The Poultry Keeper

JUSOLLY · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 48 Location: Kent

Hi

I bought some ACV from the internet recently but it didnt have any instructions on the back to give to 6 bantam hens. Does anyone know what the quantity and frequency should be?

telster · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 240 Location: merseyside

about 2% in the water 1 week a month . i just pour in a couple of capfuls into about 3 litre drinker , dont use galvanised use plastic container.
think i got that right. Rolling Eyes

CP · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject:

Yup. 2% - plastic drinker - 1 week in 4. Wink

telster · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 240 Location: merseyside

i got it right Very Happy

JUSOLLY · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 48 Location: Kent

Thanks for that, will do

julia101 · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 5 Location: New Malden Surrey

Sorry probably a stupid question but im an absolute beginner at this, but why do you give chickens apple cider vinagar?

JUSOLLY · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 48 Location: Kent

AVC (Apple Vinegar cider) is good for chooks and their digestive system, how exactly I do not know but to give it to them in their water helps their system, I was told to give it when they are laying are if ever they look a bit off colour. I guess its some kind of tonic although not completely sure. Hope this helps but someone else may offer something more comprehensive than that.

Itsybitsy · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1452 Location: Leicestershire

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3540 Location: Monmouthshire

Thank you Itsy - I've never put it quite so well. I would only add that it smells disgusting and my poultry considers it a contaminant and won't touch any water containing it. Use with salt for cleaning brass though and it's brilliant!

CP · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:51 am Post subject:

Supposed to be good for people with arthritis too. Wink

Though whether it works or not I can't say.

We get ours from a local feed merchant & it's not too expensive. Recommendations are to use it 1 week in 4 but we only give it to the chickens when I remember! Embarassed

El Pollo Diablo · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:

something to do with preventing crystal build up in the joints ie gout - when I was researching cider a it I was looking at an old book on Rural Economy of Herefordshire which had a chapter on cider production, anecdorally the workers who were given a cider allowance never complained of arthritis/gout/joint pain and when the allowance stopped and people started to drink beer instead of cider apparently the cases of joint trouble exploded. probablyt all a load of twaddle but i don't take the risk, just drink lots of cider. ACV isn't a waste of money for me cos i had a dodgy batch of cider this time so I'm making my own Surprised

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Magpie · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 667 Location: Norfolk

I only heard about ACV in a recent (or is it the current?) issue of PP. I looked at it in our local feed merchant and thought that at £19 for 5L it was rather expensive, but I then saw it in our local shop, £1.30 for a half litre bottle, recommended for just about everything that could be wrong with you so I bought a couple to try. BTW the one that I bought is organic as well Smile

There are a couple of websites who sell it claiming that it has anti-parasitic benefits and can even help deter redmite, but they also have garlic in so I'm not sure which does the job with those.

Itsybitsy · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1452 Location: Leicestershire

mojo · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject:

as a arthritic old fool ACV does help me and my fowl drink it just like normal water

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3540 Location: Monmouthshire

Love the smilies, Itsy.