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What is the effect of feeding rice to pigeons?

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There is a very popular theory that feeding rice to birds (think throwing rice at weddings) will cause the unsuspecting eaters to die when the rice expands in their little bellies and makes them explode! read more

The lead researcher fed 60 of his own doves and pigeons nothing but instant rice and water for a full day and monitored the effects. None of the birds showed signs of pain or distress, and none of them exploded (or died). read more

RICE: Some people believe that you can use rice to kill pigeons. But it has to be DRY rice. The idea here is that dried rice expands considerably once it's exposed to liquid. So if a pigeon eats a lot of dried rice, there's not enough room in the stomach, or gizzard, and the pigeon could literally burst! But this is a MYTH. C'mon now. read more

Well rice is not bad for pigeons.I have fed my birds rice for years and there are no ill effects. However I never feed white rice as all the nutrients are removed and that is left are carbohydrates. read more

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