Garlic?

[casportpony]

Margaret A. Wissman, D.V.M., D.A.B.V.P. wrote this regarding onions, leeks, garlic, and chives:

"Allicin, which gives garlic its odor, is also a strong oxidant. In rare cases, this chemical can be dangerous and can cause Heinz body hemolytic anemia, as well."

"Although I have not seen any scientific studies performed on any avian species, there is the chance that disulfides could also cause this Heinz body hemolytic anemia in birds. For that reason, I feel that is unnecessary and potentially dangerous to feed onions, leeks, garlic or chives, as they don't contain any nutrients that are vital for the health of our pet bird. Why take the risk?"

Source:
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/onions.html

 

[happy duck]

Have you ever heard of a veterinarian recommending this? All articles I have read say not to feed garlic to birds, cats, and dogs.

Really...I give my ducks garlic. I have heard of people giving it to ducks so I tried it! I have heard it is great for immune booster!

 

[casportpony]

Really...I give my ducks garlic. I have heard of people giving it to ducks so I tried it! I have heard it is great for immune booster!

I know lots of people do, but what you aren't going to find are any posts or article by vets that suggest doing it.

 

[happy duck]

I know lots of people do, but what you aren't going to find are any posts or article by vets that suggest doing it.

Thats true..... Well I don't give them garlic by the pounds.....it is in there brewers yeast. What should I do? I mean they have been fine since day 1....

 

[casportpony]

Thats true..... Well I don't give them garlic by the pounds.....it is in there brewers yeast. What should I do? I mean they have been fine since day 1....

Next time buy a brewers yeast that doesn't have garlic?

 

[happy duck]

Next time buy a brewers yeast that doesn't have garlic?

Yeah....but I like given them garlic so....

 

[casportpony]

Yeah....but I like given them garlic so....

 

[happy duck]

That is how I feel too.....well we will see what happens! I say give it to your ducks, but some say no.....hey I am going to start a thread and give a poll...so we can all argue there!

 

[Peanutsmomma]

Gail Damerow, Author of the Chicken Health Handbook recommends using garlic as a treatment for chicken illness. The only reason I bought this book is because my chicken vet recommended it. The book goes into detail about the use of garlic and speaks of the possibility of hemolytic anemia from using too much garlic as well. Please see attached photo

with that information. I personally have used crushed garlic in my flocks water with great success. Here is a link with just the basic information gleaned from the Chicken Health Handbook https://www.storey.com/article/garlic-for-chicken-health/

 

[Molpet]

Margaret A. Wissman, D.V.M., D.A.B.V.P. wrote this regarding onions, leeks, garlic, and chives:

"Allicin, which gives garlic its odor, is also a strong oxidant. In rare cases, this chemical can be dangerous and can cause Heinz body hemolytic anemia, as well."

"Although I have not seen any scientific studies performed on any avian species, there is the chance that disulfides could also cause this Heinz body hemolytic anemia in birds. For that reason, I feel that is unnecessary and potentially dangerous to feed onions, leeks, garlic or chives, as they don't contain any nutrients that are vital for the health of our pet bird. Why take the risk?"

Source:
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/onions.html

this was on eggs, but doesn't mention any died
https://academic.oup.com/ps/article/90/3/665/1589452
Conclusions
Results of this study showed that dietary GP exerted no significant performance-enhancing effect when incorporated into layer diet. However, egg weight and albumen quality of fresh eggs were significantly improved by dietary treatment, although with strong garlic flavor in eggs at high GP inclusion level. This study suggests that moderate addition of GP (up to 3%) to layer diets is beneficial in improving egg weight and albumen quality of eggs without compromising hen performance or consumer taste and preference. However, further studies are needed to evaluate the mechanism by which dietary GP exerts its effects on physical egg quality and its influence on egg storability.