VINEGAR

The Medicinal Uses of Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/bs_applecidervinegar.html

TLC Cooking "How to Make Your Own Vinegar"
Shared by:  Pauline Guild
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/how-vinegar-works2.htm

EatTheWeeds: Episode 33: Homemade Vinegar
http://youtu.be/TEwOzhyVYyc

How to Make Mother of Vinegar
http://www.ehow.com/how_5752385_make-mother-vinegar.html

VINEGAR/YEAST
Shared by:  Cherrell Thomas
http://www.ehow.com/how_5752385_make-mother-vinegar.html

Apple Cider Vinegar: A Natural Way to Improve Your Chickens’ Health
http://www.mysnazzychickencoop.com/chicken-health/apple-cider-vinegar-natural-improve-chickens-health/


Long praised for its health benefits among the alternative medicine community, apple cider vinegar can do wonders for your chickens. The product of pulverized and fermented apples, apple cider vinegar contains acetic and other acids, mineral salts, and amino acids that are great for your chickens. Using apple cider vinegar in various ways around your flock and coop can do the following:

• Improve the digestive health of your chickens by maintaining proper pH balance in the digestive tract
• Increase egg production
• Kill germs that cause respiratory illnesses among chickens
• Keep your chickens’ water free of harmful bacteria
• Eliminate mold, mildew, dust, and odors from your chicken coop
• Disinfect your chicken coop and your chickens’ feeding and watering system
• Repel flies and ants
• Act as an abrasive for difficult-to-clean surfaces such as brooders, window panes, and cages.

Giving your chickens apple cider vinegar directly
Adding apple cider vinegar directly to your chickens’ drinking water can help to maintain digestive health by lowering the pH in their stomach. It can also act as an antiseptic, killing any harmful mucus or bacteria in the throat that can cause respiratory ailments. Some homesteaders also report that feeding chickens apple cider vinegar increases their egg production.
To add apple cider vinegar to your chickens’ water, always use raw, unfiltered, and unpasteurized vinegar, such as Bragg’s. You can find raw apple cider vinegar at many well-stocked grocery stores, health food stores, or poultry supply stores. Use four teaspoons of apple cider vinegar for each gallon of water, or one quart apple cider vinegar per fifty gallons.

Using apple cider vinegar to clean your chicken coop, feeders, and waterers
You can also use apple cider vinegar to clean your chicken coop walls, floors, roof, windows, feeder, and waterer. Just add a few teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to a spray bottle filled with water. The raw, unfiltered, and unpasteurized apple cider vinegar is always best, but for cleaning purposes, any type of apple cider vinegar will work.
To clean with apple cider vinegar, just spray any dirty surface with your solution and wipe clean with a rag or towel. Frequent cleaning with apple cider vinegar will disinfect any surface and prevent mold, mildew, dust, and unpleasant odors from building up in your coop. Many homesteaders report that cleaning the chickens’ area with apple cider vinegar prevents flies and ants from congregating around chickens as well.

Using apple cider vinegar as an abrasive cleaner
Apple cider vinegar makes a great abrasive cleaner for areas like cages, cracks, and brooders that may get particularly dirty but are difficult to clean effectively. Mixing apple cider vinegar with coarse sea salt will help to safely rub off any build-up on dirty surfaces.
For the ultimate clean feeling, mix baking soda with a small amount of water to scrub surfaces thoroughly and then spray with an apple cider vinegar solution to disinfect.





Amazing vinegar! 19 ways to help pets, house, and you
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecomii_healthy_living/114/amazing-vinegar-19-ways-to-help-pets-house-and-you.html


From soothing sunburn and insect bites to deterring insects and cats, vinegar is a versatile, safe and effective solution for many household and pet problems.

• A few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in your pet’s water bowl will prevent fleas and mange.

• If you dog has been sprayed by a skunk, rub vinegar (any type) on his coat and rinse.

• If your pet has hot spots, dab a little vinegar (any kind) on the spots.

• To remove pet urine from carpets -- The best vinegar to get is one that has not been processed, look for vinegar that has been cold pressed.

• Keep cut flowers blooming longer -- Add 2 tablespoons white vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar to a quart of water.  Stems should sit at least 4 inches into the water.

• Deter ants with vinegar.  Either spray or place a vinegar soaked string in the areas ants frequent.

• Vinegar is an herbicide when used in temperatures above 70°.  However, it will also kill plants, so use vinegar carefully in the garden.

• When slicing onions, rub hands with vinegar before and after handling them, to prevent odor.

• Keep cats away by sprinkling vinegar in the areas you want them to avoid.  Citrus peelings and soap will also deter cats.

• Clean your dog’s ears with a soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar. Apple cider vinegar is recommended.

• Clean rust from garden tools and spigots by soaking in undiluted vinegar.  Lay a cloth soaked in vinegar over the spigot overnight.

• Dab vinegar on a mosquito bite (or any insect bite) to soothe.

• After gardening, pour vinegar over your hands to soothe and prevent drying and flaking.

• Remove fruit stains from hands by rinsing with vinegar.

• Soak wilted vegetables in 2 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of vinegar.

• Vinegar is an effective air freshener. Put out a bowl of vinegar to eliminate cigar, smoke or pet odors.

• Soothe sunburn by rubbing vinegar on the affected area.

• Soothe a bee sting by dabbing the affected area with vinegar.