Spring Water

[harry h]

Been using spring water the last 3days I got it from a local farmers well which is 25ft undergound and I notice 2day that there is a big difference in my

pigeons dropping they are like marble,could it be the water thats made the difference

what do the members on here think.

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Been using spring water the last 3days I got it from a local farmers well which is 25ft undergound and I notice 2day that there is a big difference in my

pigeons dropping they are like marble,could it be the water thats made the difference

what do the members on here think.

 

Is it not the frost Harry?

 

Joking aside you may have something there, no chemicals in it.

[OLDYELLOW]

Does he have his water checked regular because water can get heavy metal contamination ? Fresh clean water got to be better for them tho no chemicals

[Ian McKay]

Take some down with a bottle of Whiskey and I will tell you if it's good Harry :emoticon-0123-party:

[harry h]

Does he have his water checked regular because water can get heavy metal contamination ? Fresh clean water got to be better for them tho no chemicals

 

 

It's the only source of water that runs into his house so he gets it checked annaully,had a look down the well and the stones at the bottom of the well are just gleaming.

[harry h]

Take some down with a bottle of Whiskey and I will tell you if it's good Harry :emoticon-0123-party:

 

 

Don't want to spoil you Whisky. :emoticon-0140-rofl:

[OLDYELLOW]

Sound ideal sod birds be drinking it mesen lol :devil: :emoticon-0167-beer:

[Ian McKay]

Don't want to spoil you Whisky. :emoticon-0140-rofl:

 

 

You won't do that I ain't got any was hoping you had some :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[soupie]

It's the only source of water that runs into his house so he gets it checked annaully,had a look down the well and the stones at the bottom of the well are just gleaming.

 

Should be no problem with that water then if it's tested and safe.

 

Some “spring water" is actually quite contaminated.

 

Soupie

[seabreeze]

keep using it and let us know the outcome,if it is the well water keeping them right ill not be long getting some for my own birds.

[yeboah]

Been using spring water the last 3days I got it from a local farmers well which is 25ft undergound and I notice 2day that there is a big difference in my

pigeons dropping they are like marble,could it be the water thats made the difference

what do the members on here think.

All those years ago in the seventies racing from wamphray ,We had a tap at the loft which was gravity fed from the neighbours Well up the hill got to agree birds were in wonderful condition ,Once at a moot and asked about its benefit

The panel just drew blank faces apart from Henk de Weerd who said it had many benefit s for the racers

[Guest Owen]

I used to have a spring on my smallholding so I piped the water down to where the sheep drank from an old bath which was filled from the mains. I then put a second bath and had one filled with mains water and the other filled with spring water. I wanted to see which one the sheep chose to drink from if they made a choice. They chose the spring water and hardly touched the mains water. It was interesting to see them check which water by sniffing it and then moving to the spring water before they drank. I knew the water from the spring was safe to drink because two neighbours were using it for their houses and had it checked regularly.

A friend decided to use spring water from a source on the mountain a couple of miles from here because he thought the water would be better for the birds due to the fact that it would not be contaminated with chemicals such as chlorine. It turned out to be a bad move because the water was very acid as is often the case with mountain water. Pigeons should have water which about 7 ph because they need the calcium to maintain health. A rough guide as to the suitability of spring or mountain water is to look at the life it supports. Good healthy water should grow algae and support both plants, live creatures and fish.

[Guest paulrstokes]

I have noticed in my chickens, they have a drinker which is clean and replenished every day, yet they would rather drink dirty water out of any upturned pot or bucket.

[Roland]

I have noticed in my chickens, they have a drinker which is clean and replenished every day, yet they would rather drink dirty water out of any upturned pot or bucket.

 

Same as pigeons eh! Gutters etc. too.

As for spring water / well water the best you can give the birds. Full of natural minerals etc. Make sure you keep the nose alert. Of smell at all means well / Spring needs cleaning.