Pigeons !

[Petertherabbit]

(22 February 2024, 11:01)bigpaul Wrote: this is exactly what we do know, we feed the birds including Pigeons and collared Doves so they will feed up post SHTF.
wood pigeons are everywhere in our area so taking a few wont affect the numbers.
do NOT put out Fat Balls, that is what attracts the Rats.

Thanx, a friend of mine on the night shift where I used to work was a shooter, he would bring game in every now n again cos he knew I liked that kind of thing. Pigeons, pheasants, even chickens culled from barns.
I remember one time my mother in law n me plucking n gutting these chickens he'd culled for a local farmer out of his barn.
We were in her kitchen drinking cider, with feathers everywhere, even in our cider lol ? my then 2 yr old daughter laughing hysterically.
I think the trick with feeding n encouraging them is to take one, now n again with a minimum of fuss, probably via a drop trap. Food on top, bird steps on, disappears through the trapdoor.
You don't want it flapping like a maniac scaring the crap out of the rest.
Maybe worth planting a few sunflowers in the garden, for the seed heads ?