AniMed Xpel! For Poultry

[Relaax]

I got some of this for my herd, thought it would be beneficial for them. Since I have not worked them nor have I seen evidence. Does anyone have any experience with this product? Does anyone know if this is okay for goats, dogs, guineas and geese since or seems everyone else's water tastes better then their own. I tried to look it up and will continue to do some research but was just wondering about other peoples experience. TYIA

 

[aart]

I got some of this for my herd, thought it would be beneficial for them.

You say 'herd', from which I infer mammals,
but title says poultry...I will only speak to poultry here.

Never heard of it, but sounds like 'snake oil' to me.
Good chicken feed, most have 'x-biotics',
as part of a healthy diet and environment should take care of all this product claims to do.

 

[Tesumph]

Seems like a powder that you mix into feed, not water (unless you have a different product).

From the coastalag website: "Promotes normal intestinal health. Contains pumpkin seed, diatomaceous earth and 5 strains of microencapsulated lactobacillus. This is for the back yard chicken rancher. This container is labeled to mix 1 to 3 of the 1.5 oz. scoop per pound of feed. So the jar will mix with from 16 to 24 pounds of feed. It is well known that diatomaceous earth and to some degree, pumpkin seed are effective on internal parasites."

In reality, diatomaceous earth is a siliceous powder that works by damaging an insect's exoskeleton and slowly dehydrating it. It is only useful in certain conditions and is absolutely useless for intestinal parasites. At worst, it can damage lungs when inhaled.
SOME strains of SOME pumpkin species have seeds that contain curcurbitin, an amino acid that is somewhat of a dewormer (for SOME parasites). You would, however, have to eat an insane amount of these specific pumpkin seeds for it to be effective in the slightest.
And lastly, the microencapsulated lactobacillus, a fancy name for probiotics.. not harmful, but certainly not something that a healthy, foraging chicken would necessarily need.

 

[Relaax]

You say 'herd', from which I infer mammals,
but title says poultry...I will only speak to poultry here.

Never heard of it, but sounds like 'snake oil' to me.
Good chicken feed, most have 'x-biotics',
as part of a healthy diet and environment should take care of all this product claims to do.

 

[Relaax]

I guess I should have said flock. I just consider my group kids actually. Lol.