Hello. When I had chickens, they would eat freshly broken beer bottles. Glass was pooped out with smooth edges. So maybe they need round and ragged minerals, so that they rub against one another : releasing some minerals. Thank you.
i just bought a 20kg bag of Vanrobaeys super grit and minerals and a 20kg bag of Beyers grit which is oyster shell and redstone . I can get finally crushed oyster shells at a much cheaper price but because it does not come from a pigeon feed company as strange as it sounds i am scared to use them .
@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons Thanks I have been using these two brands for a while I just had a close look through both bags as I keep them in the house and I will continue with both brands .
What kind of grit are you feeding? The pigeons love the redstone in the Belgian Grit. If the bird are eating grit like crazy they may be mineral deficient. Do you have all different minerals in front of the pigeons?
@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons yea I use the Belgian grit also vitamins in water and they pick at the powder mineral there eating it like crazy any idea Frank thanks
Give them everything and let them eat and eat the grits and minerals until they do not eat anymore. They will hit a saturation point and then only eat a little at a time.
Thank you for the info on grit it helped me understand a lot better 👌🏼
Happy New Year Frank Thanks fro the great videos Cheers
Very same to you! So happy you enjoy my videos.
Hello. When I had chickens, they would eat freshly broken beer bottles. Glass was pooped out with smooth edges. So maybe they need round and ragged minerals, so that they rub against one another : releasing some minerals. Thank you.
That is a bit scary but the round stones in the gizzard do a nice job at grinding. In nature they eat the round stones to use to grind.
i just bought a 20kg bag of Vanrobaeys super grit and minerals and a 20kg bag of Beyers grit which is oyster shell and redstone . I can get finally crushed oyster shells at a much cheaper price but because it does not come from a pigeon feed company as strange as it sounds i am scared to use them .
Both are excellent grit mixes. You cannot go wrong with these.
@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons Thanks I have been using these two brands for a while I just had a close look through both bags as I keep them in the house and I will continue with both brands .
Did you think the gravel used for fish tanks would be OK to use as grit?
There are natural stone gravel for aquariums that should work just great. They would be small river stones. You will need to add shells for calcium
How much grit do you give young birds my birds are eating some amount some eating the grit before food if you can explain thanks Frank
What kind of grit are you feeding? The pigeons love the redstone in the Belgian Grit. If the bird are eating grit like crazy they may be mineral deficient. Do you have all different minerals in front of the pigeons?
@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons yea I use the Belgian grit also vitamins in water and they pick at the powder mineral there eating it like crazy any idea Frank thanks
Give them everything and let them eat and eat the grits and minerals until they do not eat anymore. They will hit a saturation point and then only eat a little at a time.
@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons thanks Frank 👍
I would think a person could use a "tumbler" to round and polish the sharp grit.
That is a good point and maybe a tumbler would make the granite round and remove the edges.
Good video, Frank. It's plausible that some grits could scratch internally and allow bacteria to spread.
That is exactly what is happening. Ground granite irritates the birds gizzard causing issues.
And small pieces of shell arent sharpe?😂 . Just give variety the birds will decide
The small pieces of shells can be sharp but the shell is much softer than granite and the shells are ground up in the gizzard by the stones.