Hawthorn Berries

[Poppy Loft]

I have a hawthorn tree/bush in garden with red berries and my birds love them! They even fly into it and cling on upside down trying to eat them. Are they safe for them to eat?

[Guest bigda]

not sure but if they are i would make a syrip from them get a large pot boil them down then strain the mix mix in two jellys powder or the rubbery ones, then stir in 2 pots of honey

then get jam jars with screw top lids fill them up and keep and use a 1 big spoonful

to a 2litre drinker once a week.

[THE FIFER]

have you ever seen wild birds eating them? if not I would be careful,

 

 

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[Poppy Loft]

have you ever seen wild birds eating them? if not I would be careful,

 

I havnt to be fair, but they have been doing it for a couple of weeks and all seems well. I tried to stop them at first but short of keeping them in its a losing battle! Cant find anything conclusive on the net.

[Wiley]

How are the droppings? And how have they been doing in the results? Mine eat a lot of dandelions, but the droppings are bang on, and when I notice they do this I expect a good result at the weekend.

[billt]

That's OK, wildlings will eat them later in the year when food is getting short, there must be something in them that the birds love, mine are feeding on cotoneaster berries at the moment

[Poppy Loft]

How are the droppings? And how have they been doing in the results? Mine eat a lot of dandelions, but the droppings are bang on, and when I notice they do this I expect a good result at the weekend.

 

Droppings are fine, Was 1st 2nd and 3rd in last race (26th) Just concerned there may be some sort of toxin that will build up over time

 

That's OK, wildlings will eat them later in the year when food is getting short, there must be something in them that the birds love, mine are feeding on cotoneaster berries at the moment

 

Thanks billt.

[Wiley]

Droppings are fine, Was 1st 2nd and 3rd in last race (26th) Just concerned there may be some sort of toxin that will build up over time

 

 

 

Thanks billt.

 

If u was 1st,2nd and 3rd the last race, as long as the droppings don't change let them carry on eating them, the rest is BS.

[THE FIFER]

I havnt to be fair, but they have been doing it for a couple of weeks and all seems well. I tried to stop them at first but short of keeping them in its a losing battle! Cant find anything conclusive on the net.

 

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[OLDYELLOW]

mine used to eat them when I was on allotment I used to get my son picking them to give to birds did them no harm whatsoever

[billt]

mine used to eat them when I was on allotment I used to get my son picking them to give to birds did them no harm whatsoever

 

Hope he was on a good hourly rate

[OLDYELLOW]

Hope he was on a good hourly rate

 

kept him busy and out of me way lol :emoticon-0140-rofl: :emoticon-0140-rofl:

[Guest bigda]

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kept him busy and out of me way lol

 

 

reminds me of the time the mates da told the story of his lad my mate rab, he took him with him to work one warm day he was only 7 at the time his da was a brickie, now rab watched every thing his da and labourer mixing sand and cement then some stuff mixed in the water mixing about all day then his lad asked his da did he want something from the shops, him being up the scaffold and it been a roasting hot day

said aye son go get 2 bottles of "ginger" we call it irn brew so of he ran and back in a flash shouted up to his da got the ginger i ok son, put it in the barrel of water so rab opened it and poured it into barrel of water. when his da came down and said wheres the ginger son he told him i thought you meant in the water da no ya dafty just the bottles to keep it cool, he still gets ribbed about this gone now 40 years ago

[OLDYELLOW]

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reminds me of the time the mates da told the story of his lad my mate rab, he took him with him to work one warm day he was only 7 at the time his da was a brickie, now rab watched every thing his da and labourer mixing sand and cement then some stuff mixed in the water mixing about all day then his lad asked his da did he want something from the shops, him being up the scaffold and it been a roasting hot day

said aye son go get 2 bottles of "ginger" we call it irn brew so of he ran and back in a flash shouted up to his da got the ginger i ok son, put it in the barrel of water so rab opened it and poured it into barrel of water. when his da came down and said wheres the ginger son he told him i thought you meant in the water da no ya dafty just the bottles to keep it cool, he still gets ribbed about this gone now 40 years ago

 

lol :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle: