ACV?

[Crafty-Duck]

When you add Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) to your chickens water do you let it go until the water runs out or do you replace the water/ACV mixture daily? I have a small flock so I don't have to replace the water but every couple of days so I was just wondering if I should replace it everyday when it has the ACV in it?

Thanks

 

[sumi]

I replace the water daily, but I don't always add ACV. I read you should give it for a week, then "plain" water for 3-4 weeks, then add ACV for a week and so on.

 

[Spikes Chooks]

I replace the water daily and just add the ACV every second week. Not sure what's best as I'm new to chickens myslef, but I think a little and often is good. BTW, I find the chickens drink less with ACV in it. ON really really hot days (we are coming into summer here) I skip it until a cooler period.

 

[Crafty-Duck]

Thanks for the answers! I will replace the ACV/water everyday that it's in the water.

I thought I had read before that chickens will drink more water because they like the taste of ACV? oh well when I give them water/ACV I always have another waterier with no ACV in it.

 

[azygous]

My flock gets ACV every day, year round. In summer, they drink almost two gallons of it every day. (Fifteen chickens) In winter, half that. They seem to enjoy the taste. I let them finish the water before I replace it, but if the water starts smelling "stale", I'll dump it. I haven't had to do that much, though.

I put one tablespoon of ACV in one gallon of fresh water, always scrubbing the water jug out with soap and water each time. I also add vitamins and electrolytes to the water. This has worked well for me.

 

[kian]

Mine have ACV in their water 5 out of 7 days. One day with a probiotic powder mixed in and then one day plain. They aren't crazy about the probiotic water. If they drink all of the ACV water in a day ( as they did when it was hot) I don't refill it with ACV, just plain water. Right now they also have garlic powder in their water as 2 of my new chicks had a sneeze going on. Seems to have worked, no one else picked it up, and theirs seems to have stopped. ( hopefully)

 

[Crafty-Duck]

Can ducks drink ACV?

I always hear about people adding it to their chickens water but what about ducks?is it safe for them to drink water/ACV?????

 

[Kevin565]

It is safe for ducks to drink. I've added it to my duck waterer several times.

 

[tbracken]

My flock gets ACV every day, year round. In summer, they drink almost two gallons of it every day. (Fifteen chickens) In winter, half that. They seem to enjoy the taste. I let them finish the water before I replace it, but if the water starts smelling "stale", I'll dump it. I haven't had to do that much, though.

I put one tablespoon of ACV in one gallon of fresh water, always scrubbing the water jug out with soap and water each time. I also add vitamins and electrolytes to the water. This has worked well for me.

What kind of vitamins do you use?