ACV

[Iva S.]

Will ACV go bad if left in the water container to long? I am a beginner with chickens and have seen ACV is beneficial to chickens health if not it wont harm them to try and I want nothing but the best for my new feathered friends, but am worried it will go bad if left to long in the container (plastic). I don't want to hurt them in anyway.

I use ACV for my rabbits too. They get their water changed more often because the containers are smaller, but my chickens have a much bigger container for their water. I don’t worry about ACV going bad and I rinse out the chicken waterer before I refill it.

 

[Trouble#1]

If you are concerned about ACV going bad, ask yourself if tap water (that is treated with Chlorine to kill mold, bacteria, fungi, and all sorts of other germs goes bad if left out in the open too long. Of course tap water reverts to it's natural nasty state if left open too long say in your chickens drinking fountain BTW, Chlorine is a much more effective sterilizer than any vinegar known to man or beast but its health benefits are fleeting and ACV or any other flavor of vinegar's heath benefits will prove to be just as fleeting if not more so. Go to your refrigerator and look at a jar of pickles and see it the label on that jar of pickles doesn't say "REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING" Now ask yourself why is that, if Vinegar is such a perfectly healthy preservative?

There is even a good argument for adding Roundup to your chickens water because all vinegar is an effective herbicide the same as Roundup is an effective herbicide.

I use rain water for the chicks but I don't boil it for them so thought that maybe the acv would help with the impurities. Like I said just a beginner and want to keep my chicks healthy. Any other tips to keep them disease free then that I might be missing?

 

[Folly's place]

Don't bother with the vinegar, and keep them on good food, and isolated from all other chickens. Biosecurity and watching for miites and lice are both important.
Mary