herb list for chickens..I never remember them all..it is on the other chicken place [COLOR=3C3C3C]garlic, onion, chickweed dandelion, fennel, wormwood, rue, cleavers, cress, marigold, mint, vervain, comfrey, mullein roots, thyme, marjoram, sage, nasturtium, mugwort, goats rue, gotu kola and parsley and nettles.I use citrus peeling in nest boxes to deter bugs too.[/COLOR]
Once a month leaves such as horseradish, garlic, wormwood, tansy, elder, santolina, rue hyssop, goats rue, can be mixed with onions, grated carrots, mustard and pumpkin seeds and then added to feed at a rate of about 20%.
Nasturtium leaves and seeds have antiseptic and medicinal properties and are also good wormers.
Artemisia’s such as southernwood, wormwood, and other insect repellant herbs like tansy and fennel, when grown near the chicken coops can be used to control external parasites. Other good insecticidal herbs are rosemary, catnip, feverfew, and lavender.
These can also be grown near the places they forage so the chickens can brush past them or nibble on them.
