TWO THINGS YOU NEED TO FEED YOUR CHICKEN TO MAKE THEM HEALTHY

Healthy flocks is the happiness of all chicken owner, the healthy your chicken is the more your profits.
Raising chickens naturally has been my goal since my first flock. I’ve learned  that you can improve the health of your chickens with these important things:

GARLIC AND APPLE CIDER VINEGAR.

These two thing can help in healthy and improved health in your chicken.
This is simple and inexpensive way to keep your flock healthy and it will be discuss on how to go about it.

To improve the health of your chickens naturally let’s start with garlic.

Did you know that garlic is a natural antibiotic? I use garlic to keep my family healthy, as well as keeping my chickens naturally healthy. Studies have shown that raw garlic can improve heart health, lower blood pressure, fight colds and much more (source). My grandmother made a cough syrup from garlic and honey that I use to this day! Chickens can benefit from garlic too…and most of them love it!


IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF CHICKENS NATURALLY – FEED GARLIC 

Why? Just like garlic improves our health, it can improve the health of chickens naturally. Garlic can strengthen their immune system, boost the respiratory system, help to ward off lice and mites as well as act as a natural wormer.


How? So how do you give your chickens garlic? There are several ways. My best method is to simply crush bulbs and mince it; offer this as a treat all by itself or mixed with other treats. You can also add mashed whole cloves to water (3-4 cloves per gallon). Do not add to water if you use a galvanized steel water dispenser; this can leach chemicals into the water. If you do add it to your water make sure you only leave the garlic in for 2 – 3 days. If you don’t want to use fresh garlic you can add powdered garlic to feed, although I do not think this is as powerful as the fresh raw garlic.


When? You really only need to feed your chickens fresh garlic once or twice a month; too much of a good thing can be unhealthy for them. You can do the garlic in the water weekly because it is not as potent.

IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF CHICKENS NATURALLY – FEED APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (ACV) 

Why? Raw apple cider vinegar, like Braggs, can help your chickens naturally maintain optimum digestive health. It is also an immunity booster, rid a chicken of sour crop and generally improve their health.


How? The best way to feed ACV to your chickens is to add one tablespoon to every gallon of fresh water. Remember, this too, should not be add to metal water dispensers. You can give them a plastic water dispenser when you’re offering them the apple cider vinegar.

When? To give them the best of the ACV benefits you should plan to offer them the apple cider vinegar water 1 to 2 times a week. I have heard that some flock owners will do an entire week just once a month.

There you have it. How to improve the health of your chickens naturally with garlic and apple cider vinegar.
Given your chicken these two things will help in making them healthy and productive.

HOMEMADE FOOD AND TREATMENT FOR POULTRY BIRDS

As a poultry farmer and chicken owners you will like to give your chickens treats? Do you know there are some homemade treatment you can give to your birds to make it stronger  and healthy. There are drugs out there which may not give you the result you wanted. That is why it is important to be sure to feed our chickens healthy food or homemade treatment alternatives. Now, I know what you are thinking. Healthy food usually equates to a hefty price tag feeds. Because of this i have bringing you some different healthy homemade chicken food and treatments. Food and treatments that you can make at home.
Here they are:

1. Onion or garlic

Onion and garlic contained high antioxidant materials which can be very useful in poultry homemade treatment. Given your birds crushed garlic or onion in there food will help it to kill germs and diseases. Garlic is a form of antibiotics in homemade treatment in poultry birds.

2. Oatmeal Balls

I like these little balls. The reason is that it doesn’t take a ton of them to keep your hens happy. They are made of all natural ingredients that most of us have around the house for baking purposes. However, they are rolled into little balls that will take the hens a while to peck at. This means that they stay busy longer and don’t eat as much. But what they do eat is healthy for them. It is a win for the hens and a win for your budget too..

3. Grape fruit

Grape fruit is high in vitamin C, given your chicken grape fruit juice will be of great advantage to your chicken, grape is source of vitamin and it helpful in keeping your chicken healthy and strong.

4. Egg

Would you think that chickens wouldn’t like their own eggs? Well, if you thought that, that would be incorrect. Chickens eat pretty much anything and these treats are no different. They are great at giving the chickens protein they need. Plus, when hot weather heads your way, these pops are a great way at keeping them cool too. So if you’d like easy and inexpensive treats for your chickens, then give these eggs.
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5 The Chicken Frozen Fruit

This is a really great idea to share with your chickens on a hot day. You basically take most fruits that they love and mix it with mint leaves and water. You’ll blend it up like you would any smoothies. Then you’ll place it inside a fruit ring to freeze it. Finally, you’ll give the frozen delicious beverage to your chickens that will really appreciate it during sweltering heat. 6. Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits I love fruit and yogurt parfaits. Well, guess what? So will your chickens. They are able to eat many fruits and vegetables without facing adverse effects of them and dairy is very similar. So you can take fruits and vegetables and mix them with yogurt or cottage cheese, and your hens will be very happy. It is also very healthy for them too as it gives them necessary vitamins plus calcium which is key to egg development.

6. Left Overs

Not everything we eat is always healthy. However, if you eat a healthy meal around your table and have some left then go ahead and toss it to your chickens. Plus, whatever they won’t eat they’ll grind it around and turn it into a wonderful composts. So almost any fresh vegetables and fruits that you feed your family for good health will give good health to your chickens too.

7. Watermelon

Chickens love fruits especially watermelon. I think it is where the fruit is mainly made up of water so it keeps them hydrated with the extreme juiciness of it. But I have always noticed anytime I put a watermelon in my chicken yard, my birds go for it. So keep these fruits in mind for chicken homemade. There are many homemade treat or food for chicken but this what will be mentioned on this blog for now, more will be published later. Thanks for reading.