Salt Licks

[Winfort Lofts]

So,

This is something I've seen a few times but not lots of times.

I have seen some people using salt licks in their lofts, and they'll say that's the birds love it, and is great for them!

Now, I can kind of understand how it may contain some minerals and such, as well as salts obviously.

But what are the advantages of this?

I know back in the day, my grandad used to put down salted veg peels from the Sunday veg prep and such, would this have been a similar goal in mind?

[Diamond Dave]

Is that the big ol salt block they used to give to horses Winfort?

[Winfort Lofts]

Is that the big ol salt block they used to give to horses Winfort?

That's a picture from a while back on Facebook rather than my own lofts, but yes, it's the same ones they give the horses!

I saw on a video on YouTube a year or so ago someone was saying they hang them in the aviary, and the the moisture in the air soaks into the string/ropes, and the birds can then be seen pecking at the rope and drinking the moisture out the strings/ropes.

[Diamond Dave]

Seems like a strange way to give salt, wouldve thought it would be easier to put it in the water.
Do ppl give their birds salt anyway?

[Winfort Lofts]

Found the link now too

https://youtu.be/k_2LQIHAMHY?si=1DeA5_9BbGPHOnYN

[Diamond Dave]

I've seen those things they use for horses - they are rock hard! No way is a pigeon gonna peck at it.
But like Winsfort said they get the salt from the wet rope - suck, lick, peck, who knows???

[Diamond Dave]

Anyone tried salted peanuts.....might be the next revolution in pigeon feed ha-ha.

[Diamond Dave]

I've seen those things they use for horses - they are rock hard! No way is a pigeon gonna peck at it.
But like Winsfort said they get the salt from the wet rope - suck, lick, peck, who knows???

[worm]

they do get it as it softens and they love it put a pinch of table salt down on floor see what happens won't be there long

[Anthony webster]

Salt licks in breeding season, you put a salt lick in breeding season you won't get one bad dropping and won't need to use black or pink minerals either just a bit of grit and a salt lick and there perfect ever wondered why in winter you never see a wood pigeon in the road but summer time they stand in the road looking dumb refusing to move its because they have baby's in the nest and there searching for salt of the roads only reason ,
Atb tony webster.