From what I've gleaned so far, garlic is good for chickens, working as a
natural parasitic control as well as helping keep the digestive system
working smoothly.
Read a really intersting article in an old issue of Mother EArth (I never
throw anything away) by a homesteader who watched his chickens to see what
herbs they used in building their nests, and found that they put aromatic
herbs (mints, etc) presumably as a natural defense for insect (mite, flea,
etc) control. He began using that in his nests for the chickens that didn't
free range and noticed a definite difference (noted that the baby chicks
were seen rubbing their heads into the dried herbs).
Dandelion was mentioned in almost every place I've found mention of chickens
and herbs for the same reasons that it's good for humans (high in vitamins,
protein, etc). Feeding alfalfa as an antioxident was also mentioned often.
Several other lesser known herbs apparently are pretty valuable in a
chicken's diet too. I'm finding it fascinating!
Bobbye
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Kate Lorenzen <starmstbl@dwave.net> wrote:
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> Feeding herbs to chickens for what reason, Bobbye? Just because you have
> too much herbs, or something else?
>
> And yes, it is a difficult subject to research, online or otherwise.
> Herbs for animals for medicinal purposes is hard enough, I'd think herbs for
> their just foraging would be harder........would think all that would be
> getting better/more available to find these days. As an
> herbologist/herbalist for humans for over 40+ yrs now, about 12 or so yrs
> ago I started incorporating my animals into that. There's only a handful of
> books out there that deal with it.
> Kate in WI :-)
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