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[Guest norfolk.al]

I NOTICED THAT ONE OF MY YOUNG BIRDS IS TRYING TO EAT FRESH DROPPINGS HAS ANYONE COME ACROSS THIS BEFORE

[OLDYELLOW]

lacking vitamins read it years ago , are they on darkness ???

[Guest norfolk.al]

NO THEY ARE NOT ON DARKNESS&THEY GET VITAMINS 3 TIMES A WEEK

[OLDYELLOW]

its lack of vitamin D , Sunlight is the best and only natural source of vitamin D. Unlike dietary or supplementary vitamin D, when you get your ‘D’ from sunshine your body takes what it needs, and de-metabolizes any extra. That’s critical – as vitamin D experts and many health groups now advocate 1,000 to 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily – five to ten times the old recommendations. Because too much ‘D’ from dietary supplements may cause the body to over-process calcium, nobody really knows for sure how much supplementary vitamin D is safe. On the other hand, sunlight-induced vitamin D doesn’t have that problem – it’s the way your body is intended to make it!

[Guest norfolk.al]

IT MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE AS THE BIRD,S ARE KEPT IN A WIRE AVIARY AND GET AS MUCH SUN AS POSSIBLE IV,E JUST BEEN WATCHING THE BIRD IN QUESTION

IT LOOK,S AS IF IT,S TRYING TO GET THE MOISTURE OUT OF THE DROPPINGS

[OLDYELLOW]

well we can discount it been a vitamin deficiency , i would say its craving salt

[Guest norfolk.al]

THIS IS GOING TO SOUND STUPID BUT HOW DO I GIVE THE BIRD SALT

 

PS THANK,S FOR THE HELP

[OLDYELLOW]

put some electrolytes in there water or get an iodised salt block for horses

[Guest norfolk.al]

THANK,S VERY MUCH OLDYELLOW TOP MAN

[just ask me]

dont give them to much salt a little every 4 or 5 days is enough

[OLDYELLOW]

dont give them to much salt a little every 4 or 5 days is enough

 

yup too much is as bad as too little , i find electrolytes once a week enough when racing , if using the iodised block put in for a few hours then remove

[Guest spin cycle]

versele laga 'grit with redstone' has 0.15% sodium....handful of that once a week