Redcell Vitamins

[Avion]

Does anyone use Redcell vitamins and if so, how much do you mix in their water? How much per gallon?

George

[Trees Gray]

According to Foy's it is 1 tablespoon per gallon.

[Avion]

How often is it used? And is it used for any special reason? Once a week, every day?
George

[Trees Gray]

I use it once in a while, some people use it once a week.

[Lovebirds]

From Globals.

A Vitamin-Iron-Mineral supplement for homes but widely used by pigeon fanciers. It has all the vitamins a pigeon needs, and does not get form his regular diet. Use 1 Teaspoon for 1/2 gallon of water, twice a week.
(I didn't spell it wrong. Global did)
From Foy's

Vitamins, iron, mineral combination in liquid form to be added to the drinking water. All the nutrition your birds need. 1 tablespoon to a gallon of drinking water

These are the only two companies that tell you how much to mix. And according to my measurements (that I just did in my kitchen) there is three teaspoons in one tablespoon so someone's got their directions on mixing wrong.........
When a local fancier gave me a small container of Red Cell 6 years ago, he told me 1 teaspoon per gallon and that's what I've always done. Hadn't killed any birds yet.........maybe it's not enough? How do you tell?
I guess someone could call Foy's and Globals and ask them and see if you STILL get two different measurements...........

[Avion]

Thanks Renee. Someone gave me an unopened gallon jug they had for their ponys and did not use it. They purchased it two weeks ago and have since then gotten rid of the ponys. I will try it and see how it does.

George

[Avion]

Never underestimate a good cook. According to the liquid measures tables, one teaspoon is 4.929 milliliters. One tablespoon is 14.79 milliliters or THREE teaspoons. Renee, you are a genious. Call Foys.


George

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by Avion

Never underestimate a good cook. According to the liquid measures tables, one teaspoon is 4.929 milliliters. One tablespoon is 14.79 milliliters or THREE teaspoons. Renee, you are a genious. Call Foys.


George

No, I'm no genious and FOR SURE WITHOUT A DOUBT not a good cook. I just took a teaspoon measuring spoon and dumped three of them into a tablespoon measuring spoon........that's how figured out how many it took.
I've just never questioned how much I was mixing because the man who told me had pigeons for years and years......and when I tried it and nothing "bad" happened, I just figured he was right.
I expect if you call Foys and say "Globals says to mix such and such amount", they'll tell you Globals' is wrong and vice versa.
Pigeons folks.......we're a crazy bunch, that's for sure.

[Trees Gray]

Originally Posted by Lovebirds

Pigeons folks.......we're a crazy bunch, that's for sure.

Yep... ....

[george simon]

HI GEORGE, I use it once a week, its good stuff that the birds can use. GEORGE

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by george simon

HI GEORGE, I use it once a week, its good stuff that the birds can use. GEORGE

How do YOU mix it?

[george simon]

HI RENEE, I mix 1 teaspoon per gal, and once in a great while 2 tea spoons..............I WILL BE USING BOLD TYPE BECAUSE IT IS EASIER ON MY OLD EYES .GEORGE

[Happy]

Hi All, Just remember that Horse Red Cell that we use for the Pigeons should be Refrigerated after opening....... Good Stuff & used by me & many for decades...... Happy

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by Happy

Hi All, Just remember that Horse Red Cell that we use for the Pigeons should be Refrigerated after opening....... Good Stuff & used by me & many for decades...... Happy

That is true Happy. Also, I've mentioned this before, and maybe it's necessary, maybe not.........but in the hotter months of the year, when I give Red Cell, I only leave it out for 1/2 a day. Around noon or so, I go out, empty all water jugs and refill with clear clean water. I worry about it spoiling in the heat so I don't leave it out for them all day. By noon, if you've fed your birds, they've had a good drink of it, maybe two.
Therefore, when I give red cell, I don't fix near as much water as I would if it was for the whole day. No sense in pooring a bunch of it down the drain.

[1st Landing Lof]

I have read the label on Red Cell and I can not find where it says to refrigerate after opening. I have been using it for 5 months and use 1 tsp per 1/2 gallon of water. But I surely do not want to use spoiled Red Cell. Can someone please tell me why to refrigerate? And why doesn't it say it on the label?

Bill