live yogurt

[mac1]

hi just a quick question about greek yogurt, in my local tesco they have this but it does not say live is this not the same i have not came across greek live yogurt thanks

[REDCHEQHEN]

Tescos sell Yeo valley organic live yoghurt

[mac1]

is that the one thanks

[peterpau]

Always give live yoghurt and cider vinegar after first young bird race.

[markbrown]

Live yoghurt is a good product to use once/twice a week when breeding.

 

We have never come to any harm with itl

[Roland]

My understanding is that probiotics (like Yoghurt, Yakult) prepared for humans or other mammals don't colonise the intestines of pigeons very well.  On that basis it seems best to buy a probiotic prepared from birds for use on birds.  In the UK, Gem, Vydex and others seem to have avian-source products, but I can't say more than that about them.  Also, Flight Path is another one that could be considered. Also how long is a Live alive!

[Guest]

been using natural youghart for the past ten or more years at a cost of 1 quid it last me for about a month maybe more in all the time i have been using it when breeding reraring and young birds never seen any ybs in ma lofts only healthy yb so why pay more for some of the garbage cause thats all some of it is, that is in the magazine and else where when you get keep them healthy for an extra quid wont make me change.

[mac1]

well said sammy

[Guest]

Look upon it as live bacteria cultured in yoghurt.

 

 

[sapper756]

How exactly do you use the yoghurt? :-/

[Guest]

the reason i feed youghart to my birds is number one it replenishes the good bacteria in the birds intestines especially young birds who get it every day as an added exttra ,whenever the birds get attacked by bad bacteria then the good bacteria attacks the bad and eats it but there must be sufficient good bacteria in the intestines for this to happen hence my pigeons get it every day ,this is my own beleif and has worked for me for a number of years and as i stated earlier only costs about a quid the best prevention there is .

[Guest WINGS 04]

SAMMY WHAT IS IT CALLED AND WHERE DO YOU GET IT??

[mac1]

any super market

[dandydoo]

I know that some people put it in the corn ..let it dry in and then crumble it ...some ppl put it in the water reduced ....what a mess!!!!

[mac1]

i put in on my corn over night

[Wiley]

overnight on the corn would make the  good bacteria slowly die of, i always thought if its on the corn it should only be feed 15 mins after mixing it in with the corn so its slightly tacky this is what i do??

[Guest]

c when u put it onto the feeding dont you not think that ,1 you are feeding damp feeding which is no good to pigeons ,2 when the feeding is damp it is collecting all kinds of bacteria from the loft surroundings ,3 in this way if any pigeon in the loft has got something wrong with it then it wont be cured as the way you feed is damp and it just goes round in a circle ,youghart should not be pit onto feeding infact nothing should be put onto feeding to make it damp and anyway you loose all its vital contents by exposing it to the light .making it useless.

[Guest]

I have always used live yoghurt on the feed, fresh, fed to the birds within 15 minutes of being mixed up, and what they leave is binned and the hopper cleaned and disinfected. All dun-and-dusted within half an hour.

 

Agree about bacteria dying on the dried-out yoghurt and if left overnight, the 'milk' is also an ideal medium for any microbe to colonise..

 

The yogurt isn't on the feed long enough to start any swelling, Sammy, so couldn't really call it damp, and remember that there's millions of bacteria in the culture producing amongst other things toxins that are poisonous to other bacteria .. anything that 'lands' on it before its eaten by the bird is basically a gonner.

 

But as soon as the birds have eaten their fill, clean and disinfect the hopper because it will become a perfect breeding ground for opportunistic microbes.

 

 

[Guest]

well said lad although i beg to differ a wee bity but as long as ya happy wiff it and u dont get any adverse effects then it must be wurkin fur ye lad ,cheers