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A friend of mine told me that rice is poisonous for birds, mainly for pigeons.Is that true?

I feed my birds cooked rice almost every day. They mainly eat pelleted food but they each get a small cup of a mixture of veggies, cooked brown rice, cooked pasta, and cooked 15 bean soup mix.

I used to hear stories that if birds ate uncooked rice that it would absorb moisture in their body and expand and kill them. I have no idea if anybody ever tested that as being true or not.

So anyway, you can feed your pet birds cooked rice with no problems.

Chris

is true or not!I ve heard that too!