⠀ Apple cider vinegar

[redpennies15]

At a chicken workshop we were told that putting apple cider vinegar in their water prevents biofilm. Haven't tried it yet...keep forgetting...

 

[faeryfire721]

How much act do you put in the water?

 

[Ecotypical]

How much act do you put in the water?

I want to know the same thing. How much to use per gallon of water?

 

[ADozenGirlz]

If you feel you must use vinegar in your flock's drinking water, the usual recommendation is one tablespoon per gallon of water. The type of vinegar doesn't matter.

 

[MorganC]

Ha! Purina will deny the uses and abilities of ACV because they don't own it or didn't create it.
Plenty of personal research is done by regular everyday backyard chicken owners, myself included, and the results have been anything but 'grossly exaggerated,' not to mention there are plenty of studies that advocate the uses of ACV on both humans and animals, you just have to know where to look.

 

[Ecotypical]

If you feel you must use vinegar in your flock's drinking water, the usual recommendation is one tablespoon per gallon of water. The type of vinegar doesn't matter. 

Thank you!

 

[jc mac]

i agree

 

[MorganC]

I love how Purina talks about its products like they are the only one in the world, granted that's probably how they have to talk, but still-at least educate yourselves on what's out there!
I recently had a Purina 'expert' come and talk to my local county poultry program (my mistake) and I wasn't impressed. I'm sure they all mean well and are told they have to endorse their products and call on 'experts' to pledge to their products, but honestly I find that I could gather better information and better products on my own time and with my own efforts.
Don't get me wrong, I have used Purina products before and continue to use them for my rabbits off and on, but they are not my first choice.
I wish they could come off as being better educated and more open minded about the world that they are supposedly bringing the highest quality feeds to.

 

[shortgrass]

Well lol, it was interesting to see a Purina rep trying to comment in something they obviously know NOTHING about lol

Yes, ACV is helpful in more ways than one lol... Keeps algea from forming in waterers, antifungal, antibacterial, helps keep PH stable in the gut to help aid digestion etc... And when full understanding of the cycle if pathogens and worms is accomplished, PH also effects the ability of worms to even survive in the gut, and aids immune response...

1-2 tbsp per gallon.


Oh I can go on, but that reminded me that I need to go clean my bathtub... With vinegar.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

Well lol, it was interesting to see a Purina rep trying to comment in something they obviously know NOTHING about lol

Yes, ACV is helpful in more ways than one lol... Keeps algea from forming in waterers, antifungal, antibacterial, helps keep PH stable in the gut to help aid digestion etc... And when full understanding of the cycle if pathogens and worms is accomplished, PH also effects the ability of worms to even survive in the gut, and aids immune response...

1-2 tbsp per gallon.


Oh I can go on, but that reminded me that I need to go clean my bathtub... With vinegar.

Can you explain what you mean by "when a full understanding of the cycle if <sic> pathogens and worms is accomplished, PH also effects the ability of worms to even survive in the gut..."?

Also, do you know what the pH of a chicken's gut is? Do you know what the pH of a chicken's crop is? Do you know what the pH of vinegar is?

Can you explain how ACV "aids in immune response" and what it means to aid in immune response with respect to chickens?

Thanks in advance for your reply.