can i feed my chicks garlic?

[SproutGirl]

Pretty much anything is good in eggs.

I've fed my birds a lot of marjoram when we had a TON of it. They loved it. But I don't think they would have tasted like it!

 

[danceofthechickens]

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did you eat them and find out?

 

[buck-wild-chick]

I put garlic in my horses' feed to keep the flys away.When my horses' sweat ,they smell like pot roast...

You could give it a try ? They may not eat it.

 

[Kittymomma]

Garlic, lemon pepper, and cajun seasoning--the holy trinity of cooking....anything!!

Seriously though, I wonder if it would "taint" the eggs? I know strong vegetation will effect the flavor of milk....hmmm. I don't think it would pre-season the eggs and I doubt it would make any significant difference to the meat, but it might make the eggs taste "off" if they ate enough of it.

 

[danceofthechickens]

thank you for all the answers!!!

 

[SproutGirl]

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did you eat them and find out?

No. But the birds I have eaten didn't taste like chicken food!

 

[newchickmom09]

I think it will make your eggs taste bad.

 

[danceofthechickens]

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did you eat them and find out?

No. But the birds I have eaten didn't taste like chicken food!

that gave me quite a laugh!

but i must inquire, have you tasted chicken food?

 

[SproutGirl]

I haven't tasted chicken pellets. But I have tasted raw oats and cracked corn. Not too tasty.

 

[tonini3059]

I assume when you said can you feed garlic to your chickens to flavor them that you plan on butchering the chickens. If that is the case I think you would need to feed them a lot of garlic. I had a bunch of roosters that I free ranged and when I went to butcher them they all wreaked of wild onions, the green ones that come up in the spring. They smelled so bad, and were very small I did not eat them. Consequently I think it would be possible to flavor the meat but to the extent and exact flavor I am unsure.