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Thistles come from

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James Jacksson

05-24-2007 18:03:23




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IaGary Gooday y'all . MikeM is 1/2 right - Plant a Walmart on top of them - cause that's where they are comming from . Mark-MD is 1/2 right - the Parrot seed no-doubt containing thistle seeds may be sterile BUT That's not what I observe . I have 180 pr of breeding Parrots . I have a strict " MAKE-TIME ' regimen of containment ( for all my neighbours sakes ) . I only grow them in a shed covered with both 100 % shade-cloth plus a layer of very fine wire fly-screen and harvest them & feed them back to my Parrots.That's where the $'s are !! I'm not saying the following you will like or want to hear however it is " the way it is " Parrots thrive on thistles = Healthy parrots are happy Parrots and breed lots of healthy/happy baby Parrots = Very happy owners who spend Millions of $'s/yr in the US , Canuck-land , Europe & down here buy Thistles . That is where the money is & lots of it . There are 10's of 1000's of Parrot owners in the US . They spend ( foolishly or not ) millions of $'s/yr on their very spoilt pets . On my old(er) age pension I couldn't afford this small rural property & couldn't think of having this MF 165 & slasher ( my new love-affair ) let alone buy the diesel & oil to run it , if it weren't for the non-taxable profit I make from my Parrots . Not trying to start an arguement here just trying to think out-side-the-square ( some say outside this planet ) Was only trying to help - Highland-cowman says his cattle can't get enough of them - so sell all the thistles to him & make some $'s ( 1/2 tongue in cheek - 1/2 the truth ) Do remember - Many a truth said in jest & 'der's money in dem-dere hills . Gary , you would be suprised I'm sure that a lot of Parrots ( some as pets & some as breeders ) sell for $ 7 1/2 to $20 thou dollars US for a 4 month old baby . I know all this must sound " out-there " with the tooth-fairies " but there is a fortune in that lousy Thistle weed of yours . Ciao from down-under , james ( oh & I'll stay here -you'll say - for sure , for-sure )

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Led

05-24-2007 19:40:30




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to James Jacksson, 05-24-2007 18:03:23  
Correct me if am wrong, chickens & most birds have a gissard that grinds seeds and don't spread viable seed thru droppings. Horses on the other hand passes almost everthing, thats why horses eat manure.
Led



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dan hill

05-27-2007 02:59:58




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to Led, 05-24-2007 19:40:30  
Weed seeds will make it thru poultry.



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nballen

05-25-2007 06:45:09




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to Led, 05-24-2007 19:40:30  
You're right, chickens (and all birds that I know of ) have a gizzard. Not much makes it through whole, but the smaller the seed, the better the chance it could make it through.

The weeds would most likely be spread through what the birds scatter around the feeder, not by what passes through.

Horses are easily bored (like 8-yr old kids), and will nibble & munch simply for something to do.

Nathaniel

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IA Roy

05-24-2007 19:32:51




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to James Jacksson, 05-24-2007 18:03:23  
I hear that goats love them also. I was also told that on rough pasture, you could add as many goats as you usually would have cows and neither would suffer as the goats would eat what the cows wouldn't and vice versa.



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Randy as in Randy-IA

05-24-2007 18:47:53




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to James Jacksson, 05-24-2007 18:03:23  
Don't know about what a parrot likes but I know the wifes horses love thistle blossums . Naturally I don't like em because I make small squares and dry thistle leaves HURT ! ...Randy



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Mike (WA)

05-25-2007 08:26:55




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 05-24-2007 18:47:53  
Horses will nibble off the thistle heads when they're in bloom, but don't kill the plant, and there seem to be as many next year as there were this year. Goats will kill the thistle plant- we had a rough pasture on a place we bought, that had loads of Canadian thistle- took the 2 goats (and their kids) a couple of years to completely wipe out the thistles on the 2 acre field.



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Davis In SC

05-24-2007 19:13:46




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to Randy as in Randy-IA, 05-24-2007 18:47:53  
Some wild-bird feed used to also have pot seeds, but they were said to be heated, so they would not come up..



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KRUSS1

05-25-2007 11:05:06




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 Re: Thistles come from in reply to Davis In SC, 05-24-2007 19:13:46  
Especially not after they burned and they dug and they dug and they burned...



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