Thank you for the info on grit it helped me understand a lot better 👌🏼

Happy New Year Frank Thanks fro the great videos Cheers

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

6 ай бұрын

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.

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

Жыл бұрын

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 .

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

6 ай бұрын

Both are excellent grit mixes. You cannot go wrong with these.

@Oneloftracing

6 ай бұрын

@@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 .

I would think a person could use a "tumbler" to round and polish the sharp grit.

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

6 ай бұрын

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.

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

6 ай бұрын

That is exactly what is happening. Ground granite irritates the birds gizzard causing issues.

Did you think the gravel used for fish tanks would be OK to use as grit?

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

10 ай бұрын

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

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

29 күн бұрын

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?

@Eire-td5ml

29 күн бұрын

@@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

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons

27 күн бұрын

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.

@Eire-td5ml

27 күн бұрын

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons thanks Frank 👍