Anyone noticed any difference in chickens when you include apple cider vinegar into the water?

[RhodieRed78]

Just last week I learned the many health benefits of apple cider vinegar, and wanted to see if my flock would respond in any way. So first of course, I researched if it was ok to do so - They weren't allergic or anything- and all the articles I read say that nothing negative was reported, so I tried it. I thought that it won't hurt, and the solid positive was that the vinegar would keep the water cleaner.
When I put the water out with no ACV, they drank, but only a few sips and left. But when I put a tablespoon of ACV into the mix, all the girls sat there for a good five minutes just drinking and drinking.
Now when I come out with the bowl of the "special water" seperate from their usual drinking bucket, they come running excitedly and drink for a lot longer than they do plain water.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this or know why this is?
On a side note, egg production has increased by a few more eggs a day, I wonder if this has something to do with it?

 

[snow5164]

Mine do like the taste , now I use regular vinegar to clean the waterers and feed dishes, when I ferment in the winter months I add it to that .

The biggest difference I notice is that the waterer doesn’t get moldy from week to week.

But really do you notice the difference your multi vitamin makes? Sometimes our choices make differences we can’t see.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Vinegar is a good alternative to Roundup to kill weeds. So I guess that you are saying that Roundup is an OK addition to your chickens water.

 

[BreanneRN]

Vinegar is a good alternative to Roundup to kill weeds. So I guess that you are saying that Roundup is an OK addition to your chickens water.

I see nowhere where that was said... and I hadn't heard that Vinegar will kill weeds either.

 

[snow5164]

Vinegar is a good alternative to Roundup to kill weeds. So I guess that you are saying that Roundup is an OK addition to your chickens water.

You should do more research before you speak .... agriculture vinegar kills weeds, it’s not your household vinegar .

 

[BreanneRN]

I am thinking that maybe the vinegar helps the hens absorb calcium, which may facilitate egg-laying since it is a calcium dependent process. Many have done that experiment where you dissolve away the egg shell of an egg with a vinegar solution... As an experiment, you could feed egg shells or oyster cal concurrently with the apple cider vinegar special water...

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Calcium is limestone or Calcium Carbonate and vinegar only neutralizes Calcium Carbonate. This is also the source of all the tiny bubbles in a bottle of Coke-a-Cola. Hydrofluoric Acid is mixed with marble rock and the resulting gas, Carbon Dioxide is captured and used to infuse your soft drinks with it's lively bubbles.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

You should do more research before you speak .... agriculture vinegar kills weeds, it’s not your household vinegar .

They are chemically Identical except for the strength of the vinegar used.

So 1 part agricultural vinegar is equal to a tank mix of RoundUp & water.

 

[snow5164]

Then state what you mean, all vinegars are not the same , and what round up has to do with this conversation I have no idea.

Apple cider vinegar can have positive health benefits, that’s the answer to the original question .

 

[Kiki]

I am thinking that maybe the vinegar helps the hens absorb calcium, which may facilitate egg-laying since it is a calcium dependent process. Many have done that experiment where you dissolve away the egg shell of an egg with a vinegar solution... As an experiment, you could feed egg shells or oyster cal concurrently with the apple cider vinegar special water...