Oxine Gallon

I’m talking crazy watered down with water and vinegar. I use a stronger formula to clean the cat litter boxes as well but super diluted compared to what’s needed to clean chicken coops. It doesn’t bleach clothing so it’s my goto for kitchen counter tops. I’ll also spray the doorknobs in my house here and there because I’m ocd. Be super careful using it in a stronger dilution or you won’t be able to breath. I mix oxine and white vinegar in equal parts and let it sit for 20 minutes; then add distilled water. For reference if I had a gallon sized container I’d only add 1/8 cup oxine and an 1/8 cup vinegar and the rest water. I can tell if the mixtures too strong because it smokes. Stuffs hardcore. So if you use it for everyday cleaning like me water it down like mad.

Members of Backyard Chickens (backyardchickens.com) swear by Oxine. From cleaning coops to keeping drinking water clear to curing sick birds everyone sings it's praises.Because of the shipping cost I didn't order this until I had sick chickens. Yes, It would have been better to have it on hand before the chickens became sick. No, they did not have chicken pox.Four days of misting the coop with a very dilute solution in a cool mist vaporizer cleared all symptoms from the birds. I now keep a spray bottle near the coop and spritz the ramps, roosts, waterer and such, weather permitting.I also use it to clean the coop instead of bleach. There is no odor and I don't have to worry if it drips or splashes on the very curious chickens. (Some BYCers spray it directly on their birds.)A gallon will last a backyard livestock owner a long time. Keep it stored somewhere that minimizes temperature swings and exposure to light.PLEASE NOTE: I am using Oxine in it's unactivated form as it comes out of the container, diluted with water. If you add the activating chemical (not included with your Oxine purchase) you must follow a long list of safety precautions. Since it does everything one needs for regular use in its less toxic form save your self the cost of a biohazard suit and respirator.I am extremely pleased with this product.

My Clydesdale mare has been battling canker in 3 of her feet and thrush in 1 since August 2017. I was using White Lightening and thought I'd give the Oxine AH a try, especially because I use so much to soak 4 Draft feet! I use the yellow 911 soaking boots and a cup and a half of Oxine AH and an equal amount of white vinegar and soak for about 30 minutes. I did this about every other week and sprayed her feet everyday with copper sulfate. Kept her in a clean dry stall most of the time. She goes out in riding ring with a slow feed hay net when it's nice and dry out. The farrier came today and said he doesn't see any sign of the canker! We are going to continue to soak the hoof that had a severe abscess from the canker that left a very deep hole. I wanted to post this because Canker is such a battle, and nobody has a real cure for this problem. It is trial and error. I said if I can share my experience and help even one horse, it would be worth it. I personally know how I struggled, researching all hours of the night, not sleeping because of the cases I read about. But as of now I'm so excited and thank you very much for this SUPERIOR product! I truly believe it has saved my Mare! I will always keep this in my barn!

I love oxine because it’s food safe and can be used in so many ways. It’s used in the food industry to rinse food and produce of any bacteria. Is stronger than bleach but has no odor whatsoever nor any fumes. I use it to clean water in my 55 gal water tank dripper system fresh and bacteria free for my chickens.to keep drinking water safe for people and animals When camping, To disinfect fresh eggs, to mist inside the chicken coop for viruses, to clean fresh produce, to disinfect my rv water tank, as a disinfectant spray for surfaces. Has no odor at all. No fumes. Does not need to be activated. Dries down to harmless salt. Just use the appropriate & safe amount per parts of water. This Huge container will last you a very long time because you need just a little to do each job.For chickens I use 1/4 tsp per gal of drinking water. For RV tank disinfection I use 1/4 cp per 15 gals of water and let it sit for 6 to 12 hrs. Then run the water thru all the faucets until it’s empty and flush out with clean water.

The instructions are for 1000 gallons for purifying water for animals to drink, and we used this to calculate how much we needed. We needed to treat three 5 gallon kratky hydroponic lettuce systems. We reduced all the way down to 16.5 gallons, that was as close as we could get. For that we needed 1 gram of citric acid for 1/3 of an ounce of oxine. My husband looked up how many grams are In an ounce. It's about 28 grams per ounce. I just measured an ounce and eyed what I thought 1/28th of the ounce would be. My best guess is 1/8 of a tsp. For the oxine I used a baby syringe, I tared my scale with the empty syringe and then filled the syringe with oxine. After it registered one ounce I put 2/3 of the syringe back into the bottle and used the 1/3 that was left. I took a baby measuring cup for medicine ( that comes with baby Tylenol) and I put 1/8 teaspoon of citric acid in the measuring cup, then I added the 1/3 syringe of oxine to the measuring cup. It turned yellow like it's supposed to. I ended up with about a tablespoon on activated oxine, and that was divided between three 5 gallon tanks of water. I will try to update if this works for hydroponic growing. Hoping to suppress algae growth and reduce water impurities/ pythium, (root rot) and fungus, etc.