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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE => Topic started by: Kathyp on May 24, 2009, 08:47:12 PM

Title: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: Kathyp on May 24, 2009, 08:47:12 PM
i plowed up a huge area and planted buckwheat.  i waited for it to come up.  i went out and checked.  no much happening.  today, i found the reason.  the pigeons are eating the seeds that are left and i suspect the plants as they come up.

perhaps i will post pictures of the post hunt.  nasty critters.
Title: Re: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: 1reb on May 24, 2009, 10:37:40 PM
A shotgun would fixed the problem

Johnny
Title: Re: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: Kathyp on May 25, 2009, 01:32:59 AM
already loaded and by the door.
Title: Re: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: Jerrymac on May 25, 2009, 09:16:11 AM
Don't they taste like chicken?
Title: Re: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: 1reb on May 25, 2009, 10:57:37 AM
I hope you have extra ammo

Johnny
Title: Re: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: Kathyp on May 25, 2009, 11:30:20 AM
i have not had a problem finding stuff for the shotguns.
Title: Re: buckwheat and pigeons
Post by: Brian D. Bray on May 26, 2009, 12:50:14 AM
Quote from: Jerrymac on May 25, 2009, 09:16:11 AM
Don't they taste like chicken?

No it's all dark meat and a nip of bitter to it, but it's still good eating.  When eating a pigeon you go for the heart (bigger than a chickens) and the breast and toss the rest, just like you would with a quail.