Drinking Water

[Guest G.Drysdale + son]

Do any of you guy's add anything to the drinking water if so what and do you see any benefits in what you use ?

[Tony C]

I use Impact, I believe it helps against canker also I squeeze a lemon in their drinking water during spells of damp weather.

Its rare I use multivits and don’t give them electrolytes. I aim to give them at least five days a week plain drinking water.

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

Do any of you guy's add anything to the drinking water if so what and do you see any benefits in what you use ?

 

Have been using gem products for years now STRIKE 2 sundays only and gem multi vits after any treatment

for breeding i use GEMTHEPAX wouldnt be without it gem products best on the market today   ;) ;)

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

just cider vinegar for me and aloe vera juice in the water try and maintain a natural level in there bodys

[Guest Owen]

I use a single cap full of cider vinegar to 6 litres of water every day. I will not put anything in the drinking water normally because it can reduce the amount that they will drink. And I feel that it is vital that pigeons drink all they need.

During the times when I have to treat for Paratyphoid, I obviously have to. But never during racing and training.

I Guy I know was bragging about the beautiful droppings his pigeons were producing. No wonder, they had not been drinking much due to the sh-- that he was always putting in their water.

[greenlands]

Hi Owen,how much /litre would you say that was .ml/ltr.

Lindsay

[cemetary]

Hi Owen,how much /litre would you say that was .ml/ltr.

Lindsay

 

5ML to a litre mate,  

[pigeons widow]

Fresh water and nothing else here  

[cemetary]

Fresh water and nothing else here  

 

You dont multivits in the water,  :-/

[Guest IB]

The only time I normally put anything in the birds drinking water is on race day. They come home to cider vinegar & honey in it; I usually change this on race night & the following day for crushed fresh garlic.

[Guest youngboy]

i use cider vinager once a week

garlic once a week

and pigeon tonic for to days every second/third week

[fletch]

orego stem every other day, all year round  for stock pigeons and in racers when not in racing season

[pigeonforce]

Cider vinegar every Sunday, all year round, it's the only day they mostly drain the drinker

[peterpau]

cider vinegar or milton for me

[gingell]

cider vinegar and garlic for me without fail

[Guest bristolkev]

cider vineger and orego-stim in the water for me and all vits go on the corn.

[clyde]

when ybs in the nest i use oxo cubes sun and wed only

[greenlands]

I read somewhere that cider vinegar should be given regular for it to be of any advantage to our pigeons,something like 3 to 5 times a week,mine get it about four depending on whether I can remember I also give them garlic as and when,more than likely with the vinegar,again raeding that garlic should be crushed under water because as soon as air come into contact with it it looses the allicin which does the trick.

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)

Energy 623 kJ (149 kcal)

Carbohydrates 33.06 g

Sugars 1.00g

Dietary fiber 2.1 g

Fat 0.5 g

Protein 6.39 g

- beta-carotene 5 μg (0%)

Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.2 mg (15%)

Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.11 mg (7%)

Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.7 mg (5%)

Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.596 mg (12%)

Vitamin B6 1.235 mg (95%)

Folate (Vit. B9) 3 μg (1%)

Vitamin C 31.2 mg (52%)

Calcium 181 mg (18%)

Iron 1.7 mg (14%)

Magnesium 25 mg (7%)

Phosphorus 153 mg (22%)

Potassium 401 mg (9%)

Sodium 17 mg (1%)

Zinc 1.16 mg (12%)

Manganese 1.672 mg  

Selenium 14.2 μg

aged garlic is more benificial.

Lindsay.

http://www.garlic-central.com/garlic-health.html

 

[dal2]

Do any of you guy's add anything to the drinking water if so what and do you see any benefits in what you use ?

 

Like to use glucose on their return from a race

 

[s.smith]

i use garlic evey other day and multivits evry wednesday  

[Guest Owen]

My one cap of cider vinegar is about 20 litres to 6 litres. This works out at about 3 ml to 1 lt. (I believe in a little and very often). I forgot to say, that after I use the antibiotics for Paratyphoid in October, I follow this up with multi Vits for a couple of days and them Lugols Iodine (Aquesious in the Chemists), for a couple of days. My birds have loads of fresh air and sunshine and they get a mixture of fresh minerals every day. The youngsters get fresh mineral mix twice every day. The Apple Cider Vinegar contains lots of natural vitamins and minerals that are a product of the deep rooted tree drawing them up from the soil. And as the cider is not treated with heat the water soluble vitamins remain in tact.

The birds, both young and old, treat the mineral mix almost like food and will eat loads of it every time it is put down fresh. It must be working because I have only recently had the Cocks out for exercise and already they are flying like Tipplers. Very high and with lots of energy.  

[Peckedhen]

One clove fresh garlic per gallon once a week, 1 tablespoon cider vinegar to 1 gallon water once a week and multi vits once a week. Plain water the other four days.

[shaun h]

pro-vits three days before race and day they return clean water other days unless treating.

[THE FIFER]

use cider vinager in drinkers and garlic in the birds bath water

[sapper756]

Cider vinager, fresh garlic, johnsons tonichttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif