LSA

[jusdeb]

So as Im spooning on some LSA (Linseed , Sunflower and Almond meal ) onto my cereal this morning I wonder to myself >>> Wonder if this is any good for the birds as its only crushed Linseed Almond ans Sunflower ???? Any ideas ??? Read the packet and there's nothing else in it just the 3 ingredients.
Thought it might jazz up the egg / biscuit mix and get the birds eating it as it does have a nutty rather pleasant taste.

[Buzzard-1]

Real good but beware of fat birds Use it sparingly!!! I give that and pine nuts to my siskins.

[jusdeb]

Oh OK thats good to know . Yeah egg / biscuit and LSA every couple of days except when they are feeding a clutch , then they have it every day ...sounds OK doesnt it?
My parrots love pine nuts too.

[Redwing]

Almonds ring a vague warning bell for toxicity? Anyone else read anything?

[jusdeb]

I know cashews are toxic if not cooked , will have to google Almond ...Hasnt ever hurt my Quarrions when they thieve them off the coffee table.

[Buzzard-1]

Prussic acid is found in wild almonds. What they call domestic almonds which are the ones used for human consumption are OK the volume needed to be consumed is large I would not feed straight almond meal to be safe,

[jusdeb]

There are two forms of the plant, one (often with white flowers) producing sweet almonds, and the other (often with pink flowers) producing bitter almonds. The kernel of the former contains a fixed oil and emulsion. As late as the early 20th century, the oil was used internally in medicine, with the stipulation that it must not be adulterated with that of the bitter almond; it remains fairly popular in alternative medicine, particularly as a carrier oil in aromatherapy, but has fallen out of prescription among doctors.

The bitter almond is rather broader and shorter than the sweet almond, and contains about 50% of the fixed oil which also occurs in sweet almonds. It also contains the enzyme emulsin which, in the presence of water, acts on a soluble glucoside, amygdalin, yielding glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which is nearly pure benzaldehyde. Bitter almonds may yield from 4–9 mg of hydrogen cyanide per almond.[13][14] Extract of bitter almond was once used medicinally, but even in small doses, effects are severe, and in larger doses can be deadly; the cyanide must be removed before consumption.[15]

Thanks again wikipaedia

[Buzzard-1]

Cheat

[Redwing]

How did we manage before the internet? But that also explains why my neighbour's tree (white flowers) has never had a ripe almond since the Carnabys discovered it some years ago and made it one of their favourite snack trees.

[jusdeb]

I have to cheat I wagged school a lot