Hydrogen Peroxide in Water

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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Why would you NOT drink on a Thursday? The two Smithwick Irish Ales I had made my day.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

Why would you NOT drink on a Thursday?

Beats me... It was a beautiful day here. The wife and I worked in the garden all morning, went to the tavern for burgers and a couple of beers, took the scenic route home, came back and finished up the chores.​

 

[kagedgoddess]

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Beats me... It was a beautiful day here. The wife and I worked in the garden all morning, went to the tavern for burgers and a couple of beers, took the scenic route home, came back and finished up the chores.

I cannot WAIT untill THAT is my day!!!! So simple and both of u togeather *sigh* i wish i was independantly wealthy.

On topic. I never wouldve thought of peroxide as a cleaner for waterers but what u guys are saying is interesting. I ll have to look into it a bit more.

 

[Clay Mudd]

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Well, it IS a day with a "y" in it.

 

[weeders n feeders]

I haven't read through this whole thread yet but I thought I'd offer up this info:
Municipal Drinking Water Treatment
Drinking water treatment technologies using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) as a pre-oxidant are well documented and have been practiced for over 20 years. US Peroxide solutions can provide:

Taste and odor control
Hydrogen sulfide removal
Iron removal
Ozone enhancement/destruction
Total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids reduction
Read About Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Applications
Get the full PDF @
http://www.h2o2.com/pdf/?loc=pdf&file=Drinking-Water-Treatment-NEW.pdf

H2o2 has tons of Uses many of which can be found in natural and organic practices and can be an alternative to more harsh and offensive chemicals.
As with all things use in the right proportions and in the right way.Anything can be deadly if used incorrectly.
What causes light headedness and can lead to a condition known as hyperoxia, which can damage the central nervous system, cell damage, collapsing of the lungs, and seizures? Too much oxygen.
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Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
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Contributes to soil erosion.
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere.
Thermal variations in <> are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.
what is this dangerous <> ? Water.

 

[Pele]

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Beats me... It was a beautiful day here. The wife and I worked in the garden all morning, went to the tavern for burgers and a couple of beers, took the scenic route home, came back and finished up the chores.

Ah bliss

I'm hoping to retire on a ranch someday with a whole slew of chickens somewhere close to wine-country. And to stay on topic, I will dilute Hydrogen Peroxide in their water to keep it from growing nasties.

story-book ending!

 

[Saltysteele]

why the need to make things complicated? they're chickens, they'll drink out of a puddle in a cow pie.

just give them water. plain old water. yes, you will have to clean your waterer every once in a while, but that should be standard practice

 

[Colonel]

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Yes, that's true - they seem to prefer drinking the nastiest stuff they can find. One thing that I think we can all agree on is that chickens have a really, really small brain - and they don't seem to use much of what little they have. They feel "thirsty" so they drink, and that's as far as it goes. We, being at least a little smarter, understand that water can contain lots of really nasty little critters that cause really bad things to happen to the "host". It's our job, as "keepers of the chickens" to do a better job than they normally do themselves. That means providing cleaner water than they think they need.

We (or at least "I") tend to only clean out a waterer when it gets nasty enough that we can see multi-colored stuff growing on it, but it's actually growing crud on it a lot sooner than that. I've also had a build-up of organic matter in valves enough to restrict the flow to the point that it was inadequate to supply their needs. The reason to pay so much attention to cleanliness of water is to make it easier on us as much as it is to make sure they have nice clean water to drink.

Another reason - for me, anyway - is that the aesthetic factor is important to me. When I go out into the chicken coop or show them off to friends, I don't want to see some nasty green and brown slime coating on the water system. Maybe that's just me. I like things clean and attractive looking. Having healthy chickens is nice, too.

 

[Chick Norris]

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Bingo.

Anything in a large enough dose is toxic.
Anything in a small enough dose is harmless.

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. -Paracelsus

 

[Kudzu]

Boost egg production eh. I have 5 hens and have just started averaging 4 eggs a day. It is just my wife and I; we eat breakfast maybe three times a month. We have several people we can give the extra eggs, but we are contemplating on hosting an "Egg War" party. Just today I announced to our girls, whoever the slacker is in this bunch, don't worry about it, we got plenty.