Garlic and sick birds

[picsarepower]

I have a friend who is a Spanish Farmer
we had some sick tiny young chicks
He chopped up raw garlic,
-fed them
oh my god next day, what cure , in 2 days they were back in the yard
charging about
I have no science to back this up, they were just limp and sickly
local Knowledge ?
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[HollowOfWisps]

Raw Garlic has been used since ancient times as a medicinal. Here is human study on garlic and while it is a human study many of those beneficial compounds that garlic contains can be beneficial to chickens as well. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...lites,lowering properties, as demonstrated in

 

[nuthatched]

It increases blood flow and is a diuretic, it might have helped flush the system. Or just coincidence.
however too much and they'll die since it's toxic to all animals and people, I would never give it to my birds.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

It increases blood flow and is a diuretic, it might have helped flush the system. Or just coincidence.
however too much and they'll die since it's toxic to all animals and people, I would never give it to my birds.

Everything can be toxic to every living thing when given the right dosage and conditions including vitamins, minerals and water.

 

[beautifulchick]

I've found that in internet aswell, I gave him to a 3 month old chicken years ago when one day he was sleeping almost all the morning, I panicked and gave him garlic the size of a corn and he recovered in the afternoon, they say it boost inmune system and helps to create an place not desired by worms (not when there is a infestation), however I give him once a month or so half the size of a corn, I don't have scientific information tough.
Now I have a letargic cockerel, and I give him in the afternoon I hope it helps