Fred
4 posts
Mar 26, 2009
9:22 PM
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Hi, Is it best to feed my Birmingham rollers whole or cracked corn. thank you in advance Fred
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wafer kits
113 posts
Mar 26, 2009
9:51 PM
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Hi Fred
No corn at all during the summer months, if you live in the south. Pop-corn during the winter. Al
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sundance
1083 posts
Mar 27, 2009
5:19 AM
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in the winter, whole corn is best, most like popcorn but it can get expensive around here, so I just use whole field corn. They love it, once they get used to it. No problems at all. You might have to just put it in the feeder for a couple days till they get hungry enough to eat it, but they will.
Dont feed them corn in the summer,and try to avoid the cracked corn, as it easily spoils and also can lead to canker.
Oh ya, and make sure they get plenty of grit with the corn.
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Sundance Roller Lofts
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3345 posts
Mar 27, 2009
11:10 AM
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Cracked corn has problems with sharpe razor like edges that cause minute little cuts in the craw. This could lead to things like canker if they become infected with some types of bacterria.
Personally, I dont feed corn at all. A lot of my health problems went away when I stopped using it.
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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Pararoller
84 posts
Mar 27, 2009
11:24 AM
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Fred if u live in an cold enviroment then use whole corn during lock down when the temperature drops dermatically so whole corn will produce ration for ur birds i found out too late for most of my kit birds our temperature drops to -20+ and very hard on young kitbirds. crack corn is a nono will cause canker only soonner or later
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iowarollers
192 posts
Mar 27, 2009
12:44 PM
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ok this for your kit birds or breeders and if for kit birds alot of guys use milo and wheat and for breeders you can use pigeon feed i use a chicken scratch for my breeders but i will change that when my chicken scratch runs out kevin
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