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Index of Subjects --980202461-257231110-1359640191=:55227 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NancyThey may be looking for grit.Very essential for grinding up the seeds they eat.Poultry farmers always supply grit to hens and youcan buy it at feed supply stores.I get it to use in rooting plants! A very good medium for Lady's Slippers.One of the hidden killers of birds. The Highway people spread salt and sometimessand mixed in with it. The birds consume the salt for grit resulting in death.Before School buses on PEI roads were never salted and as soon as they startedthe Hungarian Partridge which up to that time were very plentiful disappeared almostcompletely. They used the salt for grit. You wouldn't find that from Universityor government folks. Cann't bite the hand that feeds you!Also hens need a supply of calcium for the egg shells.Not something a dove would need a lot of it.In the old days, the hens would be supplied with groundoyster shells. I don't know what is used today.Have a nice dayPaul --- On Thu, 1/31/13, Nancy Dowd <nancydowd318@yahoo.ca> wrote: From: Nancy Dowd <nancydowd318@yahoo.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] mourning doves eating wood ashes To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Received: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 2:28 AM Yesterday, before the showers began, several Mourning Doves landed on the woodstove ash dumped on the snow the day before and appeared to be pecking at it for about 5 minutes. I had not seen this before and thought they might have mistaken them for food. But then why remain so long in the ashes? A brief search suggested birds may eat ashes for minerals and some websites recommend allowing poultry access to wood ash. Has anyone else seen this? Nancy in Bridgewater --980202461-257231110-1359640191=:55227 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Nancy<div>They may be looking for grit.</div><div>Very essential for grinding up the seeds they eat.</div><div>Poultry farmers always supply grit to hens and you</div><div>can buy it at feed supply stores.</div><div>I get it to use in rooting plants! A very good medium for Lady's Slippers.</div><div>One of the hidden killers of birds. The Highway people spread salt and sometimes</div><div>sand mixed in with it. The birds consume the salt for grit resulting in death.</div><div>Before School buses on PEI roads were never salted and as soon as they started</div><div>the Hungarian Partridge which up to that time were very plentiful disappeared almost</div><div>completely. They used the salt for grit. You wouldn't find that from University</div><div>or government folks. Cann't bite the hand that feeds you!</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Also hens need a supply of calcium for the egg shells.</span></div><div>Not something a dove would need a lot of it.</div><div>In the old days, the hens would be supplied with ground</div><div>oyster shells. I don't know what is used today.</div><div>Have a nice day</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 1/31/13, Nancy Dowd <i><nancydowd318@yahoo.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Nancy Dowd <nancydowd318@yahoo.ca><br>Subject: [NatureNS] mourning doves eating wood ashes<br>To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br>Received: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 2:28 AM<br><br><div id="yiv803588546"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>Yesterday, before the showers began, several Mourning Doves landed on the <span id="yiv803588546misspell-0" class="yiv803588546">woodstove</span> ash dumped on the snow the day before and appeared to be pecking at it for about 5 minutes. I had not seen this before and thought they might have mistaken them for food. But then why remain so long in the ashes?</div><div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">A brief search suggested birds may eat ashes for minerals and some websites recommend allowing poultry access to wood ash. Has anyone else seen this?<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Nancy in <span id="yiv803588546misspell-1" class="yiv803588546">Bridgewater</span><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table> --980202461-257231110-1359640191=:55227--
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