Started giving chickens garlic

[joy]

They love finely chopped garlic mixed in soft butter/margarine tubs .

 

[SmittenChicken]

So are you feeding it mixed with butter or margarine? And how do the eggs taste?

 

[CMV]

Yes, I am also curious how the eggs taste.

 

[joy]

The eggs taste as normal no taste of garlic whatsoever and yes I mix it in with the butter/cooking fat. No sign of any mites so maybe it repels them.

 

[woodmort]

If nothing else, it'll keep the vampires away. We never have enough garlic to spare any for the chickens unless we're sautéing breasts in olive oil, garlic and basel.

 

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[Miss Lydia]

Is it safe to feed raw garlic to chickens, Seems I read somewhere it's not safe for dogs just wondering about chickens?

 

[hvl25]

its fine for dogs and does help repel fleas from them so maybe it does the same for chickens

 

[emrys]

Small amounts of garlic may not cause a problem for dogs but too much can result in hemolytic anemia. Don't know about chickens.

 

[greenSearcher]

I certainly hope there isn't a problem, my girls have eaten up nearly all the small garlic heads I had set aside on the porch for replanting next month. The prefer it to the scallions, still have some of those. Not being a big deal, I let the girls have at the garlic, and there has been no ill effect or off flavor eggs.