What would do well in a Chicken Garden?

[Spikes Chooks]

When you say Tansy are you referring to tansy ragwort, the plant with small, yellow button-like flowers? I've read that it is considered toxic to humans, pets, and livestock and should be avoided. All I know about Wormwood is it is a prime ingredient in absinthe.

I mean Tanacetum vulgare which, yes, is an irritant in large doses. In small doses, used for hundreds of years to worm people, especially children and also strewn through bedding to deter fleas etc. I let them have about a leaf each at a time once a fortnight or so. Once I covered it, they can't eat lots of it.

The Wormwood I mean is Artemisia absinthium which indeed is used to make absinthe.Also used in very mild doses as a worm-expeller or as a strewing herb. I have found that the girls eat very little of this anyway. It has a distinctive bitter taste and they don't like it very much.

I cam across some references to these herbs' effectiveness against parasites and googled them to get across the differeing views as to their effectiveness and safety. So, an individual decision to take whether to use it or not.