Plants/foods That Are Toxic/poison To Pigeons

[hychrigil]

Thanks for the suggestion, I wish it had worked.

[maryco]

Hello,

I read that black seed is a very good insect repellance.

I have the oil and the seed, both have a strange strong smell so I'm pretty confident that it will work in nests..etc.

I'm going to attach the original post below.
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Hello all,

I'd like to share something with you all that might be helpful to
yourselves, your pets and of course pigeons as well

I've been searching the net for quite awhile about a certain kind of
seed called "black seed" also called black cumin, Habbatul Baraka,
black caraway, fennel aower or charnuska (Many other names as well)
I believe it's scientific name is Nigella sativa.

It looks kind of like a little black seed (not shiny) used in many
countries for quite awhile, and we've had it around ever since I
could remember, We take it every morning either ground up or whole on
a spoon of honey. We believe strongly that this seed is very good for
everything and is a great way to boost the immune system to fight all
kinds of diseases.

I thought this herb must have some effect on animals as well and I
wanted to see if it was good for pigeons to take as it might be
helpful to fight against diseases or boost the immune system. I
could not find anything on the net though.

Yesterday I was at my grandma's house and my grandpa ordered a large
box from a website called http://www.amazingherbs.com
the box was full of differnt things that had to do with black seed, a
cream for myself(I have psoriasis) and my cousin who has eczema as
well as alot of boxes of tea, some capsuls that contained the black
seed oil and other honey/black seed mixes, they also sent a free book
about the black seed (It's on the website front page) and my grandpa
told my mom to take it home to read and so I just picked it up afew
minutes ago and was looking through it, I wanted to see if there was
a section about pets and as I turned a page it was right there, first
horses then when I turned the page again it said "Birds" I was so
happy so I read through and right at the top it listed Carrier
pigeons, this means that it must have some benefit.

I will type out the little paragraph and now that I know it's not
toxic I will try introducing it to my birds as it says in the book
and see what happens...


Birds
Smaller birds, such as pet birds or carrier pigeons, may benefit from
Black Seed mixed directly with their normal seed mixture. For
everyday health, start with a very small dose and slowly increase
Black Seed to about 5% of the complete mix.
Tp address the current ailment, Black Seed may comprise as much as
10% of the toral food intake. For larger birds, Such as chickens and
game fowl. Black Seed may be mixed with drinking water in proportions
as large as 5% to fight bronchitis and other respiratory problems,
Interestingly, a recent German study revealed that a daily intake of
Black Seed in healthy chickens showed not only a 7% increase in body
weight, but increased fertility and higher percentage of usable eggs
as well.

It goes on to talk about dogs and cats and before this horses.

This seed is really great for both humans and animals, the book goes
through so many diseases and problems and shows how black seed could
benefit, if you suffer from anything it might be a good idea to try
it, you have nothing to lose and you never know

[Pawbla]

How comes pidgeons survive in the wild?! There is at least one of these in each garden!