Propolis tincture?

[CoordinatedChaos]

I've been seeing some things here and there about giving propolis extract to chickens to help with overall health and egg laying production. Does anybody know anything about this, have any information about it, or where to purchase it? All the tinctures I see have alcohol and they say not to give the alcohol ones to chickens.

 

[nuthatched]

Nothing will modify egg production besides hormone shots, it's ovulation, on a cycle based on age and light levels.

 

[CoordinatedChaos]

Nothing will modify egg production besides hormone shots, it's ovulation, on a cycle based on age and light levels.

I think I worded that wrong. What I meant was that its supposed to help with better eggs, such as stronger shells and better yolks. It seems the main draw to propolis though, is that it can help with the chicken's immune system and gut health.

 

[nuthatched]

I think I worded that wrong. What I meant was that its supposed to help with better eggs, such as stronger shells and better yolks. It seems the main draw to propolis though, is that it can help with the chicken's immune system and gut health.

Have you ever seen it listed how it does these things? Unfortunately, you won't, because it can't. You can only strengthen an immune system so much and any birds kept right and fed right already have it, they also don't have a "gut" like we do.
You could buy powdered propolis and use that but it won't offer any benefits.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I've been seeing some things here and there about giving propolis extract to chickens to help with overall health and egg laying production. Does anybody know anything about this, have any information about it, or where to purchase it? All the tinctures I see have alcohol and they say not to give the alcohol ones to chickens.

Can you post any links? Especially those whose URLs end in .edu or .org, or that otherwise link to scientific journals.

It’s getting hard to separate true info from clickbait or AI-generated nonsense.