THE FIFER

TIP: Do not put too much lemon juice or apple cider vinegar into drinking water. If you are uncertain whether the water is too sour , taste it

its not giving any mixes just the two times per week, Mondays and Tuesdays during racing, its just giving how many times,

I will quote from the Vets Tips For Fanciers Quote Can garlic and probiotics be used together? I thought garlic was a natural antibiotic and would kill the probiotic bacteria. The main alkaloid of garlic is allicin. Allicin has a strong antibacterial effect against e.g. streptococci, staphyococci, pseudomonas and coli. it has an antiparasitic and antifungal effect, as well.These bacterial and parasites have certain enzymes that contain sulphur - the allicin, destroying these enzymes, can kill bacteria and parasites. Allicin destroys the enzymes of beneficial enterococci, too, depopulating bowel bacteria. In addition, active ingredients of garlic help digestion, thus preventing the development of illnesses caused by undigested foods. They boost the immine system and neutralize the free radical scavengers so that they strengthen the whole body. It is not accidental that the methodical use of garlic extract increases the yield of chickens and other poultries by about 10%. It is very important, as garlic is a natural substance, and so in many cases we can avoid the use of antibiotics. But like anything else, garlic can be overdosed. In too great quantities garlic destroys the majority of beneficial bowel flora and can cause a sterile inflammation in the intestinal canal. So overdose of it should be avoided. Keeping all these considerations in mind, in my opinion it is beneficial to give probiotics after using garlic. I conducted a simple laboratory experiment for this topic. I took a culture medium used to make bacteria grow, a slice of garlic, one drop of pure water and a very little amount of a certain probiotic containing several strains of beneficial intestinal bacteria.

This is a great book for any fancier,I got mine from the pigeonbasics stand at Blackpool a couple of years ago, and still read it many times, and have permission to post some of the many useful tips from it, for the benefit of site members and any interested fancier can go to the editors website http://www.pigeonbooks.com Tip: Do not give garlic just before races. Use garlic on Monday or Tuesday and afterwords give a probiotic -or,even better,a mix of probiotics.

just a note to let members know, that on portal this is set to last 24hrs, if you want to look for something outwith this, you can go to the bottom of the page and you will see on the right: Active in the last 24hrs ^ click on this and you have a choice to bring it up to as much as a year, very helpful if you are looking for something

sapper me wee fifer got our photo taken with the one in his right hand disco going greay well done m :emoticon-0137-clapping:

hoo aboot that then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JdEZoffm-Q

yes joined 09, hes off,who ever they were

I have flagged him as spam ,

been hard frost all day and cold, but sunshine, in Leven on the Forth

welcome m8 hope you enjoy the many topics and good members, plenty to do and read, look forward to you taking part

is it not further up alongside the first message in your conversation

yes they get a good report on deliveries, thanks for the info m8, and they are always very helpful, I met them at Blackpool

yes agree m8 very informative, well done Wiley

I have tried that with the young birds but they just laugh at me,

R.I.P

hard frost but sunshine -2 just now in Leven on the Forth

many happy returns of the day,hope you both have a good one :emoticon-0123-party:

a very good morning all, hope you are all having g a nice day and all going well,

what if any,potions do you use for racing, moulting and breeding,

How do you Motivate your birds for Different flying methods and distances, young and old birds,

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nice m8 and inside loft looks good