Copper Sulfate added to water

[Kit Carson-Carson]

Hi guys. I'm new here and appreciate so much all of the help I've already received reading through the forums. I just added a 1/4 teaspoon of copper sulfate to the waterers (about a gallon and a half buckets). For some reason I thought the water would be clear but the water is now a milky blue. Is this right? I've searched it on google and can't find anything at all about that. Thank you so much in advance!!

By now you have probably found that copper sulfate can be used to treat fowlpox in chickens and used as an additive to feed to prevent fowlpox. Some believe a deficiency of copper is a reason birds are susceptible to fowlpox. Pat Colby suggests, for poultry, adding a minute amount of copper into the diet. For one bird, the infected bird, mix ⅟₃₂ of a teaspoon (a minute pinch) of copper sulphate into a mash of bran and molasses or honey. As a preventative for the flock add ⅛ of a teaspoon for a flock of 6 to 10 birds, daily in their feed. Copper sulfate should be administered for 5-7 days at a time, with a break of at least 14 days between treatments. Garlic and or vitamin C in the drinking water will ensure that sick birds do not get any secondary infection. A drop of eucalyptus oil (internally) daily is also helpful.

 

[Eggcessive]

By now you have probably found that copper sulfate can be used to treat fowlpox in chickens and used as an additive to feed to prevent fowlpox. Some believe a deficiency of copper is a reason birds are susceptible to fowlpox. Pat Colby suggests, for poultry, adding a minute amount of copper into the diet. For one bird, the infected bird, mix ⅟₃₂ of a teaspoon (a minute pinch) of copper sulphate into a mash of bran and molasses or honey. As a preventative for the flock add ⅛ of a teaspoon for a flock of 6 to 10 birds, daily in their feed. Copper sulfate should be administered for 5-7 days at a time, with a break of at least 14 days between treatments. Garlic and or vitamin C in the drinking water will ensure that sick birds do not get any secondary infection. A drop of eucalyptus oil (internally) daily is also helpful.

This should say acidified copper sulfate, since copper sulfate without acidifying would be toxic.

 

[Saaniya]

This should say acidified copper sulfate, since copper sulfate without acidifying would be toxic.

indeed true deadly it is