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Bowbroom
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As they say, “Guinness is good for you” years ago I believe that it was sometimes prescribed to certain people
goose1
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NeilA wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 11:26 am
Bowbroom wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 11:20 am As they say, “Guinness is good for you” years ago I believe that it was sometimes prescribed to certain people
I believe it was for iron deficiency or that’s what my nan use to tell me
I doubt there is that much in it but could be wrong
Unbelievably Guinness was still being used for people with iron deficiencies up to 2010!! In reality I think it contains around 0.3mg of iron per pint so you'd have to drink around 60 pints to get ya daily amount :lol:
Anthony webster
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Back two pigeons
Any members taste there grit before they use it on birds I was taught if its salty not two use on the racers only stock birds.
Anthony webster
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I like it after race n Monday n weds but very little to 20 birds I'm not one who fills pot or gives a teaspoon each fuk that .
Diamond Dave
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Ah great you got onto the subject of grit - can anyone tell me why after giving grit my birds droppings get quite wet.
To standard pigeon grit, I add about 20% de patagoons and some cuttle bone along with some canary egg food
The birds always have loose droppings for a couple of days after.
I give it once a week and they scoff the de patagoons, and egg food and I leave the basic grit in the trough for the next couple of days - is that too much.....?
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Anthony webster wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:11 pm Back two pigeons
Any members taste there grit before they use it on birds I was taught if its salty not two use on the racers only stock birds.
Yes, I don’t like the salty ones or the ones that have aniseed on them. I often also taste the water if I put something different in it, I can confirm Verkon S tastes a little soapy, but worst of all is Ronidazole that tastes vile🤮but on a positive at least I know I’ve not got canker 🤣
Anthony webster
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Steve Howells wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 7:53 am
Anthony webster wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:11 pm Back two pigeons
Any members taste there grit before they use it on birds I was taught if its salty not two use on the racers only stock birds.
Yes, I don’t like the salty ones or the ones that have aniseed on them. I often also taste the water if I put something different in it, I can confirm Verkon S tastes a little soapy, but worst of all is Ronidazole that tastes vile🤮but on a positive at least I know I’ve not got canker 🤣
Rondizole is awful Jesus that stuff is unbelievable lol
Anthony webster
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Get ph control ,aquara guard ,,the one Neil uses for ph
Put a tiny b8t on a dirty paving slab n see what happens , there better that patio cleaner out builders yard.lol
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