on return from race

what do people use in drinkers when they come back from race , i use glucose powder from health shop or chemist find it works for me

tetleys sacarin milk

Use honey and lemon juice

in tea or drinkers Don

did use electrolytes in water when we raced before, havnt quite decided what ill use when i restart with the ybs........

In the drinkers mate

Posted a comment about this sometime back and Ian said he was going to use it

4 Pint fountain place 2 tablespoons of clear honey and squeeze of lemon juice, the one you get from the supermarket in a platic yellow container shaped like a lemon

Then add a little luke warm water which will help the honey and lemon to desolve once this is done then top up with tap water

Never use boiling hot water as this kills some of the goodness withinthe honey

Only ever used this once the pigeons had returned

I have heared of lots of different things used after races. I supose the way to think of it is what would you want to drink after running or hard exercise. I play squash and you loose a lot of water and salts, as pigeons dont really sweat like us and believe me its galons, I supose plain water or a little honey for energy would be good, But for me I think cross infection from other birds should be considered, picked up from the water troughs in the transporter, so lemon juice or cider vinegar would be good to get the crop acidic and kill those bugs. Then after the first few drinks and later in the day swap to electos or honey.

Martyn it's only what i used and when stopped using it saw a difference with my pigeons

But as i say everyone to there own mate

Hi Don , yes I agree with you mate honey and lemon you cant go wrong, thats what I use excellent.

Hi Martyn, would not say it made the birds win but i could see the difference when i stopped using it for 2 seasons then used it again

Martyn will say that when i boxed after a hard training session and low sugar levels would have a energy drink

Using the Honey can help replace the sugar for energy and the lemon can help clean the gut from bad bacteria

thats what i use honey and lemon squeeze, lemon on corn to stick powder to it aswell or garlic juice

i use them conditioning oils,then they are getting a bit of everything in one go

Funy how we are all differant and use various item on the corn, but it all works and nothings right or wrong, its just what suits I supose. And pigeons get used to it whatever it is.

the reason is they are many products to lift birds after race

too many products thats the problem ian ,just look at that book you gave me

they all sound good thats the trouble but do they do as they say

exactly

If we all lived to a 1000 years then we mite have enough time to try everything available

thing is there is that many potions and remadies on the market supposedly to make you and your birds winners its impossible to know what is of any benefit or not......the makers all make claims that their product is the best available, they cant all be can they......?

only thing is remembering what each are for i have to keep checking some of them

Anadin were are they all the remedies can cause big head aches