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Everyone! What else can you give to your chickens to drink?

post #1 of 45
8/3/12 at 12:12pm
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Heyy Guys,

 

Instead of water, What else could you give your chickens to drink?

This would really help me with raising my flock of chickens!

 

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Thanks!,

 

Lewbylew99

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post #2 of 45
8/3/12 at 12:24pm

Just water.


Milk can be fed to them, but they still need water. Nothing "instead" of water.

 

http://www.cps.gov.on.ca/english/plans/E5000/5603/5603L.pdf

http://www.sustainablepoultry.ncat.org/downloads/chnutritionhpinew.pdf

 

I hope this helps.

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post #3 of 45
8/5/12 at 4:50am

What about cherry dr pepper on occasion LOL....my 2 favorite hens (the ones that lay actually) LOVE it...evertime they see me drinking it out of the can they come as close as they can to me.

 

And is it just me or do most chickens like SPIT?

**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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post #4 of 45
8/6/12 at 11:17am
I don't really give my hens anything else to drink except water, but on occasion they drink warm cooked meat juice (or broth) from the slow-cooker along with little bits of meat. Other than that, I wouldn't suggest giving them anything else.

I am a Roman-Catholic Homeschooled Chicken Girl and proud to be one! Proud owner of 1 Easter Egger rooster, 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 Silver-Laced Wyandotte hens, 1 ISA Brown hen, 3 Cherry Egger pullets, 5 Barred Plymouth Rock pullets, 3 white Silkie chicks, 3 Easter Egger chicks, 1 Mille Fleur d'Uccle chick, 1 Porcelain d'Uccle chick, and 1 spunky, independent Black Star hen!

 

 

 

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I am a Roman-Catholic Homeschooled Chicken Girl and proud to be one! Proud owner of 1 Easter Egger rooster, 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 Silver-Laced Wyandotte hens, 1 ISA Brown hen, 3 Cherry Egger pullets, 5 Barred Plymouth Rock pullets, 3 white Silkie chicks, 3 Easter Egger chicks, 1 Mille Fleur d'Uccle chick, 1 Porcelain d'Uccle chick, and 1 spunky, independent Black Star hen!

 

 

 

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post #5 of 45
8/6/12 at 5:17pm
I will be giving my girls goats milk this week, I have heard from many sources they love it and lay very well . Water and some goats milk that's it.
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post #6 of 45
8/6/12 at 7:17pm

INSTEAD of water? Nothing at all. They need water and there is no substitute. Period. 

 

In addition to water? I give milk and whey when I have it, broth, etc. I don't think of this as something to replace water, though, it's nutrition that happens to be in liquid form.

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #7 of 45
8/7/12 at 12:39pm

I can see my husband writing this. The man doesn't know that water is drinkable. Has to have "flavor" or no dice.

Loving my poultry. Have Guineas as well!

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Loving my poultry. Have Guineas as well!

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post #8 of 45
8/7/12 at 4:11pm

How could it possibly "really help with raising... chickens" to give them anything other than water...? Is water too expensive? Is there no water access on the property? Does someone belong to a cult that believes water is unclean? Is somebody under the illusion that there could possibly be something healthier for chickens to drink than the common, ubiquitous water that nature intended them to drink and that their bodies are thus designed/evolved to process?  hu.gif I'm sorry--it's so nice to see that other people are trying to be helpful, but I'm still stuck scratching my head over what the OP was actually driving at... Not clear on the logic at work...
 

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post #9 of 45
8/7/12 at 4:46pm
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How could it possibly "really help with raising... chickens" to give them anything other than water...? Is water too expensive? Is there no water access on the property? Does someone belong to a cult that believes water is unclean? Is somebody under the illusion that there could possibly be something healthier for chickens to drink than the common, ubiquitous water that nature intended them to drink and that their bodies are thus designed/evolved to process?  hu.gif I'm sorry--it's so nice to see that other people are trying to be helpful, but I'm still stuck scratching my head over what the OP was actually driving at... Not clear on the logic at work...

 
Ummmm pretty straight forward , can they drink other things. What else can they drink.... Pretty self explanatory lol
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post #10 of 45
8/8/12 at 3:12am
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Originally Posted by sky the chicken man View Post

How could it possibly "really help with raising... chickens" to give them anything other than water...? Is water too expensive? Is there no water access on the property? Does someone belong to a cult that believes water is unclean? Is somebody under the illusion that there could possibly be something healthier for chickens to drink than the common, ubiquitous water that nature intended them to drink and that their bodies are thus designed/evolved to process?  hu.gif I'm sorry--it's so nice to see that other people are trying to be helpful, but I'm still stuck scratching my head over what the OP was actually driving at... Not clear on the logic at work...
 

 

Yea, I'd be curious too to see what else they'd drink, its not like you'd substitute anything else FOR the water...but maybe for a treat or something, I know your not supposed to give em sugar or caffine probably but 3 of mine still LOVE cherry dr pepper lol even more than food.

**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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**3 RIR hens  **White Leghorn hen  **7 GLW(2 chicks) **9  (1 JG, 1 Silkie mix, 1 silkie, 4 mix Nankin/OE's, 1 Lorp, 1 JG/Prod red), ***4 Seramas

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