Has anyone heard of Sweet Bleach?

[harveyhorses]

Was talking to a coworker who's mother is a chicken lady and swears by it, says it works faster than Corid and you don't have to use as long, she sent me the 'recipe' for it.
3 oz plain bleach
1 1/2 cups sugar
to 1 gallon of water. use for 3 days of this being their only water, followed by water with electrolytes.

Just curious and a bit suspicious.

 

[Criticalicious]

Bleach is caustic. I would not give it to my chickens.

 

[The Phantom]

Idk. I use 3 ml of bleach per a gallon to keep my birds water nice and clean. But 3oz, I personally wouldn’t. I would just use corid.

 

[harveyhorses]

I know they bleach our community well after we get flooding rains, but it's the amount that worries me. I have not had good luck with Corid, maybe I was catching it too late.
Thanks.

 

[PirateGirl]

all of these things are safe, but I do not know about whether or not they are effective in treating coccidosis

 

[PirateGirl]

Here are recommended ratios of bleach to water from the EPA

https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water

 

[007Sean]

3 oz. per gallon sounds a bit strong, idk, but I wouldn't think it would help with cocci.

 

[Willowspirit]

3 oz. per gallon sounds a bit strong, idk, but I wouldn't think it would help with cocci.

1 oz is six teaspoons so 3 oz is 18 teaspoons. The water purification guidelines suggest 1/16th of a teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water. Ouch!

 

[007Sean]

1 oz is six teaspoons so 3 oz is 18 teaspoons. The water purification guidelines suggest 1/16th of a teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water. Ouch!

Yeah, ouch! 1/16th is for human consumption....3 oz. what would that be for?...elephants?

 

[harveyhorses]

1 oz is six teaspoons so 3 oz is 18 teaspoons. The water purification guidelines suggest 1/16th of a teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water. Ouch!

Yes, I get that, but also that is for purifying water, not 'treating ' anything. We used to pour a gallon of bleach into our well when I was little. No idea what the ratio was, but it smelled bleachy for a long time.