the use of bleach in drinking water

how much bleach per litre and what does it do

KILL YOUR PIGEONS, I have never heared such rubbish there are fanciers in our club that use it once a week or month or something, but believe me they are not champion flyers and never will be....ask your self the question would you drink it?????????
Not me, but I would drink and eat anything I give my birds and do.

if you have never used it how do you know its rubbish ? there are plenty of top flyers who swear by it
only a couple of drops in the drinker will do the birds no harm it just flushes there system out .
yes i know there are pigeon products out there to do the job but like every thing else in the pigeon product
range they just rip you off and half of them are crap anyway , all i do is i have a spray bottle and every couple of days i spray the drinker out with the bleach solution and just swill it out . but like we keep saying there are many ways to keep them healthy each to there own .

why are you scratching you head , lately on pigeon chat they have been talking about this
some are like you will not use it be but there are more and more coming out and saying they use it
just because you don,t think its right , doesn,t mean people can,t use it .

if you havent tried this then you cant knock it , i myself are going to try this cant see it doing any harm

Well thats the good thing with the forum, we get a chance to see what others do, Its not for me as I have said but its only my opinion and as we all know what works for 1 isnt for another, thats again whats great about pigeons, there is never a right or wrong way, do it your way and thats best.

Personally thought bleach was a big no no for the pigeons but after Ian posted on it I did a bit research and came up with this, intresting, click or copy the link

http://members.tripod.com/racing_pigeon/health_page.htm

spot on paul great article

Everyone to there own

interesting..thanks

Paul wrote:

Personally thought bleach was a big no no for the pigeons but after Ian posted on it I did a bit research and came up with this, intresting, click or copy the link

http://members.tripod.com/racing_pigeon/health_page.htm

Interseting reading Paul

Rudderfett wrote:

KILL YOUR PIGEONS, I have never heared such rubbish there are fanciers in our club that use it once a week or month or something, but believe me they are not champion flyers and never will be....ask your self the question would you drink it?????????
Not me, but I would drink and eat anything I give my birds and do.

This debate started last year and never heard of it but have asked a few fanciers and the ones who use it are not the top fanciers, so will have to agree with you there Martyn

i agree with kev regarding the fact there are a lot of products on the market which are just ripping fanciers off, but to use bleach in the drinking water is madness in my opinion.............ok, a couple of drops to a gallon may do no harm every now and then, but to add any more is crazy.

no one said it will make you a top flyer jason was saying its helped to kill the bug in his y/birds that have been sick and are on the mend after two days of this treatment with bleach
like you say each to there own

the reason i have put this back on is because of all the shit i got last year more or less saying that iam full of shit but there you go more on here for it than against like graham says each to there own no use slagging people off

birdy2011 wrote:

no one said it will make you a top flyer jason was saying its helped to kill the bug in his y/birds that have been sick and are on the mend after two days of this treatment with bleach
like you say each to there own

where does it say this graham.......havnt read it.

THanks Don, and I agree with David its madness....to say it kills 99% of all know germs is right, including the bird me thinks, Some fanciers have told us to use probiotics to keep birds healthy inside, which Im also not too convinced with..BUT bleach surely kills them too,,,,,,,,,

correct ian, each to their own................but as i say i wouldnt use it in any larger quantity than a couple of drops per gallon if i did ever use it. i do wash the drinkers out with it but rinse very well afterwards.

i wonder if our top flyers like lightening etc use bleach in the water, i dont mean or cleaning but as a aid to fitness and at more than a couple of drops......?

someone said they know top flyers dont use bleach thats there choice all jason was saying is its helped rid them of the bug he never said he was a top flyer or ever will be
someone must have removed the comment or im seeing things

ian i was on about this last week in the chat room with alex and darren and i posted alex a few posting about it from pigeon chat ... but ive never used it my self know poeple that have used it but i use stilton twice a week on the drinkers but i give them a good rinse out

ian wrote:

the reason i have put this back on is because of all the shit i got last year more or less saying that iam full of shit but there you go more on here for it than against like graham says each to there own no use slagging people off

Ian you did get shit from it, and if you remember you said it was good to use but you never used it at all so why comment on something you did not use

But no, you are going to use it so look forward to your comments at the end of the season

yes phil, i dont see any harm washing /cleaning using stilton..........and as you say washed out thouroughly does no harm.

i do beleive we should feed our birds as hygenic as possible but i see no need for going to the extreemes of adding bleach to the drinking water.

Article on Bleach in Drinking Water

In March 1985 a personal friend of mine, Mr. Ralph Bevan, in an interview with Mr. Ralph V. Forbes for the Racing Pigeon Facts International, wrote one of the best aids to good form according to Ralph is the proper use of bleach in the water. Some years ago Ralph experimented with it in the drinking water and the bath water. He noticed his birds feathering became silkier as the days went by. He added 3 drops of bleach to a gallon of drinking water and 1 capful of bleach to a 5 gallons of bath water. Further to this study in the late '90's, Dr. David Marx also used bleach in his bird's drinking water everyday. His dosage is 1 teaspoon per gallon of water. He feels that it makes the droppings of the birds very acidic, therefore the birds are less likely to pick up any diseases such as Cocci or Canker. He stresses NOT to use anything else when using bleach and only use bleach with no additives. If you must give vitamins or medication of any type just stop the bleach until you have finished the vitamins or medication then you can start the bleach again.

phil411 wrote:

ian i was on about this last week in the chat room with alex and darren and i posted alex a few posting about it from pigeon chat ... but ive never used it my self know poeple that have used it but i use stilton twice a week on the drinkers but i give them a good rinse out

Can't see nothing wrong with that