pigeon tea?

im going to give my birds a party so should i buy some pigeon tea or do you think a bottle of vodka will do nicely,lolwhat is pigeon tea and what is its uses?i seen it in my local shop and didnt know what it was for

some pigeon men believe it gives a nice shine to the feather makes the bodys more spongey and the blood circulate better.......also helps down fall and brings the birds into condition and cleans there systems out, alot of people swear by using it..........

never used it so cant comment

we used it years ago ian and have been thinking of using it again now for the ybs........did read somewhere that a fanciers birds wouldnt touch the columbine tea so he tasted it himself and it was horrible so he got some herbal tea from holland and barrets and this was excellent........acording to him it was anyway.

I have used tea bought from body and ridewood, added honey by myself and used it through the winter. birds seemed to like it and looked well, I cant say it does any good but doesnt do any halm either.

Colombine Tea from Versele Laga is an optimised herbal tea.
• Purifies the blood
• Relieves the liver
• Promotes the digestion
• Increases the resistance
• Promotes the down moult
• Brings your pigeons into a good general condition
Columbine Tea contains 15 herbs with special characteristics. The active components of the parts of the plants selected (flower, leaf, seeds or roots) are beneficial to the pigeons health

Use:
Boil 1 or more litres of drinking water. Add 1 dessertspoon of Colombine Tea + 1 teaspoon of Muta-Seed per litre. Allow to brew for 15 minutes, pour it through a sieve and give it to the pigeons as their only drink after it has cooled.
The first week of widowhood: 8 days without interruption. The moult of the down feathers is stimulated extra as a result.
During the racing season:
the day before basketing add 1 dessertspoon of Glucose + Vitamins per litre
the day of arrival home add 1 teaspoon of Purga Salt per litre. A natural and slightly purging health drink, ideal after heavy athletic exertion
During the moult: a starting treatment of 8 days and then 2 days a week
Youngsters: 2 days a week all year round
For an optimal response Colombine Tea is recommended always to be given together with Muta-Seed.
Freshen solution daily
Formula:
Saint Johns Wort (hypericum perforatum herba)
Blackberry (rubus fruticosus folium)
Nettle (urtica dioica)
Milfoil (achillea millefolium herba)
White dead nettle (lamium album herba)
Greater celandine (chelidonium majus herba)
Wormwood (artemisia asbinthium herba)
Hazel (corylus avellana folium)
Tansy (tanacetum vulgare herba)
Wild thyme (thymus serpyllum herba)
Greater plantain (plantago major herba)
Sarsaprailla root (similax medica radix)
Marigold (calendula officinalis flor)
Sage (salvia officinalis folium)
Caraway seed (carum carvi semen)

hi mark, do you give your birds the herbal tea.....? and if you do would you say that it actually does make a difference to health/performance.......?

dont use it at present David, have used in the past and birds always looked well on it

Used it years ago but can say never saw a difference with the pigeons

Im a big dropping watcher, whenever I feed something new or even a new bag of corn I watch the droppings. I fed tea and honey over the winter, droppings always good so tea made ne difference, but all good.

Martyn the same here mate the dropping show the condition of any pigeon for me it's the first thing i look at

You can see if the pigeons are carm, for me had little blocks my cocks would sit on and if they were ever disturbed the droppings would not be in the same place as if they had not been disturbed