I gave this try this morning. It's a good thing.
New chopper
I bought a new little bender for chopping up the vegetables for the birds. The old one is all broken from me dropping the lid on the floor and it makes noises I don't think it's meant to make.
I gave this try this morning. It's a good thing.
I gave this try this morning. It's a good thing.
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Since you have been posting about your feeding of veggies Murray, I have been giving some to my birds but have found that it gives them loose droppings - 0do you get that too.....?
Yes, occasionally in the morning after they've had veggies I'll see some loose droppings, usually the ones that have really gone mad on them. By the afternoon they are back to normal. Mine have veggies two or three times a week all year round so it's just a part of their diet. Most of the time they are fine.Diamond Dave wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2026 11:27 am Since you have been posting about your feeding of veggies Murray, I have been giving some to my birds but have found that it gives them loose droppings - 0do you get that too.....?
They see me coming out to the loft with their vegetables and they are falling over each other
It's not surprising. Today they had spinach, chard, celery, carrot, kale and pumpkin. I had a taste of it, it was actually pretty tasty.
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Yes Murray, I'm not too worried about the loose droppings - I figure they get more benefit from them than a bout of probably harmless loose droppings.
I gotta be honest though I wouldn't want to give them root veggies - don't seem natural somehow.???
I gotta be honest though I wouldn't want to give them root veggies - don't seem natural somehow.???
I don't reckon a carrot is going to do them much harm.
In fact they are a source of vitamins and minerals and the birds like them. What I like about feeding vegetables is it's a natural way of giving them vitamins minerals and trace elements. They are offered to the birds who can eat as much or as little as they want. And they know what they need. I prefer that to putting vitamin powder in the drinkers for example, where they must take it or go thirsty.
I have had plenty of people tell me they haven't time to mess around chopping up veggies. But they have time to mix up things out of a packet.
"I haven't got time" sometimes translates as " I can't be bothered".
In fact they are a source of vitamins and minerals and the birds like them. What I like about feeding vegetables is it's a natural way of giving them vitamins minerals and trace elements. They are offered to the birds who can eat as much or as little as they want. And they know what they need. I prefer that to putting vitamin powder in the drinkers for example, where they must take it or go thirsty.
I have had plenty of people tell me they haven't time to mess around chopping up veggies. But they have time to mix up things out of a packet.
"I haven't got time" sometimes translates as " I can't be bothered".
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I love that philosophy Murray. And I think it is oh so true and one that I will happily adopt.
I wasn't sure about the root vegetables but the way you have described it makes it well worth a try.
Since your first post on the veggies I have given mine Kale, spinach, cabbage etc as well as a bit of lettuce which I have always given them.
I have a problem with my birds going down on the garden. TBH it's not such a problem for me as I like to see them peckin around the garden but it does give me a very real pain in the ear........... from the other half when they start peckin at all her flowers lol. So I figured if I gave them greenstuff it would stop them doing that - but no such luck I'm afraid.
Another thing, many good fanciers on here have spoken about just feeding barley over the winter which seems a bit mean to me but I was thinking of feeding a depurative which obviously has several grains in it but I am now thinking that a regular intake of our own "5 a day" will be a perfect substitute for all the chemical shite.
Oh, and I got some salmon oil (for dogs) at a bargain price of £3.45 from Aldi
Everything O Naturale.
I will let you know how they look before breeding
Thanks for the education cobber.
I wasn't sure about the root vegetables but the way you have described it makes it well worth a try.
Since your first post on the veggies I have given mine Kale, spinach, cabbage etc as well as a bit of lettuce which I have always given them.
I have a problem with my birds going down on the garden. TBH it's not such a problem for me as I like to see them peckin around the garden but it does give me a very real pain in the ear........... from the other half when they start peckin at all her flowers lol. So I figured if I gave them greenstuff it would stop them doing that - but no such luck I'm afraid.
Another thing, many good fanciers on here have spoken about just feeding barley over the winter which seems a bit mean to me but I was thinking of feeding a depurative which obviously has several grains in it but I am now thinking that a regular intake of our own "5 a day" will be a perfect substitute for all the chemical shite.
Oh, and I got some salmon oil (for dogs) at a bargain price of £3.45 from Aldi
Everything O Naturale.
I will let you know how they look before breeding
Thanks for the education cobber.
One thing I don't give them is cabbage or cauliflower. I read that they are not the best for pigeons.
I don't feed barley at all, mine eat the same mixture 365 days of the year. There are those who swear by barley, I'm not one of them. I feel they gain nothing by sitting in the shed cold and hungry.
Well done getting the fish oil, I think it's great for putting good feathering on them and the youngsters really come up nice on it. I have capsules and squeeze one over the grain every couple of days.
There's so many things we can give them, I'm a big fan of fresh garlic and cider vinegar as well. When my mates Terry and Peter came over from Horsham last weekend, they were amazed at how good they look. Pete reckoned my stock pigeons look better than his race birds!
I don't feed barley at all, mine eat the same mixture 365 days of the year. There are those who swear by barley, I'm not one of them. I feel they gain nothing by sitting in the shed cold and hungry.
Well done getting the fish oil, I think it's great for putting good feathering on them and the youngsters really come up nice on it. I have capsules and squeeze one over the grain every couple of days.
There's so many things we can give them, I'm a big fan of fresh garlic and cider vinegar as well. When my mates Terry and Peter came over from Horsham last weekend, they were amazed at how good they look. Pete reckoned my stock pigeons look better than his race birds!
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What dya know about the cabbage and cauliflower
Murray? You have worried me now, do they have toxins in them
Mine had cabbage yesterday and they smashed it but they didn't eat any of the carrots or broccoli that I gave them.
If yo see some of the leaves/stems on the what mine pick at on the flowers around the garden, I'm sure they would eat a whole cabbage if it was in front of them.
Surely they know what's good for them and what's not?
Murray? You have worried me now, do they have toxins in them
Mine had cabbage yesterday and they smashed it but they didn't eat any of the carrots or broccoli that I gave them.
If yo see some of the leaves/stems on the what mine pick at on the flowers around the garden, I'm sure they would eat a whole cabbage if it was in front of them.
Surely they know what's good for them and what's not?