Alternative to Apple Cider Vinegar for Galvanised Drinkers

[scribbleuk]

I am thinking of installing some galvanised drinkers to replace older cracked plastic drinkers. However I understand you can't administer Apple Cider Vinegar via a galvanised drinker as it can cause corrosion. Does anyone using galvanised drinkers use an alternative to Apple Cider Vinegar or is there a dry form that can be added to their food?

Thanks.

 

[marlo1968]

You might be able to spritz it on their food twice daily, just enough that there is some there, but not so much that it soaks it.

 

[Eggcessive]

You can use it to make their food wet with water, but I wouldn't go overboard with it. Fermented feed has unfiltered mother vinegar in it as a starter, so fermenting their feed would do it. I have a mixture of plastic, rubber, and galvanized water containers. It amazes me that poultry product manufacturers don't make a stainless steel version of the water founts since many people like to put vinegar in their water since you can use vinegar in stainless metal pans safely. I guess it would be too expensive. Stainless dog bowls work.

 

[snowflake]

try the chicken nipples in the bottom of a plastic bucket, works great and the nipples are stainless steel,