Equimins Poultry Cider Apple Vinegar, 1 Litre

Equimins Country Living Cider Apple Vinegar – 1 Litre

Cider vinegar in the drinker is one of the oldest habits in poultry keeping, and the point of an unpasteurised one is the Mother — the cloudy, gel-like culture that forms on the surface and is filtered out of the clear supermarket kind. Equimins keep it in, along with the natural malic acid and the enzymes and minerals that come with it.

It is a tonic. It supports a bird's general condition and it is used to help maintain inner balance, in Equimins' phrase — it does not treat or cure anything, and a sick bird needs a diagnosis rather than a vinegar.

Performance & Benefits

• Unpasteurised, and retains the Mother rather than being filtered clear.
• Contains natural malic acid, along with the enzymes and minerals of the live culture.
• Used as an everyday tonic to help maintain inner balance and general condition.
• Goes straight into the drinking water at 10ml per litre — no mixing or measuring beyond that.
• 1 litre bottle, which at that rate treats 100 litres of water.

Suitable For

• Chickens, ducks and other poultry, as part of a routine.
• Keepers who want an unpasteurised vinegar with the Mother rather than a clear, filtered one.
• Small flocks, where a litre is a sensible quantity to get through.
• Not a treatment for a sick or off-colour bird — that needs a vet, and Equimins make no such claim for it.

Feeding

• Add to the drinking water at a rate of 10ml per litre of water.
• Shake the bottle before pouring, as the Mother settles.
• Use plastic or stainless steel drinkers; vinegar and galvanised metal do not mix.
• Change treated water daily and rinse the drinker, as you would with plain water.
• Equimins publish no maximum period of use for poultry.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: unpasteurised cider apple vinegar containing the Mother.
• 1 litre bottle. Barcode 5032509105318.
• Equimins publish no acetic acid percentage and no analysis for this product, so none is stated here.
• Also available from Equimins in 2.5 litre and 5 litre jerrycans.