Bath day...

had the bath out for the stock birds today, used warmish water for them and they loved it...........all loose feathers came out easily and they are looking pretty nice and tight considering they are still moulting......

what importance do members place on regular bathseither for stock birds or racers ?

all birds at my lofts get a bath 2 times a week until the moult is over then back to the usual once a week they love it and are in it before i have chance to fill the bath lol i put a little vinegar and a pinch of salt in the water but no chips

pmsl

can i ask why you use the vinegar in the water...new to keeping pigeons,so any info i will gladly take on board.
when keeping smaller birds,i would have added TCP,to there bath water,to help keep of the red mite,or maybe 3 times a yr put moxidectin in the water.
just curious as to what purpose vinegar is for.

it just keeps the lice down really and tightens the feathers up
its cheap and it works it you do it regular . cheers kev

kev d wrote:

it just keeps the lice down really and tightens the feathers up
its cheap and it works it you do it regular . cheers kev

yes kev, i use it too......as far as im aware it keeps lice down and also stops eggs from hatching etc, dont know if its true but for ecomomy sake its better than payings pounds for bath products for pigeons....

never heard of that before david , stops eggs from hatching hows does that work ???

like i said kev, its only what ive heard..............but i suppose the same question could be asked of how does it keep lice down ?

theories and ideas of pigeon men who dont want to buy/pay for expensive pigeon products...........

well i will defo bare that in mind,if i run out of TCP.
do i take it that it does no harm to offer baths everyday.

hi birdlady, ive never done it to be honest, but i cant see it doing any harm to fancy birds, the reason i say fancy birds is because if you were to offer it to racers every day it would harm them for racing as they need oils in the feathers to keep out the rain when racing home.........or maybe someone else can give you a better answer.?

oh p.s. my daughter just seen your avatar and said the birds a little cute one..........(she doesnt like my racers...lol)

ah....i can see now why the racers only have them once/twice a wk....always good to know these things...

maybe you should get her one or two fancy birds...lol

if you click onto the portal page birdlady, scroll down and you will see the bird which won our fancy section when we held our winter shows last year..........its owner is ray peel and he promised to breed her one AND FORGOT !!!!! LOL as you can see she is very unusual, and a very nice bird.

David wrote:

if you click onto the portal page birdlady, scroll down and you will see the bird which won our fancy section when we held our winter shows last year..........its owner is ray peel and he promised to breed her one AND FORGOT !!!!! LOL as you can see she is very unusual, and a very nice bird.

this bird was giving to him from my brother

yes kills any lice in the feathering

oldstrain wrote:

yes kills any lice in the feathering

where did this come from daz

ian wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

yes kills any lice in the feathering

where did this come from daz

my grandfather ian a bit of salt and a dash of vinegar and it works to be honest i dont see any lice and put it down to this any which way a few of my club members have commented on the quality of my birds feathering so must be good for them and this season won 2 yb races in rainy weather

yes it does daz but wondered what you were on about lol