apple cider vinegar

[logansterling]

I read in the turkey section that you can use apple cider vinegar to worm turkeys. Can you also use it for chickens? If so how much do I mix in with their water?

 

[fordmommy]

I mix 1-2 Tbsp to 1 gallon of water. They love it.

 

[logansterling]

Awesome thanks!!!

 

[fordmommy]

 

[wjallen05]

cool thanks! I had never heard of this.

 

[NYREDS]

Please explain how a tiny amount of vinegar added to a gallon of water would kill worms in a turkey or anything else.

 

[vnploveschickens]

Don't use ACV in metal waterers. The acid leaches the metals into the water. Not good.

Use plastic waters.

 

[NYREDS]

Apple cider vinegar at full strength is at 5% acidity-how acidic would a gallon of water with a tablespoon of vinegar added be?

 

[patandchickens]

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You can calculate it, you know. Google for the calculation methods. Vinegar is acetic acid, generally 5% by volume. Or just *do* it, and measure. Note that adding a tsp of lemon juice per quart of insufficiently-acidic tomatoes makes them acidic enough for safe waterbath canning, so clearly that sort of ratio DOES have a discernable effect on pH.

I do not know what good the calculation would do without knowing at what pH the heavy metal ions in galvanized coatings become solubilized, though.

People (generally harder to poison than chickens) have been seriously poisoned simply by drinking lemonade stored overnight in galvanized containers. Similar problems have arisen with fairly-acid natural sources of water in galvanized troughs. So it is not like you need concentrated sulfuric acid for problems to arise.

Pat

 

[logansterling]

thanks for the tip about metal waterers... we do use plastic but that will be good knowledge to store!!!