says FEED IS POISION!!

[Tony C]

no need to say sorry mate, remember as bert brasspenning says FEED IS POISION!!

 

 

Bert must of sampled my other halfs cooking to come out with a statement like that

[wilkins]

Would 28 gramms be roughly 2 tablespoons?

 

 

think its 14.3 grams to 1 tablespoon / 15 ml is one tablespoon

hope that helps wiley been searching the same thing today

[just ask me]

Bert must of sampled my other halfs cooking to come out with a statement like that

 

 

i bet the other half does not look in on here with a comment like that

[Guest IB]

Last night's posts reminded me I had to find this out for myself too, just to see what I was feeding my birds. Had all my grains set up last night then discovered my scales battery was dud, so spent my £2 Christmas money on a 9v battery today. Dedication ot wot? This is what I got:-

 

Hi-speed - teaspoon 9g / tablespoon 13g

Wheat - teaspoon 6g / tablespoon 12g

Maize - teaspoon 7g / tablespoon 11g

Barley - teaspoon 5g / tablespoon 13g

H/form - teaspoon 5g / tablespoon 10g

 

My hens get 23g each, bit too hungry in mornings - now I know why.

 

My cocks get 35g each - they attack me in mornings, thought it was because they thought I was too slow bringing it in, so I will be upping their ration too.

 

On the bright side, droppings test came back Zero, probably because they don't get fed enough for worms etc to live on.

[billt]

Out of interest IB why do you feed the cocks 50% more than the hens?

[Guest IB]

Out of interest IB why do you feed the cocks 50% more than the hens?

 

I'd picked up (somewhere) that a pigeon has a high metabolism and needs to eat equivalent of 10% of its own body weight per day. My birds are small to medium size, the hens in general weigh around 340g - 420g, and cocks a heavier 450g - 520g. That means 34g for hens, and 45g for cocks - so I give cocks more.

 

You'll see earlier in the thread I thought an ounce was 34g, and the figure came from 10% metabolism rate - and stuck - as many threads on feeding on the forum advise e.g. giving a young bird an ounce (mornings) or a widowhood cock an ounce & half (mornings).

 

I use it only as a rule-of-thumb, e.g my birds are confined at moment, so they should be on minimum rations (weather?) but they do get fed more based on whether they are flying out or not, or the work they have to do.

[billt]

Thanks IB, I see your reasoning on that, I must admit that I feed ad-lib this time of the year, more so with the temperatures at present

[Diamond dave]

All this spoon business - surely it depends on the size of your spoons - I cant imagine that they are all the same size - I got different size teaspoons, different size desert spoons and what the hell is a table spoon - for the uneducated among us what is the difference between a desert spoon a soup spoon a table spoon and a serving spoon.....? I wasn't fortunate enough to do the "silver service" bit.

 

D.D.

[Guest IB]

All this spoon business - surely it depends on the size of your spoons - I cant imagine that they are all the same size - I got different size teaspoons, different size desert spoons and what the hell is a table spoon - for the uneducated among us what is the difference between a desert spoon a soup spoon a table spoon and a serving spoon.....? I wasn't fortunate enough to do the "silver service" bit.

 

D.D.

 

personally think all those spoons would make life a wee bit too complicated for me. Sad as it may seem, I have only two spoons in my life, one for me coffee, damned if I know why its called a teaspoon, and the other for me soup or me pudding that I've always known as a tablespoon, though rarely used at table, more on my lap watching TV..

 

But agree with you, only sure way is to weigh it out.

[Guest white flight ZA]

All feeding should be in accordance to what the bird is doing, i.e. racing (therefore loft training and training flights); breeding (raising young) or resting (moulting).

 

A good measure if you are training for racing is 22,5g per feed/bird (if the mix is high protein) per 45 minutes training session. Evening feed is also 22,5g.