Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[bruceh]

Same here...awhile back I used the castor oil on the bird's legs due to some lingering signs of scale mites left over from last year. While I was doing that, I went ahead and dosed them each a dropper full of the castor oil because my granny used to tell me that everyone in the hills used to take some each spring as a "tonic" and that it got rid of folks' worms. Why not? I was thinking, let's give the old birds a spring tonic?

Their combs and wattles started showing a cherry red color within a few days of the "tonic" dose and have not diminished in color all summer, no matter who is laying or not laying at the time. Their scales returned to a deep, rich yellow and looked very supple and young. No signs of mites since then and that was in March. No mites or lice on the body, no scale mites, rich color on all extremities and richness of feathering.

Gotta give a shout out to the old folks...they sure know their stuff when it comes to home remedies.

Amen

 

[bruceh]

Ignoring the Smart Alecky comment.... So I have 20 birds, so about 1.75lbs plus enough castor oil to make a salad. And should be enough to feed them twice, eh? This is instead of FF, not in addition to? (mine free range all day, and have access to dry IF they want it... then I give them each about 1/2c FF per bird, sometimes they eat it all, sometimes there's barley left , which they pick gone by dinner time.) Looking forward to it, as my adopted OEGB's seem to be positively ancient!

i used no ratio what so ever. just winged it. i feed the pumpkin seed and castor oil as the only food ration i with held any other feed for the sole purpose of i wanted them to eat this concoction to worm them.

 

[bruceh]

bee,
there is a dosage i did read somewhere along the way. i think it is 1 cc per bird. however i am not catching all these birds and dosing each one.. man, by the time i was done i would have to start over. so for me it' the old pumpkin seed and castor oil trick.

 

[Beekissed]

Really? You found info that people were using it on their birds and actually had a dosage metered out? Cool! I couldn't find anything about that at all, so I winged it. One cc isn't a whole lot, so you and I both probably gave a good bit more than that...who knows? I just gave them one standard medicine dropper full and called it a day.

 

[bruceh]

it is 1.5 cc http://barlingpoultry.co.uk/hentreatments.pdf
another great read.http://archive.org/stream/cu31924000931570/cu31924000931570_djvu.txt

 

[RedRidge]

.
redridge ,
i raise heritage rhode island reds as well . they are just beautiful birds. mine are sweet and smart.do you use a certain line bird. mine are from lloyd flannagan.deep black cherry. soory i get excited when people mention the reds.

Love my reds... they are Rose Comb... Underwood line.

 

[bruceh]

gary underwood 's rose comb fantastic birds. congrats

 

[bruceh]

Love my reds... they are Rose Comb... Underwood line.

here is a little site to go to. jimmy is a good friend of mine http://jimspetsandpoultry.weebly.com.
never mind you are already on the thread.

 

[RedRidge]

Quote: Yep... I know Jimmie... I follow all of his lines.
He and I also message periodically about choosing breeders.
I'm trying to decide which cockerels to cull this year... I have at least 10 and am having a terrible time narrowing it down to just two. But... I don't need to carry them all into the winter.
Such decisions... LOL
What line do you have?

 

[Beekissed]

it is 1.5 cc http://barlingpoultry.co.uk/hentreatments.pdf another great read. http://archive.org/stream/cu31924000931570/cu31924000931570_djvu.txt

Both sites are using this as a laxative, not as an antihelmintic...never in my life have I thought a chicken might need a laxative. On the contrary, I think it would be more likely they would need something to stopper them up! I've not seen any loose stool with the use of the castor oil, so I'm thinking the amount given didn't have the laxative effect they are hoping. Normal poops as per usual in this coop!