Milton

[Guest TAMMY_1]

was reading the thread on canker and came acros this post, and was wanting to know if anybody else uses milton as stated in this quote, is it safe to give milton to birds at  all never mind every other day.

 

peterpau Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 7:16pm  Quote  Report to Webmaster

 

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Location: warwickshire uk All pigeons carry canker and need some resistance to it. I would treat the whole flock, Sparticks will do. I would use a tablespoon of cider vinegar and half a teaspoon of milton on alternate days. One of my best stock hens has a susceptabilty to canker but the first nest are always good. Every loft is likely to have its own variant of canker, abit like the common cold. IT ISN'T  

 

 

 

pigeons are meant to race not just sit in the pen and look at

 

 

[DOVEScot]

 

 

pigeons are meant to race not just sit in the pen and look at

 

 

I don't thing pigeons are meant to race but agree they are not meant to be penned in just to look at

One of the origonal reasons for keeping pigeons was to supply meat through the winter

no doubt people started competing between each other, some started racing and some started showing off their stock to bring us to where we are today

Horses for coarses, at the end of the day they are just all genetically modified rock doves

 

On the milton front, babies bottles are steralised in it and this being its main use for years, but I don't think a spoonful in their bottle would be good for them, by all means use it to clean your dishes but sure good clean fresh water is the best, unless you come from a region that recycles it like london, recycled up to three times I think

What do you put in your own drinking water, nothing like todays pigeons get I bet, all these additives I think are wrong, if they are bleach based then it does not kill just the bad bacteria but the good. Then you have to adminnester probiotics to balance the gut

 

[Guest]

I disinfect the drinkers with milton but the only time I put it in the water is in their baths as it helps whiten the wattles,I do know people though who use it in the drinking water,perhaps you need to if you have a large number of birds as would I imagine stop infection through the drinkers.

[mark]

if you mix 5ml to a 4 pint drinker it keeps the slim off the bottom of the drinker have used it for a good while now. birds look fine on it,

[jimmy white]

milton will purify water in 20 mins [at the proper dose],..................,sounds a bit drastic , but pigeons with crop ailments ,can be helped by dowsing their crops with milton [again at the proper dose ] washed out with milton then emtied ,,will kill any bacteria in crop

[DOVEScot]

milton will purify water in 20 mins [at the proper dose],..................,sounds a bit drastic , but pigeons with crop ailments ,can be helped by dowsing their crops with milton [again at the proper dose ] washed out with milton then emtied ,,will kill any bacteria in crop

 

What are the proper doses for the above please

[timbarra]

milton is ok in drinking water . follow instrustions on bottle der !!!

fanciers were using it in th 80s . its old method time again i see.

[Back garden fancier]

Hi, I use Milton at the stated dose with no ill effects. I use it for crop diseases such as canker and it seems to work. Cost to treat is pence, which is a bonus!

[Guest TAMMY_1]

milton is ok in drinking water . follow instrustions on bottle der !!!

fanciers were using it in th 80s . its old method time again i see.

 

i have a bottle but i cant see anything on it about how much to use for pigeons

[peterpau]

Milton 98% rehydrating fluid 2% chlorine. Soak babbies bottle in solution do not rinse. Good eneough for babbies.

[shotgun tim]

if a bird has a dirty wattle i put a few drops in drinking water clears it up a treat, good enough for my kids good enough for my birds!!!!!!!!!(not that my kids have dirty wattles)

[jimmy white]

 

i have a bottle but i cant see anything on it about how much to use for pigeons

 

the instructions on the bottle tell you exactly how to sterilize  water,for drinking ,  ,,,read it ;D

[DOVEScot]

 

the instructions on the bottle tell you exactly how to sterilize  water,for drinking ,  ,,,read it ;D

 

Very informative as usual  :-/

[korhil]

you can use milton for one eyed cold! put 2 drops in a saucer of warm water an d bathe the affected eye.

[DOVEScot]

Milton 98% rehydrating fluid 2% chlorine. Soak babbies bottle in solution do not rinse. Good eneough for babbies.

 

So does this mean you have to let it stand to let the chlorine evaporate :-/

[Guest challengerlofts]

Hi guys, how often do you use this Milton

thanks

[wilkins]

i have used in twice a week and have had no problems but i put a probitic on the grub on the days i use it

[JB STAINFORTH]

years ago the label on a milton bottle used to say if you are going on holiday a broad you can drink the water if you put milton in first and leave for half an hour these may not be the exact words but but what it was trying to say was it steralized the water

[WELSH WIZARD]

i use milton everyday 10ml to 4pints and it does the birds no harm at all.

[Guest phillip]

Hi all . Like to share tips on disinfectants .

Every now an then we seem to have an outburst of Cholera somewhere in South Africa .

The Goverment state on TV , in the event of an outbreak in an area , people should sterilise their water with bleach . 1 Teaspoon to 5litres of water .

 

I also grew up in the Rural on a smallholding and in times gone by before everybody had refrigerators , Formaline was also used to sterilise milk and preventing it from going sour too soon while it was kept in a cooler .

 

Formaline is also used in the prevention of foot& mouth infections for livestock especially via rail . The rail trucks are all sprayed with it .

Some of our members in our club also use formaline to sterilise our lofts including me .

These liquids are cheap and affordable to most people compared to registered products like Virokill etc .

 

There are pro,s & cons for and against the using of any bleaches .

I personnally use JIK bleach in the drinkers and when I do not have formaline available , I also turn to JIK as a short term solution in spraying my loft .

 

Greetings

Phillip

[oscar_]

i use milton everyday 10ml to 4pints and it does the birds no harm at all.

 

you mean in the drinking water ? :-/

[Guest phillip]

Hi all . The directions I have on a Disinfectant "Virokill" is to use with drinking water or when birds are bathing , 1ml to 10litres of water . The birds show no discomfort nor suffering any side effects from it .

[WELSH WIZARD]

 

you mean in the drinking water ? :-/

 

yes everyday in the drinkers also know a guy who does the same not done his birds any harm either.

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

i use the tablets every now and then 1 tab per 7 litre drinker