Linseed

[Dexon]

Will pigeons eat the seed from linseed? Just my fields have been cut and there is lots lying around, but no sign of the pigeons

[mossy835]

i have not had good days on linseed

[arjimlad]

I was on a shoot where the keeper and his wife had a very bad day on linseed. They drove the land rover over the field (the crop had been taken off) and some caught on the exhaust or something and caught fire. The landy was burnt out.

[Will Beasley]

Linseed is funny stuff. I have found that they will either hit it and hit it hard or they wont bother with it what so ever. I have found that they will go mad on it at some stages when its just a couple of inches high, then again shortly once it has come into seed before harvest but never ever have I found birds feeding on it after harvesting, but that doesnt mean that they won't. They used to grow plenty of it here but I never see any these days. More and more Lupins now, and they're goooooood for de pigwigs!

[invector]

Will, I agree about the lupins. I`ve shot them during the Spring sowing, and again after harvest. Problem is how quick pigeons seem to fill up with the large seeds and how soon my lupins are drilled for Winter wheat!!