Apple Cider Vinegar

[Laurie Wright]

Do any of you like to mix apple cider vinegar in with your chickens water?

 

[Jessicx]

Yep! I've done it since the day I brought them home, and I've never had a single incidence of disease or illness. I've even started adding it to the goat and donkey water! I've read that you should reduce or even eliminate ACV in the summer because it can impede their ability to absorb calcium. However, when I did that last year they all got diarrhea and soft eggshells. This year, I didn't stop and there has not been a single issue.

 

[Laurie Wright]

Yep! I've done it since the day I brought them home, and I've never had a single incidence of disease or illness. I've even started adding it to the goat and donkey water! I've read that you should reduce or even eliminate ACV in the summer because it can impede their ability to absorb calcium. However, when I did that last year they all got diarrhea and soft eggshells. This year, I didn't stop and there has not been a single issue.

I'll definitely try adding it consistently. How often do you put it in there? I think I was doing a tbsp of ACV for every gallon of water. I only have two chickens.

 

[Jessicx]

I add it every time I change their water. I tbsp per gallon is perfect. Good luck!!

 

[Laurie Wright]

Thank you

 

[chickens really]

No, I have never used it....I provide fresh water daily...I have an extremely healthy flock...Proper feeding and management keeps Birds healthy....Not ACV.....

 

[SpaghettiJo]

I try to use it every time i refill their water - but I'm honestly pretty bad at keeping up with it - but when i do (around every third time i fill their waterer) , i put in 2 tbsp to their 2 gallon waterer, so your 1tbsp for 1 gallon is perfect! My chickens have also not had any illness, and i believe the ACV is the reason to thank for that