CHEAP NATURAL REMEDIES

[jimmy white]

maybe another for new starters,,, is if you get a bent flight , you can hold it over the steam from a kettle,, and ittl straighten  

[Diamond dave]

Yes, I started to use it, but then realised that the birds sometimes drink the bathwater and I didnt know what it would do to their insides? I thought it might kill off any healthy gut bacteria - does anyone know?

D.D.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

ITS BEEN USED FOR AS LONG AS I KNOW AND I HAVE USED IT FOR YEARS AND NEVER DONE ANY HARM

[Guest TAMMY_1]

   ;D ;D  SEE I KNEW SOMEBODY OLDER AND WISER WOULD BACK ME ON THAT  ;D ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Older  :-/ Thank you very much Tammy  ;D

 

I SAID WISER THAT MUST MAKE UP FOR IT DOES IT NOT

[Guest TAMMY_1]

I let you off Tammy

 

THANK YOU, TIGER IN THE POST

[Guest]

This thread reminds me that I used to use a herb tea for the birds. I liked this one for two reasons (1) The label actually told you what was in it (2) There were three natural wormers ( a vermifuge ) in it. :-

 

 

Wormwood: helps fortify, inhibit infection, stimulant, improves digestion, vermifuge-expels intestinal worms.

Tansy (Tanacetum): helps improve digestion, vermifuge-expels intestinal worms.

Bramble: helps fortify and purify the blood

Nettle: said to be an anti-anaemic and blood purifier

White Dead Nettle: reputed to inhibit inflammation

Yarrow: eases cramp and fortifies

Marigold Petals: a laxative and eases cramp

Hazelnut: purifies the blood

Caraway Seed: improves digestion

Garden Sage: inhibits inflammation

Sarsaparilla: slight laxative with general purificative action

St. John's Wort: inhibits infection, calmant action, vermifuge-expels intestinal worms

Thyme: fortifier, inhibits infection, stimulates appetite, vermifuge-expels intestinal worms, eases cramp

Plantain: purifies the blood, emollient

 

 

Some also said to be laxatives, but didn't notice any effect on droppings.

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

BACK TO CHEAP REMEDIES, ASPRIN FOR A SORE HEAD

[jimmy white]

b4 pairing i used to use wheatgerm oil,,,,,a wee bottle from pet city , cost a fortune , go to the agricultural store youll get a half gallon for that price

[jimmy white]

WORM CAKE.

 

1lb Plain Flour

1/2lb margirine

1/4lb sugar

2 eggs

1box Isogel

 

mix all together and place in a cake tin cook for 40-45 min in a moderate oven let cool down and crumble up and feed to the birds.

100% cure for worms. Cost £5.00 approx. treats about 40-50 birds

 

this has worked for me perfectly , someone asked where you get isogel  youll get that out the chemist no probs

[Tony C]

I was told their droppings go like string Jimmy, is that right?

[jimmy white]

tried it many times years ago , but dont know if its a bit strong but really theres newer remedies that work with the proper dosage , just trying to get back on to ,,,pigeons ;D ;D

[Tony C]

Friend of mine still uses it but said not to worry if droppings are loose and stringy. He buys a sponge mix and adds half a box of Icegel to that.

[Tony C]

Another old boy I know who rolls his own fags keeps the dogends, he soaks them in a bucket of water and sprays his sheds out with it, says it keeps the bugs out. Says hes been doing it for donkeys years, must be something in it as we now use tobacco stalks as bugs don't like them. He also sprays his roses with it.

[THE FIFER]

got from a gardening book to use garlic water to spray ur roses with i now and have for a long time used it in the birds bath, keeps them kleen.

[Tony C]

got from a gardening book to use garlic water to spray ur roses with i now and have for a long time used it in the birds bath, keeps them kleen.

 

1 crushed up clove to a bucket be ok?

[jimmy white]

i think that would probably work tony , as sponge is made out of the same ingredients [listen to ainslie ;D], but my dad used to smoke the old woodbines , and just sprinkled the ends , round the nests  [when they were out off course ;D] then an old girlfreind of mine [now that must have been a while ago ;D] used to put the lavender stalks and flower round the nest , so it makes you wonder , she was a great one for the herbs which she grew , but whatever , she flew a decent pigeon anyway, so it couldnt have did any harm   :)

[Tony C]

I use lavender stalks too Jimmy, something my old aunt told me to do, she was into herbs and stuff too.

[Guest]

We pay about $20, equivilent to just over a tenner for a gallon of wheat germ oil from the farm supplies store

[Diamond dave]

Has anyone heard of some sort of potash substance to treat wounds - someone once gave me some after one of my birds was hawked. - It was badley gashed but I sewed it up myself with fishing line and put this stuff on it but I cant remember what it was?- Worked a treat and there was no infection afterwards.

D.D.

[Guest]

Permangamate of Potash ????

[Tony C]

Someone I know swears by Arrowroot as a cure for watery or loose droppings. It comes in a powder and he mixes this to the corn.

[THE FIFER]

 

1 crushed up clove to a bucket be ok?

 

when u say clove u mean part of the bulb, if so i would use 4-5, remember it gets watered down puting it with ur bath water,  (the reason i say a clove part of a bulb is once someone thought a clove was the whole bulb, but u can make it fairly strong as it gets watered down in the bath, as long as u can smell it when its in the bath water itys ok.

 

 

[Tony C]

Thanks fifer

[jimmy white]

the goodnees in garlic is allmost endless ,,so many great qualities and completely natural