With the birds on the darkening system, I feel they need plenty
of vitamins to help in the production and growth of feather and
body
structure (size). I give vitamins 2 to 3 times per week to all
my birds, breeders, old birds and young birds, all year-round.
I use Windsmore vitamins and an electrolyte poultry vitamin. I get
the vitamins from Jedd's Pigeon
Supply. I also use Red Cell, which
is an iron rich horse vitamin. I purchase the Red Cell at a Farm Supply
store. I also use apple cider vinegar and minced garlic. I buy these
at the local grocery store.
The past two years, I have been using Acid Pack from the Chisolm
Trail Company. I have been using it in place of the apple cider
vinegar, that I used to use. It neutralized the PH in the water.
I use it only with my young birds during the summer while I am
training them.
All of these are added to the pigeons' water. I don't worry about
mixing them together. The birds will drink the water no matter
what is in it.
I am also using the Chisolm Train Health Blend. It comes in a
powder form. I mist my feed with corn oil from a spray bottle,
then sprinkle the powder on the feed and shake it up so that the
powder is disbursed throughout the feed equally. I have been using
this
every day all year long with all of my pigeons for several years.
You need to be careful with medications. I have heard of people
over-dosing their birds and killing them. Stay with the recommended
amounts on
the package. If it does not say, call and find out. Don't take
a chance of killing your birds or hurting them for life.
I use Emtryl and Ridzol-s for canker, alternating them. For
E-coli, coccidiosis, canker and paratyphoid, I use Dacoxine.
This is
a four
in one medicine. For respiratory, I use Spiradac. With young
birds, canker is the biggest problem and then coccidiosis.
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