Digestion with pigeons

Jack Prescott
(Internet Published) Oct 2001

Given one ounce (28 grams) of any kind of grain at 5pm plus water and abrasive material - such as sand and grit, at 8am on the next day there should be no feed left in the crop. During the 15 hour period everything should have gone through otherwise there is a malfunction.

Indigestion with humans is nothing more than a nuisance cured by an indigestion tablet. With pigeons indigestion can be fatal. It is essential to supply abrasive material and clean water along with the feed. Salt is essential - A natural disinfectant and pigeons love it!

If I find retained feed in the crop at 8am this isn't right so quickly I go along to the drug store or chemist and buy some indigestion tablets. I shove a broken tablet down the gullets of affected pigeons. This often solves the problem but left untreated the condition can be fatal.

[Internet Published Oct 2001 at http://www.tipplers.com/jack/]