PVM Powder (pigeon vitamin/mineral powder) is a highly palatable Australian-made pink mineral powder packed with vitamins and minerals. This is an extremely popular product that is familiar to most Australian pigeon fanciers. To make it, it was essentially a matter of scanning the available veterinary texts to find out what were the optimal levels of the various vitamins and minerals for pigeons and then producing them in a balanced form that the pigeons would enjoy eating. PVM Powder contains all the minerals necessary for a balanced diet in pigeons, in particular calcium, iron and iodine, and also the vitamins that can be kept stable in this form, namely vitamins A, B, D, E and K. PVM Powder contains on average 20% higher levels of these vitamins than other similar brands of pink minerals and in addition also contains iodine. The pigeons seem to realize that it is good for them, with the birds eating it greedily, with some birds trying to snatch it from the air as it falls from the packet into the food tray. It is best supplied in a clean, dry bowl that cannot be tipped over or soiled by the birds, which is then placed on the loft floor in the same manner as a grit bowl. It can be made available to the birds at all times.