Using Garlic

[piggy]

hi another question, ive raed and heard about garlic oil onthe food,

 

again why use this and what does it do?

 

stu

[Guest shadow]

I have never used galic oil on the food ,but put a clove of garlic in the drinkers once a week Keeps the blood right and helps the down feathers to drop and makes the breast look pink and healthy not blue and scaley when a pigeon is out of condition

fly hard fly fair

[Guest]

hello

 

i do exactly what shadow does (put a clove of garlic once a week in the drinkers) however i put the clove of garlic in a 2 litre drinks bottle and leave it in over night and then put it in the drinker the next day.

 

yours in sport

paul carter

[Guest]

If you refer to HEALTH>Please Help> Page1, you will find a comprehensive article on Garlic posted there on Wedy August 17th. Pretty longish article. You could copy and paste it to a word document on your own computer and save it for future reference.

[carl]

I have tryed the clove in the water and the oil on the corn and find the oil on the corn more effective as the birds eat it all.When using a clove in the water i found it leaves slime around the drinker after a short time.

[jimmy white]

i think we have to watch what we give the birds    i.e/  jiff lemon juice   garlic oil.   some of these products contain preservatives and other additives,   for me nothing beats a 20p garlic which will last for long enough  and a ordinary lemon is very cheap

[Guest speckled]

Totaly agree with ya jimmy,i use whole garlic cloves in the water 352 day a year,yes i do change it when it starts to sprout though, :)I also use freash lemons from the shop which  i mix with Brewers Yeast.on the corn.& thats what my birds have on reurn from a race every week,all the bird get ot on a weekend aswell.The Brewers Yeast comes from the health shop.Cheeper then pigeon products.Speckled

[THE FIFER]

WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT IN UR BOTTLE OF WATER AND GARLIC BULBS

[jimmy white]

garlic is one of the best things for health, many, many great qualities and its natural in fact so old a remedy, that the EGYPTIANS used it,,my MUMMY told me that ;D ;D ;D

no speckled is spot on with her post above, these things are very cheap but very effective,   and fifer  i hope you meant the pigeons bath  and not mine  ,ive little friends the way i am, only kidding fifer , iknow what you mean and your quite right,

p.s. enjoyed your jokes, keep em comming  ;D ;D ;D   jimmy

[speedbird]

yeah i chop garlic  bulbs & soak it over night in hot water then dilute it on sunday for 24hrs

[Guest shadow]

Do not put the garlic in hot or warm water as you take out the alicin outb of the garlic and reduce its goodness

[speedbird]

oh right i thought it would do the opoisite

[jimmy white]

brilliant for the birds, in all sorts of ways, but remember and dont use that bottle for after shave lotion ;D ;D ;D

[symbro]

garlic in a healthy loft? or only in sick? add it to a gallon of water?  

 

 

i have been toying with planting garlic in the land behind my loft.  i have alot of weeds that grow back there and either need to mow it or plant it with a low growing fast spreading plant.  anyhow if i plant garlic out there can i pull up a clove in any part of it's growing cycle and use it for pigeon water?  or only in its dorment state?

 

Symbro

[westy]

when i used garlic in my water i threw the old colves up my garden than i looked one day and i had garlics growing mabey it would be a good idea to plant them and use them for the water.

all the best

martin

[mealybar]

Not sure if you could pull it up and use it at any time in its lifecycle; but it has a good flower, garlic is part of the lilly family You could always plant it, harvest at the right time and store it for use in the loft all year round from there.

[Guest shadow]

The best plan would be to harvest it then dry them like onions. then you would have a good supply for the year. If you try breaking a clove at a time off the rest would die and rot

 

Quality not Quantity

[Guest]

If you look in the freezer section at morrisons you can get chopped garlic in a resealable bag for 50p. It lasts for ages and is just 100% garlic.

[Guest]

Must admit, have never considered growing garlic as I believed our climate wasn't suitable...can't think why!  

 

Uses (1) Basically a herb, part of the normal 'healthy' loft routine perhaps twice a week? (2) During sickness or injury, stronger 'medicinal' solution, daily for up to 7 consecutive days. (3) Insecticide..as required.

 

Seems to be endless ways it can be given to the birds, only 'rule' is that garlic or garlic water shouldn't be heated. Personally, I prefer 'fresh'. I chop up a few cloves from a garlic bulb and pop them into the drinkers....water is clear and fresh.

 

I also chop up an extra clove and leave in a litre of water for two days, water turns cloudy and I add this to 5 litres of cold water for the birds twice-a-week bath.

[jimmy white]

agree with shadow ,you can grow garlic ,no bother dry them and store them , but at the price they are ,their very cheap, and last a while, but whatever way you decide, garlic is the best thing since sliced bread, it just has so many qualities, and at that price you cant go wrong

[Guest shadow]

Yes Jimmy I agree they are cheap that is why I don't bother growing them any more

 

quality not quantity

[Guest]

I was told recently that if you leave garlic in a plastic drinker too long the residue that it leaves is actually harmfull to the birds. I keep mine as clean as possible so there is never any residue i.e. have a spare drinker that I leave in milton that I swap over daily. Has anyone heard of this, just something to bare in mind.

[MsPigeon]

I agree with others that garlic is cheap and they probably do a better job at picking, and drying at the proper time for those nice ,easy to peel, pretty white cloves. I especially like the garlic braids. But it is easy to grow too, I just planted some for next year. It does better if it feels the seasons, has a cold spell, but don't let it freeze. It likes well drained fertile soil. This is just a guess symbro, but I think it is similar to daffidals. I think you could plant it and if left to go it would spread, especially with cultivation to break up and spread the cloves, like naturalizing flower bulbs. If they were deep enough that it did not freeze you could probably dig some up year around to use fresh (not dryed). But if you have a plot of weeds, you will still have a plot of weeds all around the garlics, and it will probably be more work than mowing.

Carol

[jimmy white]

looking back at spelbins post, even if ordinary water is left too long it produces that residue, worse after giving them vitamins, i think hes doing the right thing as as this residue is [to my mind] bacteria, the main source of infection in pigeons is through the water, so it does pay to keep it clean

[snowy]

does garlic oil do the same job as fresh,? i heard it doesnt, so i always use fresh