Everyone! What else can you give to your chickens to drink? - Page 2

On hot days, my Barred Rocks like a gin&tonic, but the Orpingtons prefer fruity rum drinks with umbrellas in them.

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Originally Posted by Clay Mudd 

On hot days, my Barred Rocks like a gin&tonic, but the Orpingtons prefer fruity rum drinks with umbrellas in them.

Mine too...... My RIRs like Cape Codders,no lime. The Australorps,nothing but Foster's lager.

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Originally Posted by duckinnut 

Mine too...... My RIRs like Cape Codders,no lime. The Australorps,nothing but Foster's lager.

Aussies do like their beer don't they? Seriously though, I'd be curious about why the OP is looking for a water substitue & how such a substitute would help with raising a flock. Chickens can, I suppose, drink anything we can drink but water is certainly the best & cheapest thing they can drink.

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Originally Posted by NYREDS 

 

 

Aussies do like their beer don't they? Seriously though, I'd be curious about why the OP is looking for a water substitue & how such a substitute would help with raising a flock. Chickens can, I suppose, drink anything we can drink but water is certainly the best & cheapest thing they can drink.

Agreed on all counts.  Water is key to life for all living things, even cactus. I know that because my DW never gave one we had a drop and killed it.How the heck do you kill a cactus? Anyway, not sure what answer the OP is looking for. I know some people that give goat milk and it is supposed to make the eggs really creamy. But I look at it as another thing that the chickens has to process versus water which goes right to work.

I have a question, y'all: when it gets SUPER hot, I mix up electrolytes my girls (in ADDITION to having free-choice water at all times...electrolytes are placed in an additional drinker).  I tend to run out...and I was wondering if Pedialyte (like you give to infants/toddlers) would be OK (as long as they are not, say, orange/lemon/lime)?  I have some left over from when my son was younger, and they are getting ready to go (expiration date-wise)...plus this saves me a trip into the feed store when I run out of sav-a-chick...  I've had a vet ok its use for a DOG...

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Originally Posted by galanie 

Some of mine enjoy a cold beer on a hot day. Out of the can, of course.

LOL seriously?

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Originally Posted by karlamaria 

Ummmm pretty straight forward , can they drink other things. What else can they drink.... Pretty self explanatory lol

 Well I'm not slow, thanks, but when someone specifically uses the words "instead of water, what else could you give your chickens to drink" that seems to carry certain weird implications to my ear. Like I said, I didn't think the OP was very clear about what they wanted to know, and I prefer to take people's words at face value instead of trying to pretend or assume I know what they are talking about--it's hard to read too much into a quick forum post since some people just phrase things funny... But so far, so further clarification from the OP I guess... I'm still a little curious...  Cheers!

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Originally Posted by sky the chicken man 

 Well I'm not slow, thanks, but when someone specifically uses the words "instead of water, what else could you give your chickens to drink" that seems to carry certain weird implications to my ear. Like I said, I didn't think the OP was very clear about what they wanted to know, and I prefer to take people's words at face value instead of trying to pretend or assume I know what they are talking about--it's hard to read too much into a quick forum post since some people just phrase things funny... But so far, so further clarification from the OP I guess... I'm still a little curious...  Cheers!

LOL, I hear you, I assumed she meant something other then water or besides water. Some times I type to fast and then post, when I go back to look its wrong lol.