Anyone feed epazote (wormseed)

[flowerchild59]

Epazote grows basically all over the world as a weed. It is used extensively in mexican and south american cooking and used medicinally as a wormer. It has a rather unusual odor that is odd and wonderful at the same time. I like it in mexican food, quesidillas, tamales and the such.
Whenever I see it growing wild I pick it and feed it to the girls. I wonder if it has a "deworming" factor if you feed it to hens. Any ideas?
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[CoopCrazy]

Not sure about the dewormer but I would worry about the flavor getting into your eggs.. You liki it but if your customers dont then you amy have a problem.. i had to stop selling eggs for a while after my girls ate a bunch of wild onions...

 

[crossedwires]

the active chemicals for the wormer part are contained in the oil mainly from the seed so unless you refine the seed meal and exstract the oil then the benifits as a wormer are fairly small, however if does no harm to feed it so why not, and as was pointed out you have the issue of tainted eggs.

 

[ChickenEddieAKAcp]

I'll just leave this here:


https://ethnobiomed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-4269-7-21


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3.2. Internal parasites in poultry​

Poultry were given access to growing epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) so that they could nibble it. Alternatively handfuls of epazote were thrown to the chickens while they were stilled penned if ample quantities were available. Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) was used as an alternative to epazote and both plants are also considered very nutritious food for poultry. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.) was grown in the fields or pathways of the farm so that birds could self-medicate. Birds were also allowed to self-medicate with the following herbs: burdock (Arctium lappa L.), comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.), dandelions (Taraxacum officinale Weber), peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), wild Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop), stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.), and salmonberry shoots and leaves (Rubus spectabilis Pursh).
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