herbal medicine

  1. C

    Herbal remedy for mites?? My odd experience

    I took a hen home and nursed her back to health from several nasty ailments, but the subject of this thread is the northern fowl mites. She rode home with me in a cat carrier after sitting in it for a few hours while I finished working, not a mite in sight (I didn't think to check her feathers...
  2. Sequoia Raven Bird Farms

    What do you like to forage? Calling all foragers!

    I was just on BYC's sister site 'Sufficentself.com' and it sparked my interest if anyone here forages too. I personally love foraging sustainably for things like burdock, hen of the woods, morels, plantain, purslane, horsetail, willow, and more. I foraged some horsetail and dried it recently...
  3. Sequoia Raven Bird Farms

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  4. C

    New to forum, but not to chicken keeping

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm a 61 year old farmer and have had chickens in my yard for 34 years ;-) (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 13 birds this year. I had a flock of 22 chickens and 4 guineas get slaughtered in one night when a racoon broke...
  5. Fwoof

    What types of herbs/plants are good for chickens and how?

    On this thread tell me what plants make either good treats, herbal medicine, or are high in beneficial vitamins. (and everything in between!) And don't forget to tell me your experience with giving these greens to your hens! 😁 ❤️
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