Ehhhh, mostly hogwash.....electrolytes helps balance the body's fluids, doesn't matter if water is shed thru urine or sweated out.
"Cooling herbs" SMH.
Agrees with no ice water for drinking, saw a bird get an 'ice cream headache' once after guzzling ice water...thought she was going to die...
I do a half gallon for my 14-18...and put it into 2 waterers.
I mix it in a gallon waterer then pour some into a chick waterer.
I don't think they can OD on it, but always have plain water available too and only give it to them once a week.
Deep all day shade is best but....I don't have much of that.
This has worked very well to keep heat stress/stroke at bay:
I give a dose of Sav-a-Chick electrolytes/vitamins about once a week during heat waves.
It really seems to help....started this after they saved a heat stroked hen once.
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