Vinegar in water

[Cammo77]

I think the biggest concern is in galvanized metal waterers because they can get zinc poisoning, but I wouldn't recommend stainless steel either...
A smaller plastic waterer with the ACV mix would be best if you wanted to keep the stainless steel one for regular water.

Thank you. We may switch waterer we put the ACV in. We have a smaller plastic one as well as the big auto one.

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you. We have a stainless beer keg hooked up to a stainless bowl with a plastic float valve for a water supply, plus a small plastic one as well. I haven't noticed any corrosion but that's not to say it isn't happening. I have seen "stainless steel" rust when I was building trucks though. Depends on quality of manufacturing.

Oh were you using the vinegar just for keeping the slime/algae out? If so, get yourself a bottle of RV water freshener. We just use 1/2 teaspoon in our 5-gallon nipple waterer and a couple drops in our other smaller ones.

This is the one we bought many years ago at Walmart.

 

[Cammo77]

Oh were you using the vinegar just for keeping the slime/algae out? If so, get yourself a bottle of RV water freshener. We just use 1/2 teaspoon in our 5-gallon nipple waterer and a couple drops in our other smaller ones.

This is the one we bought many years ago at Walmart.View attachment 3715674

It was more for the health benefits with keeping the algae out of the waterer a bonus. My wife is a bit of a germaphobe so their container had to be spotless....me on the other hand have a slimy old Kombuca culture sitting on the bench that freaks her out Think we will switch where we put the ACV and use our town water in the keg.

 

[Hickory_Hills]

I have well water too. My aunt sent me a video about the benefits of adding AC Vinegar. I was going to add some to my bird's waterers (all plastic); but I didn't see a response for the well thing.... Is it going to help or hurt?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I have well water too. My aunt sent me a video about the benefits of adding AC Vinegar. I was going to add some to my bird's waterers (all plastic); but I didn't see a response for the well thing.... Is it going to help or hurt?

Depends on your well water.

See here

Here also

and here.

plenty of other comments I can link saying mostly the same.


DO you know the Ph of your well water??? 6.5 is the target, but the range of acceptable is quite broad.

 

[Hickory_Hills]

Depends on your well water.

See here

Here also

and here.

plenty of other comments I can link saying mostly the same.


DO you know the Ph of your well water??? 6.5 is the target, but the range of acceptable is quite broad.

I guess, it's more for the gut health than PH thing. I have read that it's a good anti-bacterial and anti-viral; as well as promoting good digestion?

 

[skeeeter]

Hi! as yall just revived this old thread, I'd like to tell what I was told by an ag. student about using vinegar/sour milk for fowl. It seems that these cultures create enough acidity to keep salmonella from taking hold and sickening the stock. Personally, we don't routinely add vinegar to their water, but in hot humid weather and other times of stress, we do. We also rinse the incubator with a stronger concentration, and use a bit in the humidifying tray and also as a hatching egg dip, before placing the eggs in the incubator. As we've not had rotteness after starting this, we've decided to continue using it.
There are times we substitute lemon juice for vinegar in the water also.. when we hear of viruses going around.

 

[nuthatched]

I guess, it's more for the gut health than PH thing. I have read that it's a good anti-bacterial and anti-viral; as well as promoting good digestion?

Not in the dilution that chickens will drink, it won't do anything.

 

[Couboys10]

I asked in a FB group that other day if unfiltered homemade red wine vinegar would have the same benefits as ACV and was told it would cause liver failure. Had anybody got any thoughts or advice on this please?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I asked in a FB group that other day if unfiltered homemade red wine vinegar would have the same benefits as ACV and was told it would cause liver failure. Had anybody got any thoughts or advice on this please?

Yes. That is why you don't get advice from Facebook or Youtube.

If you have made ACV safe for human consumption at home, it is also safe for addition to your chicken's water. and assuming you haven't pastuerized your homemade ACV, it will contain "the mother", that is, live culture.

I'm not actually a fan of ACV in water generally - it has specific use in specific situation, that situation having to do with the pH of the water that you are giving your chickens... But fear of liver failure is a long, long, long, long, long long way from my reasons why I'm not an ACV fan.