What's in your drinkers?

What's the members use in the drinkers at this time of year and why?

we use an alternate water system at this time of year, from the last race till around the end of november all our birds will get in the drinkers is 2 days plain water, followed by 2 days cider vinegar, then back to 2 days plain water etc

the cider vinegar just keeps the gut acidic and stops the bugs from building especially as we are coming into the damp season.

The only thing i add to water is Garlic and Cider vinigar, as you all know garlic is the best natural antibiotic and dosent cost the earth,
Ken

The racing season is over, no need for medicine or treatment, no cleaning of loft, only fresh clean water everyday, clean food everyday, want them to build some natural resistance .

i use garlic in the drinkers 24/7.....this is left in and just the water changed every day and when it goes mushy i take it out and then give clean water for about a week or two.....then back to garlic.

thing with cloves of garlic, all the goodness is absorbed in the first 48hrs

after that they just a bit of rubber like in the drinkers

i always felt it got stronger the longer it was left in as it smells more.......and also it leaves a greasy film around the bowl.

basically decomposing/rotting in your drinkers, it may smell but my feelings are the goodness is gone?

jmo

we always used to cut up and place in drinkers, but remove/refresh after 48hr

mmmm, see your point.....never gone into much thought about it, but have read that some make it up and use hot water and leave it over night..... also heard that by putting hot water onto it ruins it, so seems there are many thoughts and opinions to the use of garlic.

DAVID wrote:

read that some make it up and use hot water and leave it over night..... also heard that by putting hot water onto it ruins it, so seems there are many thoughts and opinions to the use of garlic.

Making the garlic "tea" by hot water and leaving overnight to cool with the good ness locked inside, good method...........how strong does your cuppa get when you leave it to stew for a bit?

but again there are many thoughts and theories, thats what makes this game so fantastic

I have to admit I hate using anything in the water, but I do use honey and garlic. However a friend of mine gave me some garlic oil which I put on the corn now. Has anyone used garlic oil? and is it the same as fresh in the water?

hi martyn, dont know if its as good as clove in the water and have seen some fanciers putting too much in the drinker and the wattles going brown/greasy. ive used the garlic oil to key brewers yeast to the corn.

Yes I do use the oil to bind stuff on the corn, I only really put golden boost calcium on the corn when rearing, I was reading about codliver oil which I used to use for this but its not good for the birds, so I stopped using it.

martyn, once read about an old fancier......when he weaned his ybs he would put a codliver oil capsule down their beaks for a few days, dont know why exactly but must be for health reasons etc ?

Yes iv used it for years, and so have others, but I read that its benifit out wieghed by the down side. It actually blocks some vitamins absorbtion, and the benifits which I cant remember can be found in other feeds.

magic 6 times a week every week and bicarbonate of soda once a week every week

hi john, whats majic? never heard of it......

hi david magic is a soluble formula of seven strains of live protected bacteria

John, seven strains, sound to me like good stuff.

yes grizzle cock i was told about it last year i put it in every day well 6 days a week good for the birds gut as well you can find it if you google it and it tells you all about it not cheap but nothing is

Lightning McQueen wrote:

What's the members use in the drinkers at this time of year and why?

water lol

barlbylofts wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

What's the members use in the drinkers at this time of year and why?

water lol

p.m.s.l.