LIVESTOCK

  • Animals should have all the water they want, but you will find less water use because the water hydrates faster and deeper. Laying hens, for example, drank 12 percent less water in trials
  • Chicken manure was significantly drier, easier to handle, almost no free ammonia and commanded higher price. This because the water went into the hens not through them
  • Egg quality significantly higher with fewer deforms and floaters
  • Decline of aging flock reduced by over 27 percent, some hens resumed laying
  • With dairy cows 6 to 7 percent increase in milk production
  • Evidence of longer productive life though more research is needed
  • Generally a noticeable reduction in animal stress and better general health