How much Apple cider vinegar?

[thecreekhouse]

I water my six pullets in a 2 quart rubber bowl. I freshen with clean water daily. How much Apple cider vinegar should I be adding to their water and how often? Thanks!

 

[JDGreene]

I use 2 tablespoons per gallon and give it to them a couple days every 1-1.5 weeks.

 

[Suzi18]

I use 1 TBSP per gallon. Make sure it has "the mother" in it. I use Braggs as it's fairly easy to find. I use it year round except on very hot days. I always keep a plastic waterer filled with ACV water and a metal one with plain water. They seem to prefer the ACV

 

[chickengeorgeto]

There is absolutely no scientific evidence or any other type of evidence for that matter that Apple Cider Vinegar is any help to your chickens. However there is a lot of evidence that ACV keeps the makers of ACV in the chips. Since is likely the only one maker of ACV that has traces of MOTHER in it I strongly suspect that those are the folks who are scamming you. I will sat this, if there were a big old gob of "MOTHER" floating around in the next bottle of ACV that you purchase that 99% of the people who purchased it would go back to their grocery store and demand a refund.

Vinegar is not made by or from the mother. Vinegar is produced when an alcoholic beverage like red, white, or rice wine, or else white distilled spirits, and/or fermented malt liquor is exposed to oxygen.

10,000 gallons of 30 proof or 15% apple flavored alcohol will produce 30,000 gallons of ACV with an acid content of 5% which is what you find in the store. The mother in vinegar is an indication that the wine in the cast or barrel was infected by a bacteria culture while it was aging.

 

[Suzi18]

There is absolutely no scientific evidence or any other type of evidence for that matter that Apple Cider Vinegar is any help to your chickens. However there is a lot of evidence that ACV keeps the makers of ACV in the chips. Since is likely the only one maker of ACV that has traces of MOTHER in it I strongly suspect that those are the folks who are scamming you. I will sat this, if there were a big old gob of "MOTHER" floating around in the next bottle of ACV that you purchase that 99% of the people who purchased it would go back to their grocery store and demand a refund.

Vinegar is not made by or from the mother. Vinegar is produced when an alcoholic beverage like red, white, or rice wine, or else white distilled spirits, and/or fermented malt liquor is exposed to oxygen.

10,000 gallons of 30 proof or 15% apple flavored alcohol will produce 30,000 gallons of ACV with an acid content of 5% which is what you find in the store. The mother in vinegar is an indication that the wine in the cast or barrel was infected by a bacteria culture while it was aging.

Well thanks for sharing your opinion. The bacteria in the culture is exactly why I buy it.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I would make sure to offer a bowl without it in. Some will not drink enough with it in the water. I too don't see the point of it.

 

[JDGreene]

I mix it and drink it myself occasionally, scaled up at 2 tablespoons per gallon, the same I give my chickens. Seems like it works on my gut. Do I have any scientific proof? No, that's only because I flushed it down the toilet, lol.

If the bacteria in ACV doesn't do something, then fermented foods are a waste too and don't get me started on the fermented food mafias. grrr.

 

[9hensnarooster]

What is the ACV used for?

 

[JDGreene]

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-816/apple-cider-vinegar

I don't see anything about scientific proof for this or that but I also don't see anything about it being a bunch of hogwash either.

I'm sure a chicken will make it just fine without ACV. They aren't running short on bacteria from having their beak peck everything in sight.

 

[Suzi18]

Actually mine prefer the ACV water. I always have ACV and plain water available to them and they go through the ACV water quicker than the plain.