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lillie02
Joined: 18 May 2008
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Location: Wales
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 Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: Giving chickens garlic |
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| I have read giving chickens garlic in their water is good for them. I may be stupid but how do you do this and how much d you give them? I have 4 bantams. |
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Henwife
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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Location: Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| A longstanding habit of poultry keepers. I put a clove of garlic into the water fount. It is used as a worm preventative - they should still be wormed twice yearly, but it is supposed to make their guts unfriendly to internal nasties. It may not do any good, but it certainly does no harm. |
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crazypianolady
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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Location: Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Some people use a fresh clove of garlic, others (including me) use ACV (apple cider vinegar) with added garlic - the one I use is called Gar-rich. I give 1 tablespoon to one drinker full of water - it worked out very close to the recommended dosage.
If you do start to use ACV, use a plastic or enamel drinker because it will react with galavanised metal.
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Henwife
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| My chicken won't drink water with vinegar in and I dislike the smell! |
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crazypianolady
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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No, I'm not too keen on the smell straight from the bottle!  |
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lillie02
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Thy like the ACV so I tried a clove of garlic in it and they loved it. I will try it for a week and see how they get on. Thanks  |
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