Garlic? good/bad/ugly ??

[cajun Rabbit]

I am learing so I don't know from personal experience. I have read (on here and other places) that feeding garlic to chickens will result in 'off' tasting eggs. But in a video posted here the man said that it was a great way to deter fleas and mites. .... I know in humans that eat lots of garlic it does repel mosquitoes, so does the same apply to chicks? if so how bad do the eggs taste?

Thanks.

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

Here is a link to an article about feeding herbs - I have never fed garlic much, my birds have always been pretty healthy. Hope this helps, MW

http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/5/5-2/herbs_for_spring_eggs_and_breeding.html

I have used powdered rosemary to dust their coop and them to deter external parasites, but if they have a dust hole (soft ground to dustbathe in) they will take care of the external parasites themselves.

 

[cajun Rabbit]

Got a 404 error

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

Woops - then you can just look up Backyard Poultry's website and search for "garlic". There are a few articles.