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I use garlic & cider vinigar in a bottle use every day droppings spot on

Ditty which will be of of interest to veterans members:

Old John keeps an eye on our clubhouse; was having a laugh & joke with him few weeks ago on my way to chemist to renew me blood pressure & cholestorol level tabs; happened to tell him that I'd never needed a pill in me life until I visited doctors with hearing problem & came out with a handful of earwax, and heart pills for rest of my bloody life ... and didn't like it.

Old John out-of-the-blue said 'take garlic'; He went on tell of his time in the Guards as part of the Long Range Desert patrols with the Gurkhas. Reckoned Gurkhas ate nothing but 'rotten' meat & garlic, and never went down with anything.

On the human side, I know garlic is recommended for controlling blood pressure & cholestorol levels and intend to speak to doctor about possibility of getting off the pills on my next visit in April. Also Dr Phillip Lynch is one of the guest speakers at our Fed do on Friday, will ask him about garlic for pigeons and humans (also PL and neighbours).

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Just Bruise a clove of Garlic and drop it in the water. The clove will be okay for three days but replintish the water daily
Have been using Garlic and Our Carrot - Cabbage Juice now for Thirty years or so Keeps the Blood right and the pigeons will be spot on. Two other ingredients to reach excellentform all the race season and the rest of the year
Ex_ Pat

Well asked Dr Phil Lynch, (good SNFC results into central Scotland, Stenhousemuir, Falkirk) about garlic at a Fed Moot Friday night.

Dr Lynch believes garlic works as a preventative in that it works with the birds immune system, rather than doing the job that the immune system should be doing in keeping normal stuff like canker, cocci and worms at low levels. And he believes the immune system needs exposure to low levels to develop proper immunity, so his young birds aren't treated for anything.

At the same moot, John Duthie (good SNFC results into north Scotland, Dundee)described a visit to Armand Scheer's lofts, the Belgian vet / pigeon fancier and National winner.  It was Armand Scheer's remarks in his video 'Keep em Healthy' about garlic's effects on the cocci count that made me look into garlic, and articles I turned-up were posted earlier in this thread.

However, 'Credit to Fifer' because it was he who gave us the bit on how to use it in the loft as an insecticide - its insecticidal too - and since putting it in the birds bath I've  no worries on my birds' cleanliness (lice).

garlic is not a cure all,, but it has some great qualities for pigeons[preventative qualities]

Very good for our pigeons purifies their blood.brings them into condition.Also use cider vinegar

IVE A MATE A TOP NATIONAL WINNER, TOP ALL ROUNDER, CAN PUT A RAW COUPLE OF CLOVES OF GARLIC, AND CHEW IT LIKE A SWEET , SAME WITH AN ONION  YUK, AND THE STRANGEST THING IS, HE HAS 4 CHILDREN

JIMMY GARLIC OR NOT        LOL

                           EASY SEE BIG AL'S AT WORK LOL  

  cheers bruno, yes i find it in the bath water a must, a lot cheeper than bath salts, although i must admit i use them now and then, but not to keep my birds kleen as its so easy to do with garlic in the bath.

MIXED WITH WARM WATER IS OK , ITS WHEN YOU BOIL IT, YOU BOIL THE ALICIN AWAY.

READ ONCE JIMMY U SHOULD ALWAYS USE COLD WATER AS HEAT TAKES SOMETHING AWAY, CAN'T REMEMBER THE FULL STORY BUT THE HEAT TAKES ONE OF THE THINGS IT HAS OUIT OF IT,

Does anyone have an email address for Armand Scheer, the Belgian vet / pigeon fancier?

Decided to give Garlic a go as from this morning.  Chaps ever if your'e getting a bit of ear bashing from " er indoors " and fancy some peace and quiet, just peel your Garlic and put it in the egg slicer, you know, the one she uses for slicing boiled eggs, like I did this morning.  SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
Dee Dum, Dee Dum, Dee Dum.

hi i just started raising pigeons and was wondering is garlic safe and good to use in the drinking water i make fresh filtered water in 1 gallon jugs everyday and wanted to use apple cider vinegar one-day and garlic next day. today i used 1 teaspoon of apple cider to 1 gal of water. but how much garlic should i add to 1 gal of water.

is it safe to give them this everyday in this manner. one day garlic next day apple cider?

thanks
Jason

garlic will not halm your birds in anyway make mine have it most of the time personally they water with nothing in it atleeast twice a week but for certain garlic and cider viniger will not do the birds any harm frm my experiances and will help them if anything

I use either 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar to one gallon of water or one chopped up clove of garlic to one gallon. I give them plain water two days in between.  

garlic and cider vinegar,, both good ,,but on basketing day ,,allways give plain water ,, that way they will drink their fill,,,, but lots of posts on these things on the forum ifyou have a good look ,, youl find it very interesting  

anybody ever tried the concentrated garlic paste you get in a tube ? just a thought ...would it be as effective ?

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anybody ever tried the concentrated garlic paste you get in a tube ? just a thought ...would it be as effective ?

its works just as good but onced opened it has to be used within 6 days