bleach in drinker

heard a few members use bleach in drinking water if anybody knows the reason why can they please tell don and david the reasons for this then maybe they will stop given me ear ache about this somebody please

there is a bloke by me that use bleach once a month in the drinkers ... but he dosent belive in all the other stuff on the market ..... but he is 5 liters to 2 drops ...

ian wrote:

heard a few members use bleach in drinking water if anybody knows the reason why can they please tell don and david the reasons for this then maybe they will stop given me ear ache about this somebody please

no offence meant ian, sometimes good topics do get a bit heated and that makes for a good discussion from members......

maybe we might get some answers

ian wrote:

maybe we might get some answers

think we might have already scared them off.......

wheres raymondo......?

hes was on think we scared him off lol

ian, had the two ybs out all week, been circling round the loft and walking around on the grass.....seem to be coming along nicely and settling in well, took some pics today so will try get them on later hopefully.

ive called the blue cock ian.......

why is it arguementative lol would be good to see them cant wait

ian wrote:

why is it arguementative lol would be good to see them cant wait

yes it is actually ian.........if any other bird goes near him he attacks it, might be a good sign maybe....?

lol maybe

ian, just a though occured to me.........if bleach is safe how come i ended up in court for putting it in the wifes cup of tea every day..........


thats my last word on the subject ian........

DAVID wrote:

ian wrote:

why is it arguementative lol would be good to see them cant wait

yes it is actually ian.........if any other bird goes near him he attacks it, might be a good sign maybe....?

probably blues its going for y/b remembers domestos bottle

ian david just been reading on other site looking for somethink to get for y/b sickness as that what it looks me birds have ... and come across this i hope u dont mine its from other pigeon sight copied and pasted
bleach

never had the full blown YBS; if I see a yb holding corn, or one has thrown their nights meal up, all I do is, the next day put a spoonfull of bleach in the water; it just disinfects it so the problem isnt passed round. Then its up to the yb itself to sort it out, I think its better if they overcome it themselves, but by the next night doing that they are usually back on, if not they get removed from the team.

i thought t/b sickness was related to stress from being weaned and its more prone in warmer weather.dont get young birds sickness but have a few saches of adenosan just in case.

phil411 wrote:

ian david just been reading on other site looking for somethink to get for y/b sickness as that what it looks me birds have ... and come across this i hope u dont mine its from other pigeon sight copied and pasted
bleach

never had the full blown YBS; if I see a yb holding corn, or one has thrown their nights meal up, all I do is, the next day put a spoonfull of bleach in the water; it just disinfects it so the problem isnt passed round. Then its up to the yb itself to sort it out, I think its better if they overcome it themselves, but by the next night doing that they are usually back on, if not they get removed from the team.

thanks phil, as we all know pigeon fanciers have all sorts of wierd and wonderful methods/treatments, some of us may agree with them and some may disagree........if it gets results then its each to their own.

have you or would you give it phil.....?

i wouldnt give it david no

Thought i would throw this one into the debatei dont use bleech , but what i do use is the sterilizatin stuff you buy for cleaning babys bottle ect, which if you think about it is a very mild form of bleech, the purpose is to kill any bacteria lurking on the drinkers, thus reducing the risk of ur birds picking up any nasties, when my drinkers have been cleaned useing this solution i dont rince them off, so when the water is added there is still traces of the solution there, so in away you can say i use a mild bleech solution in keeping my drinkers free or reducing the bacteria level on my drinkers, this is just my thoughts
Ken

Ken, have used milton to clean the fountains out as i had 2 sets once cleaned out i would use boiling water to rinse the fountains out and leave to dry then rinse out again just to make sure they were cleaned out

Then they would be used the following week

yes ken milton is a mild form of bleach this is similiar to what i was saying only a couple of drops to drinker i think will do them no harm

Interresting topic. I think good hygiene, good loft management , there would be no need for bleach in drinkers. Although i used it in the past, i would not do it again LOL.

Well I use jaysfluid to clean my drinkers and feeders.ect. and that is poison, but I dont leave it in there for them to drink.

but i bet the taste is still there