When we raise chickens, we dream of normal "country" eggs without a synthetic flavor and chicken soup without the slightest hint of chemistry. At the same time, chickens are perhaps the most painful bird, which is difficult to grow without antibiotics and other drugs. Difficult, but possible. FORUMHOUSE users have collected old recipes for the prevention and treatment of chicken diseases exclusively with the help of herbs and various grandmother's methods and techniques, "without resorting to Aibolit with his terrible pills!"
Herbs and methods of traditional veterinary medicine, however, are more suitable for prevention than for treatment, and cannot cope with serious infectious diseases. In these cases, it is imperative to contact a veterinarian who will prescribe the appropriate drugs, total disinfection of the room, etc.
But in many cases, “grandma's recipes” help poultry stay healthy or cope with a certain ailment.
Herbs
Herbs are given to chickens and other poultry in dry form (added to the mash, brooms are hung in the chicken coop), as well as in the form of decoctions and infusions.
The broth is made from the coarse parts of the plant: root, stem, bark, leathery leaves, etc. The crushed raw materials are kept in a boiling water bath for half an hour, filtered, diluted with water and given to the birds instead of water. The broth can be stored in the refrigerator for three days. The infusion is also made in a boiling water bath, from the tender parts of the plant, flowers, leaves, etc. (1 part of raw materials to 10 parts of water), it is given to birds fresh.
One of the most popular chicken herbs - nettle... It is given to chickens for the treatment and prevention of vitamin deficiencies, for diseases of the liver, stomach and intestines, diarrhea, colds, skin diseases in which chickens itch and lose feathers. Ideally, chickens should receive nettles daily, in the warm season - fresh, in winter - dried, collected during flowering.
TanyaAb FORUMHOUSE user
I like the pharmacy in sachets. I pour boiling water over it, cool it down and from time to time give it to the chickens instead of water, starting from the third day.
Gennady10 FORUMHOUSE user
During flowering, we mow, knit brooms, and dry in the attic. From October onwards, until fresh grass, I hang out one broom in each compartment every week. The bird feels and looks great. And how it rushes! The main thing is natural, healthy and free. And no chemistry.
A good anthelmintic is considered pumpkin... Chickens are given seeds, which are first dried and then ground in a blender or ground in a mortar with the addition of a small amount of water. The crushed seeds are given to the chickens at a dosage of 20 grams per bird.
Also, infusion helps from worms yarrow and needles, both fresh and dry (you can harvest pine and spruce brooms from November to March). The needles are also high in vitamin C and carotenes.
Diseases of the respiratory tract are treated with a decoction or infusion mother-and-stepmothers... Mother-and-stepmother is known as a natural antibiotic, and in addition, it contains a large amount of vitamin C and valuable trace elements.
It helps chickens, turkeys and other poultry with diarrhea. St. John's wort(infusion of 2 ml 3 times a day) - this herb is popular both in folk medicine and in folk veterinary medicine. Also, the infusion of St. John's wort can handle scratches and wounds, including from pecking. St. John's wort is harvested strictly during flowering, or you can buy it in pharmacies.
In winter, to prevent colds, chickens can be given a decoction from time to time. meadow clover.
Silver wormwood- an excellent remedy for the prevention of coccidiosis.
boch2002 FORUMHOUSE user
Basically, I harvest needles, nettles, mother-and-stepmother, sprout grain.
You can give the birds hay tea: just make a bunch of hay and pour it into the drinking bowl after an hour or two. For some reason, roosters especially like to have tea like that.
The ways
Boch2002 places the "sad" bird in a separate cage, in the corners of which it places parts of the onion. Onions, in addition to killing bacteria, also improve chicken appetite.
boch2002
I add a grated onion + onion feathers + sprouted grain grated in a meat grinder + cinnamon and oregano to the food ... If the bird still refuses to eat, after 3-4 hours a few drops of vodka in the beak and paws should be washed with vodka.
Vodka can be replaced with moonshine diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio. A few drops into the beak and be sure to rinse the paws with this solution.
One of these tips "from grandmother" for those whose hen brought out chickens in late autumn and in winter was locked with them in the chicken coop, without walking. Here's what you need to do:
Variunia FORUMHOUSE user
Dig up the earth on the bed, dry it from the snow so that the moisture goes away, and put a box for them to row. Pour ash from the stove there.
"Peeling" is one of the most common problems in the poultry yard. Wounds received in bird fights are excellently and quickly treated with chlorhexidine with brilliant green. Try it - you won't regret it.
In addition to dry food, chickens also need fresh green herbs, which are a natural source of almost all vitamins necessary for birds. However, not all plants are good for bird health. Therefore, any poultry farmer needs to understand grasses, their types and features, so that feeding and walking the birds will only benefit them.
Useful properties of herbs for chickens
Juicy green food has a positive effect on the health of birds, which is expressed, in particular, in bright color of egg yolk.
In the warm season, in addition to fodder carrots, beets, Jerusalem artichoke and other popular garden plants, it is worth giving chickens and fresh green grass, or providing them with free access to it.
Important! In summer, the daily intake of herbs in the diet of chickens can reach 50%, and some poultry farmers increase it to 60%.
However, the benefits of one or another species for poultry can be different, so poultry farmers recommend that you carefully study the vegetation in the walking area.
Herbs that can be given to chickens
In addition to the vegetation already mentioned, there is a lot of other that not only can, but also need to be fed to chickens for their well-being and high productivity.
The special "delicacies" that grow in the wild include:
- swan;
- horse sorrel;
- pine and spruce needles;
- weeds (silage and hay);
- plantain;
- alfalfa;
- dandelion;
- wood lice (perfectly strengthens the skeleton);
- spurge;
- wheatgrass;
- hawthorn and rose hips;
- chestnut and rowan leaves.
Chickens will not give up and vegetable crops and their leaves... These include:
If you are sure that only useful herbs grow on the site, then you can safely release chickens, they themselves will find their favorite vegetation.
Herbs that are strictly prohibited
Despite the opinion of some poultry farmers, you should not trust the choice of grass only to chicken. The statement that birds themselves know about the benefits or harms of this or that vegetation is very exaggerated - birds often peck at plants that are poisonous to them. As we have already said, before walking the chickens, it is worthwhile to carefully inspect the site.
It should not have:
- cockle;
- hemlock;
- belladonna;
- broom;
- spotted hemlock;
- black nightshade;
- potato inflorescences;
- leaves and acacia.
All these plants, to one degree or another, affect the well-being of the bird, and if some simply cause an upset stomach, then others may well provoke the death of birds.
Did you know? Buttercup caustic, or "night blindness", has nothing to do with either chickens or a real disease under that name. Simply, if you rub your eyes after contact with its juice, they will immediately turn red and begin to water. In some villages, it is still believedthis yellow flower dangerous tochickens which is not surprising, given its poisonous properties.In fact, it is harmless topoultry.
Feeding "babies"
Like human children, small chickens do not have the proper immunity, therefore, external unfavorable factors may well serve as the cause of the development of any ailment. To protect young livestock, it is very important to monitor the nutrition of the "babies", in particular when choosing greens.
At what age can you feed greens
As a rule, experienced poultry farmers introduce greens into the diet of chickens towards the end of the first week of their life (for example, from the fifth day), but there are also farmers who declare the possibility of feeding "babies" from the first day after birth. When choosing the correct power supply scheme, it is important to focus on the following norms of greens per day:
- age 0-5 days - 1 g per day per chicken;
- 6-10 days - 3 g;
- 11-20 days - 7 g;
- 21-30 days - 10 g;
- 31-40 days -15 g;
- 41-50 days - 17 g.
Of course, all greens intended for chickens must be pre-washed and finely chopped so that the fragile stomach can digest it well. As an additional treatment, you can pour boiling water over the grass. It is advisable to carry out all preparatory measures before direct feeding of the young.
Important!The longer the mown grass lies in the attic, the less vitamins will remain in it, therefore, when feeding the chickens, it is important to give only freshly mown greens, adding to the mash or pouring them separately into the feeders.
What greens can you feed chickens
From an early age, small chickens eat very well. They also love dandelion, lettuce, green onions, clover, plantain. All these plants, in addition to their pleasant taste for birds, have a number of useful properties - from improving digestion to strengthening the body's defenses and saturating it with protein (it is contained in sufficient quantities in clover). 
So that the chicks that appear in winter do not suffer from vitamin deficiency, it is desirable harvest grass since summer by tying the collected greens into bunches and hanging them in a dry ventilated room for further drying. In winter, dried greens are crushed and mixed into wet mash.
Needles as medicine for chickens
For novice poultry farmers, using pine needles for feeding chickens may seem like a bad idea, but in fact, spruce needles will bring considerable benefit to birds, as long as they are properly prepared.
Pine needles contain many beneficial and nutritious substances. Quantity for 1 kg:
- carotene - 60-130 mg;
- vitamin C - 3000 mg;
- vitamin K - 20 mg;
- vitamin B2 - 5 mg.
Spruce needles are slightly less useful, since the components are distributed in the following ratio:
- carotene - 50-120 mg;
- vitamin C - 2500 mg;
- vitamin K - 12 mg;
- vitamin B2 - 5 mg.
How to properly prepare needles
Pine needles or any farm animals eaten with pleasure, although young hens and chickens do not immediately recognize it. The bird is given needles both dry and fresh, but in each of these cases the workpiece has the same features:
- After cutting the pine branches, they must be placed in a warm, dry room on racks made of metal mesh. Under the structure, you can spread oilcloth or cellophane, so that after a few days it will be easier to collect the crumbling needles.
- Pine and spruce needles are harvested from November to mid-March, since it is at this time that it contains the least amount of essential oils.
- The collected needles are usually crushed and poured into glass containers, tightly closing them with lids.
Did you know? The marsh pine is considered the record holder for the length of the needles, because its needles can reach 45 cm in length.
How to cook "health food"
Chickens are more willing to eat needles if they pre-grind... For these purposes, use a coffee grinder (if we are talking about pre-cut spruce branches with needles) or pass it through a mechanical meat grinder (it is more suitable for grinding pine branches). In addition, the cut branches can be placed on a baking sheet and sent to the oven for half an hour so that the needles crumble faster.
In a crushed form, they can be mixed into a mash or given on their own, adhering to the daily norm for a bird of a certain age.
If you wish, you can burn the needles and prepare a "bath" for the chickens from its ash. Of course, in this case there will be practically no vitamins, but all the necessary elements can be found. Chickens will be able to receive them, in particular, by pecking grains trapped in the ash.
Video: harvesting needles for chickens
How to properly feed the needles
The needles of pine or spruce branches will bring the maximum benefit to the bird in winter, since it is during this period that it contains a maximum of useful substances, with a minimum of essential oils, which are not very beneficial for the bird.
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The egg production of chickens depends on a number of factors, while feeding is perhaps the main one. How to feed the laying hens to make them run better? How to choose a diet and calculate the amount of feed per bird? Not finding the answer to these and many other questions, novice poultry farmers often receive less of the products owed from chickens.
How to feed laying hens at home?
Domestic chickens are rightfully considered one of the most picky birds. They willingly eat whatever is offered: grain, waste from the human table, weeds from the beds, and the remains of the compound feed received by pigs, sheep and goats. But it is unlikely that with such a "casual" diet, you can achieve high productivity. Not receiving all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals, chickens will not be able to lay at full strength, and the formation of eggs will go at the expense of the bird's body and its health.
How to organize feeding of laying hens at home and choose a balanced diet for them?
In the wild, the wild ancestors of the chicken and its closest relatives eat very diversely. The menu of such birds includes grain, berries and fruits, seeds and herbs, larvae and adult insects. Birds from the order of chickens do not disdain non-poisonous reptiles, for example, frogs and lizards. They get earthworms, eat foliage from low-growing branches. Feeding laying hens at home cannot be so varied, but giving the pets everything they need for growth, development and good egg production is extremely important.
The composition of feed for laying hens at home
In addition to various types of grains, which makes up about 60% of the menu, chickens are given plant and animal feed that supply the bird with protein, fats and carbohydrates. If necessary, vitamin supplements are introduced, minerals must be offered.
Which cereals should you choose for the healthiest mixes? Since grain should prevail in the composition of the feed, it is necessary to clarify which types of cereals are best suited for laying hens, and how to give them more correctly.
Almost all grain crops are perfectly digested by poultry, supplying the body with carbohydrates, fiber and vitamins. When deciding how to feed the laying hens so that they rush better, the poultry farmer should think about introducing poultry into the diet:
- corn rich in carbohydrates, and its grain is pre-crushed so that the feed is absorbed more fully and better;
- wheat, which stands out against the background of other cereals with an abundance of vitamins of group B and E, vegetable proteins, especially demanded by layers;
- wheat bran, even superior to whole grains in nutritional value for layers;
- barley, useful for chickens of meat and meat breeds;
- oats rich in fiber, which must be crushed and steamed for better digestion, otherwise its unrefined grain irritates the esophagus of the intestines of chickens;
- oat bran, which perfectly replaces grain and can make up to 20% of the volume of cereals on the menu;
- erysipelas and millet;
- buckwheat, which should be no more than 10% of the norm for feeding laying hens at home.
But even in the most balanced cereal mixtures, there is not enough protein, calcium, especially necessary for laying hens, phosphorus and some important vitamins, therefore other components are necessarily included in the menu.
A useful addition to the diet of laying hens will be:
- flax and sunflower seeds;
- legumes;
- rich in protein and fiber cakes and meal.
The menu must include mineral supplements that are unacceptable for the human diet, but birds simply cannot do without them. These are chalk, crushed shell, fine gravel, ash, table salt. The listed feed components are not included in the compound feed for laying hens, but are given separately.
What kind of grass can be given to laying hens?
Green forage is indispensable for keeping laying hens. It is an excellent source of minerals, fiber, moisture, vitamins. When self-walking, chickens eat plenty of greens in the pasture. When feeding on concentrates, about 20% of the norm for feeding laying hens at home should be greens.
What grass can be given to laying hens from garden beds? Of the cultivated plants grown in the gardens of the middle lane, chickens can be offered young green peas, lettuce leaves and many other plants that do not have an irritating effect on the digestive tract of the bird.
Among weeds, dioecious nettle is the leader in terms of benefits. It is a true source of ascorbic acid, vitamins A, B, K, as well as fiber, trace elements and moisture. In winter, when fresh grass is not available, grass hay is offered to the bird.
How to feed the laying hens so that they rush better in the cold season? Here, do not forget about the needles, pine and spruce needles in the middle of winter accumulate the maximum amount of vitamin C and carotene.
Garden owners can supplement their hens' diet with root vegetables. This component in a complex bird menu is convenient because many types of tubers and root crops are perfectly stored and are available both in summer and winter.
Before feeding hens, hens pullets and adult livestock, beets, turnips, summer radish varieties are ground on a grater. Of the garden root vegetables, carrots are especially useful, they contain carotene and have a beneficial effect on the quality of eggs and egg production in layers. This vegetable can be fed raw or dried, adjusting the consumption rate. 
Zucchini, pumpkins, squash and other melons are cut so that it is convenient for the bird to peck at the flesh. Chickens eat willingly. His bird should be given boiled, mixed with other components.
Composition of compound feed for laying hens
Due to the ease of preparation and availability of food, many housekeepers mix feed themselves. Cereal mixes are solid feeds, while soft or wet mixes are based on steamed cereals, vegetables and herbs, bran and flour additives.
Knowing what foods a bird needs to eat to increase egg production and keep the body in good condition, it is important to understand how to feed laying hens at home and maintain optimal proportions. Ready-made and homemade chicken mixes include all of the listed feed categories, but must include animal protein sources. These include:
- dairy products;
- meat and bone meal and fish meal, as well as meat and fish waste;
- earthworms.
Before preparing a mash for laying hens, the poultry farmer must decide on its composition and quantity. Individual foods should be prepared before serving:
- potato tubers and raw peel are boiled, chilled and kneaded;
- grind vegetables and root crops with a grater;
- meat and fish are heat treated and cooled;
- the beans are boiled, and the rest of the beans are pre-soaked.
Before feeding pullets for laying hens, the grain is crushed or flattened. In winter, it is useful to germinate cereals, which significantly increases their nutritional and vitamin value. The same effect is obtained by adding 5-10 grams of yeast per kilogram of the mixture.
Feeding norms for laying hens at home
Chickens are almost omnivorous and can search for food almost all the time, but excess nutrition does not reflect in the best way on the well-being of the bird and on the number of eggs brought. Therefore, it is important to follow the feeding regime and give the chickens a strictly defined amount of feed. 
How many times a day to feed laying hens and what is the accepted consumption rate? To maintain the productivity of the egg population, the bird is given feed 2-3 times a day. The poultry farmer himself can vary this number, focusing on the breed characteristics, nuances of maintenance and the well-being of chickens.
For 100 grams of grain mixture for feeding at home, add half a gram of salt and mineral feed. Additionally, herbs or hay, vegetables and roots, components of animal origin are introduced. 
There are many recipes on how to prepare compound feed for laying hens with your own hands. In the conditions of a personal backyard, various products at hand can be used. Seasonal restrictions also have a significant impact on the composition of the product. Therefore, in the summer, the main focus is on greens, in the winter, when there is none, hay is introduced into the diet, a larger amount of stored vegetables and root crops.
Experienced poultry farmers know which feed types are interchangeable. This helps to make combined feed from what is on the farm at the moment without losing nutritional and energy properties.
What can not be fed to laying hens?
The omnivorous nature of chickens sometimes leads to unpleasant consequences. The bird does not pay attention to the quality of food, pecking at both rotten and moldy pieces. The result of avian greed and negligence of the owners is manifested in the form of intestinal infections, blockage of goiter, helminthic invasions and other diseases.
What foods are bad for poultry? What can not be fed to laying hens? The menu for chickens of any breed should not contain fermented, sour food or products with signs of obvious spoilage and mold. To avoid digestive problems, do not give poultry whole root vegetables, raw potatoes, and peels. All waste from the table, before reaching the chickens, is checked and sorted. They should be free from the remnants of packaging film, foil, twine and other inedible items. 
If the bird receives fresh grass and hay, it is important to make sure that they do not contain poisonous plants, for example, horsetail, celandine, wormwood. It is these species that most often cause poisoning of layers in chicken coops and on walks.
Novice poultry farmers ask if it is possible to feed bread to laying hens. If these are pastries, then for all their nutritional value, they will only harm the livestock. But ordinary wheat or grain bread can be given to a bird. This supplement is especially useful in winter, when chickens need food that quickly replenishes energy reserves. It is better to introduce high-quality dried pieces into the diet, which are added to the mash or given soaked.
How to feed chickens in winter - video
Any poultry farmer knows about the omnivorous nature of chickens. But, like any poultry, their food must be nutritious and balanced. An important part of a proper chicken diet is greens.
But not all of it is useful, so you need to know what kind of grass you can give to laying hens so as not to harm them. Greens are a natural source of vitamins and minerals that increase immunity and improve the general condition of the bird.
Why greens are useful for laying hens
If birds graze on a walk, they know what kind of grass they like and they will find it themselves. But when birds are kept in a pen and do not have access to green feed, they are deprived of many useful substances. Therefore, poultry farmers need to take care that layers always have the opportunity to nibble on fresh plants.
In summer, green forage can reach 50% of the daily ration of chickens, some poultry farmers bring this figure even higher. In addition to vitamins, greens can save a lot on the cost of purchased feed.
The introduction of grass into the diet reduces the risk of vitamin deficiency, and increases the productivity of layers. Also, greens improve marketability (the color of the yolk is brighter and richer) and the taste of eggs, promotes good digestion in chickens.
Alfalfa is good for the vision of birds, due to the high content of vitamin A. Sprouted grains of wheat are rich in vitamin E, which increases productivity, strengthening the body of layers. Sorrel is rich in vitamin C, clover and alfalfa are rich sources of protein.
Another argument for feeding chickens with fresh herbs is the use of plants to prevent and treat certain diseases in chickens.
For example, tansy and yarrow help with worms. Vitamin D, which is contained in sprouted grains, helps against rickets.
But, not all greens are useful for laying hens, there can be poisonous plants on forbs. Therefore, when introducing green additives into the feed, you need to monitor the quality of the grass.
Herbs for adult layers
On average, green forage should make up 15-30% of the diet of laying hens. In the summer, when there is plenty of greenery, this figure can reach 50%. Although, the percentage of grass content depends on the composition of the diet - it should be balanced.
What grass do adult chickens like:
In addition, birds are very fond of legumes, they eat hard vegetables. A good source of vitamins is cabbage, and you can feed chickens with leaves and heads of cabbage.
Beet tops, dill, parsley, onion feathers - all this chicken will eat with pleasure. Poultry farmers recommend giving birds woodlice - this is a medicinal plant that strengthens the skeleton. A good source of protein is amaranth.
The grass can be finely chopped, mixing it into the feed, or you can feed it whole. So that the chickens do not trample the greens, it is best to tie them in bunches and hang them. You can make special feeders. To do this, simply cover any suitable container with a large mesh.
Many farmers feed weeds and herbs to their chickens. If there are no harmful plants in the total mass, you don't have to worry, the birds themselves know what kind of grass they like, so they will choose the greens that they need.
In winter, the lack of fresh greens is compensated for by dried ones. Sprouted grains and pine flour are good substitutes for herbs.
What greens to give chickens
As with adult chickens, young layers should be fed with fresh grass. In this case, it is important to know what kind of grass can be fed to chickens and how.
They begin to feed the chickens with greens from the first day after hatching. Many poultry farmers question whether it is okay to give chickens this bait so early. But in practice, finely chopped green onion feathers improve digestion and prevent intestinal diseases. But this must be done carefully - up to 5 days, the norm of greens is 1 g per chicken.
From day 5, the body becomes stronger, so this rate can be increased and diversified.
Norms of greens for chickens:
All greens should be washed and finely chopped. For prevention, you can scald it with boiling water. You need to cook the grass just before feeding, if the greens lie for a long time after mowing, there will be few vitamins in it. They give it either by mixing with a mash, or separately.
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Chickens love nettles
What grass do chickens like:
So that chicks hatched in winter do not suffer from a lack of vitamins, you can prepare plant supplies in summer. To do this, the cut grass must be tied in bunches and hung for drying.
In winter, it should be given crushed. When raising young animals, it is important to know what kind of grass the chickens like so as not to give them too much.
Poisonous plants for layers
In order not to poison the chickens, it is imperative to inspect the place where they are walking. Usually, chickens are able to distinguish useful vegetation from harmful ones themselves, but it is better to keep this issue under control. If poisonous plants are found on grazing, they should be removed. It is best to dig up by the root - it is less likely that they will germinate again.
Harmful herb for chickens:
All these plants can provoke disease, or death of birds. Therefore, you need to keep the walking area clean, be able to identify poisonous plants and know what kind of grass hens like. Another option is not to let the hens out of the pen by adding only those ingredients to the diet that there is no doubt about the benefits.
In order for chicks to develop well and layers to be healthy and productive, their diet must necessarily include fresh herbs. In addition to the vitamin content, plants serve as a prophylactic agent against many diseases.
They also strengthen the immune system. But before adding green supplements to the diet, you need to know if the selected herbs can be given to chickens, and what effect to expect from them.
Finally, a video about feeding chickens with milkweed and woodlice:
Grass feeding chickens - harmful and useful plants
With this article, we will open the details and features of compiling a nutritious menu for chickens kept at home, consider seasonal dependence, "binding" to biological nuances. The publication offers lists of basic foods, examples of "bans" for chickens in winter and summer.
Watch the video about a convenient way to feed grass.
Chickens are omnivorous pets
Homemade quips are very unpretentious to the content in general and to the components of the feeding - in particular. The omnivorous nature of the Ryaba Chicken makes it easy to feed, and in the household, the question “what to feed” does not arise, and even more so. Many sources expound the idea that at home it is allowed to keep any remnants of food from the owners' table in the feeder.
However, the role of food waste should not be confused with the bulk of the diet, which should consist of cereals and flour mixtures. We also do not recommend ignoring compound feed and mineral supplements. As already noted in the prologue, the "red line" (and in our case, rather, "green") of today's material are components of plant origin.
Usually, chickens are fed up to four times a day, distributing the order of food intake - one third of the norm - in the morning hours, then the remaining approaches are performed sequentially at calculated intervals.
Experienced poultry houses are well aware that chickens are omnivores, ready to swallow any offered food, but in reality, the diet of feathered pets should be diversified with one of the indispensable "dishes" - fresh herbs.
Talking about the richness of this product in various vitamins means understanding that giving it, the owner prevents vitamin deficiency and stimulates the growth, development and productivity of the bird. Fresh greens are a vitamin pantry, so their contents are included in the diet without fail.
Grass feeding chickens
Wild food is an excellent source of nutrition for laying hens. Delicacies include:
In addition to all this, the chicken loves vegetable culture in its diet:
If we can afford and generalize information about feeding chickens with grass, we will put it this way: “fruits are also grass,” therefore it is also recommended to include them in the diet of domestic chickens. Birds can be treated with pears, plums, apples, obtained with apple pomace, as well as pampered with ripe watermelon and tomatoes.
All this must be crushed, since neither females, nor males, nor their offspring simply can peck an apple entirely. The main thing in everything is a moderate amount.
The pumpkin and carrots listed above are used as a source of carotene and affect the growth of offspring, the fluffy is given at the rate of: 15-20 grams per individual. This contributes to accelerated growth and full-fledged development, since it contains all the components necessary for the implementation of this process.
Livestock menu during molt
This period is fundamentally different from the standard one. In mature individuals, the process occurs once a year, and its development falls on the end of August / beginning of September and is accompanied by an increased weakening of the body. The ration in the feeder should be categorically enriched with vitamins, for which it is necessary to contain more juicy and green products.
Grass can be fed to chickens in whole form, which is appropriate to do in the summer, while at the same time carrying out procurement work for the winter. Thoroughly dried, chopped straws are later added to various mixtures, thereby enriching the feed with vitamins and minerals that are deficient in cold seasons.
Now about the presence of poisonous plants. Grass-feeding chickens should be careful because there are also harmful species. An important and dangerous point in feeding chickens with phyto-mass is the presence of toxic substances in vegetation.
What grass can not be fed to chickens
Let's figure out what greenery is a health hazard for representatives of a domestic feathered nursery:
As you can see, the list can be covered with a glance, but it is not so small!
As a rule, birds on their own, at the level of instincts, are able to distinguish what to eat and what vegetation it is better not to touch. But, if you do not want to accidentally regale the ward flock with poison, then under no circumstances do not allow anything from the above list!
Prevention of a healthy lifestyle
If in the subsidiary poultry, it is best to hang the grasses in bunches in the chicken coop, and not leave them on the floor. Lack of walking deprives the animal of the natural ability to sense space and contributes to obesity and diseases. In this case, a bunch of greenery is fixed at a height of half a meter to a meter, which allows the birds to not only eat, but also graze, warming up.
Speaking about the properties of vegetation, one cannot fail to mention that some herbs are used by poultry farmers as medicinal and prophylactic agents enriched with vitamins. For example: yarrow, larkspur and tansy prevent the infection of chickens with helminthiasis or, more simply, with worms.
Do not forget to delight with worms in the summer, read the link about the benefits of worms in the diet of chickens.
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Learning to properly feed chickens with grass: we understand what is harmful and what is useful
In addition to dry food, chickens also need fresh green herbs, which are a natural source of almost all vitamins necessary for birds. However, not all plants are good for bird health. Therefore, any poultry farmer needs to understand grasses, their types and features, so that feeding and walking the birds will only benefit them.
Useful properties of herbs for chickens
Juicy green food has a positive effect on the health of birds, which is expressed, in particular, in bright color of egg yolk. 
In the warm season, in addition to fodder carrots, beets, Jerusalem artichoke and other popular garden plants, it is worth giving chickens and fresh green grass, or providing them with free access to it.
However, the benefits of one or another species for poultry can be different, so poultry farmers recommend that you carefully study the vegetation in the walking area.
Herbs that can be given to chickens
In addition to the vegetation already mentioned, there is a lot of other that not only can, but also need to be fed to chickens for their well-being and high productivity.
The special "delicacies" that grow in the wild include:
Chickens will not give up and vegetable crops and their leaves... These include:
If you are sure that only useful herbs grow on the site, then you can safely release chickens, they themselves will find their favorite vegetation.
Herbs that are strictly prohibited
Despite the opinion of some poultry farmers, you should not trust the choice of grass only to chicken. The statement that birds themselves know about the benefits or harms of this or that vegetation is very exaggerated - birds often peck at plants that are poisonous to them. As we have already said, before walking the chickens, it is worthwhile to carefully inspect the site.
- After cutting the pine branches, they must be placed in a warm, dry room on racks made of metal mesh. Under the structure, you can spread oilcloth or cellophane, so that after a few days it will be easier to collect the crumbling needles.
- Pine and spruce needles are harvested from November to mid-March, since it is at this time that it contains the least amount of essential oils.
- The collected needles are usually crushed and poured into glass containers, tightly closing them with lids.
- Potato. Chickens are fed potatoes that have grown in the garden, but are not suitable for human consumption. It can be a sprouted root crop, small, green. Potato skins are also good. One chicken can eat about one hundred grams of potatoes.
- Bread. Dry, stale bread can be soaked in water and fed to the chicken.
- Waste from the kitchen. Leftovers from meat food, head and offal of fish, fresh bones - all these wastes are suitable for feeding chickens and have a good effect on increasing productivity. Chickens eat such foods well in any form.
- Juicy and green food. This feed group consists mainly of vegetable and garden waste. For such nutrition, carrot tops, fallen apples, cabbage leaves and other gifts of your site are suitable. All these components should be finely ground and added to the layer mash in a fine form.
- Protein feed. Household owners use dairy products and the results of its processing. This can be cottage cheese, whey, small fish and meat. The cake from plant material is also rich in proteins. All of these additives are mixed with wet food. Earthworms, beetles, and small amphibians are a complete source of protein.
How to cook "health food"
Chickens are more willing to eat needles if they pre-grind... For these purposes, use a coffee grinder (if we are talking about pre-cut spruce branches with needles) or pass it through a mechanical meat grinder (it is more suitable for grinding pine branches). In addition, the cut branches can be placed on a baking sheet and sent to the oven for half an hour so that the needles crumble faster.
In a crushed form, they can be mixed into a mash or given on their own, adhering to the daily norm for a bird of a certain age.
If you wish, you can burn the needles and prepare a "bath" for the chickens from its ash. Of course, in this case there will be practically no vitamins, but all the necessary elements can be found. Chickens will be able to receive them, in particular, by pecking grains trapped in the ash.
Video: harvesting needles for chickens
How to properly feed the needles
The needles of pine or spruce branches will bring the maximum benefit to the bird in winter, since it is during this period that it contains a maximum of useful substances, with a minimum of essential oils, which are not very beneficial for the bird.
The optimal dosage of chopped needles for adult chickens is 6-10 g per individual per day, but it is better for young animals to introduce it into the diet in stages, starting with 2-3% of the total amount of feed.
As for the method of serving, the needles will be best absorbed in combination with a wet flour mash, but often adult chickens are given it in pure form or in combination with dry food, stirring with them until a homogeneous composition. 
As you can see, both greens and needles will be useful for chickens of any age. The main thing is to properly prepare them, avoiding poisonous plants. If you doubt the benefits of the grass growing on the run, it is better to remove it, giving the hens only the one that you are sure of.
Useful and harmful herb for chickens
Experienced poultry farmers know perfectly well that chickens are omnivorous birds. They are ready to eat whatever food is offered to them. In fact, the diet of feathered pets should be varied. But one of the essential foods in the chicken diet is freshly cut grass. Greens are rich in various vitamins that prevent the development of avitaminosis in them, and also have a beneficial effect on the productivity of the bird, its growth and development.
The most suitable and useful types of herbs for feathered pets will be cereals and legumes, namely: peas, clover, oats, alfalfa, etc. In early spring, as well as in summer, chickens eat very well chopped and boiled nettle leaves. It is best mixed with bran or grain mixture. You can also use meadow herbs: clover, dandelions, pig and other types of herbs.
In addition to grass, chickens can and should be fed vegetables and garden grass: carrots, zucchini, beets, potatoes, cucumbers, onion feathers, parsley, lettuce and cabbage and others. The main thing is a moderate amount of feed.
An important point in feeding chickens with green mass is the presence of poisonous herbs and plants in forbs. These include: hemlock, nightshade, cockle, hellebore, cicuta and others. As a rule, feathered pets themselves distinguish what they can eat and which plants it is better not to touch.
When used in a subsidiary farm without a range of chickens, the herbs are best served in the hen house in bunches, and not thrown under their feet. A bunch of greens is suspended at a height of 50-100 cm above the floor so that the bird does not just eat food, but also warms up and resists obesity.
Some types of herbs are used by poultry farmers not only as a feed fortified with vitamins, but also as a medicine. For example, yarrow, larkspur and tansy prevent chicken worms from becoming infected.
Rules for feeding chickens at home
The productivity of your poultry farm directly depends on what you feed your laying hens. The composition of the feed and its quality play an important role in the poultry production process. In this article, we'll talk about how to properly balance the diet of your chickens.
Nutrients
In home farming, care must be taken to ensure that birds receive a varied diet that is rich in all the ingredients needed to maintain health and growth. It is necessary to maintain a balance of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins and fats. Let's talk about each element in more detail.
The main material that is involved in the process of building cells in the body of chickens. Protein is the main ingredient in eggs.
Layer feed must contain vegetable proteins. It can be cake, rapeseed, soy. Animal fat proteins can be fed as fishmeal, fish waste, and some chickens prefer worms.
Fat is also essential for the body as it provides the bulk of energy for birds. The element is deposited under the skin, spent on the formation of egg production.
For poultry to get healthy vegetable fats, it needs to eat corn and oats.
This component gives the answer for the correct functioning of the muscular system and all internal organs of chickens. Based on this, it follows that the feed developed for layers must be rich in starch and sugar. Don't forget about fiber.
Juicy feed contains a huge amount of carbohydrates: potatoes, beets, carrots. However, in order to supply the correct vital functions of chickens, it is necessary to add a whole seed, it is it that is rich in fiber.
Chickens will die without vitamins. Particular attention should be paid to vitamins such as A, B, D. If such components in the bird's body are in short supply, then immunity decreases, it begins to hurt, and productivity decreases. The main sources of useful vitamins are herbs during bud formation, fish oil, yeast, and pine needle flour.
Minerals are foundational of the bird's skeleton and eggshell. It is necessary to equip additional feeders in your chicken coop, they should contain pieces of gravel, chalk, bone meal, ash or shells.
In order to ensure proper nutrition of chickens in poultry farms, you can use waste from the garden, garden and even from the kitchen. We list food products that are suitable for feeding chickens:
Now let's talk about how to choose green plant food for bird nutrition. Green forages are irreplaceable sources of useful elements: minerals and vitamins.
If the chickens walk themselves, then they eat the required amount of grass on their own. If you feed the birds with concentrates, then you need to add about twenty percent greens to the daily diet.
What can you find in your garden beds for your chickens? Plants such as dill, pea greens (preferably young), lettuce and other herbs that will not irritate the digestive system of chickens are suitable.
Among weeds, dicotyledonous nettle leaves are most often used. This plant contains a large amount of ascorbic acid, vitamins, fiber and liquid.
Chickens can be fed with barley, zucchini, oats. Give buckwheat and boiled peas. You can make different types of cereals, a variety of cereals will do. We give porridge during the day, and in the evening we give preference to green forage. Some vegetables are healthier to feed raw.
Sometimes you can add a little beetroot juice or tops to the mash. From greens, give preference to dill and parsley, they can be given in pureed or full form. Don't forget to give potatoes.
It is also worth paying attention to feeding laying hens at home in winter. It is necessary to add such greens as needles and spruce needles. In addition, it is worth harvesting grass straw for the winter. This kind of food is also suitable for chickens.
Currently, the most correct option for poultry feed is dry type compound feed. Its disadvantage is the increased cost, which negatively affects the cost of one egg.
Therefore, farmers tend to use less costly methods of feeding birds. Let's talk about how to properly feed hens without compound feed.
Everyday poultry diet consists of grains, fishmeal, greens. In addition, minerals and vitamins must be added.
The best option in this case is to change different grains and flours. It is very good to use zucchini as an additional source of vitamins and liquid. You can give both raw zucchini and boiled, but they should always be pureed. Minerals should be in the feed of birds at all times.
Since it is quite simple to make and mix feed, farmers prefer to make compound feed for layers with their own hands. Cereal feed - solid food, soft food - a mash of cereals, vegetables and herbs with the addition of flour.
If a farmer knows what products should be added to his chickens' feed in order to increase egg production and increase their immunity, then he will easily find the answer to the question of how to feed laying hens at home. It is important to monitor compliance with the proportions of the content of each element. Feeding hens includes:
Before proceeding with the manufacture of mash for chickens, farmers must decide on the quantity. Other products should be pre-processed before being fed to chickens:
- Potato tubers and peeling are worth boiling, cooling and mashing.
- Vegetables are grated or in a food processor, beets can be processed into juice.
- Meat and fish products are treated with heat and cooled.
- Red beans should be boiled, other beans should be soaked before serving to the chickens.
Chickens are omnivorous. They can seek food all the time, however, if they overeat, it will not have a very good effect on their health. The number of eggs laid will decrease.
To avoid this, it is necessary to develop the correct feeding regime for the chickens and give the right amount of food at a certain time. How to feed chickens properly?
How many times for layers per day is it better to give feed and what are the norms for feeding laying hens at home?
In order for the chickens to give more egg production, it is necessary to feed them two or three times a day. Changing this number is based on the individual characteristics of each breed, which can be identified after experimental observations.
Feeding rate for chickens. Most often, half a gram of salts and minerals is added to one hundred grams of a grain mixture for laying hens at home. In addition, straw or herbs are added. Don't forget about vegetables and animal ingredients.
There are many recipes for making your own bird feed. At home, you can use a lot of handy products. Special attention should be paid to seasonal restrictions.
How to feed chickens in summer? The feed rate for chickens is green feed. In the winter season, when problems arise with this type of feed for laying hens, attention is focused on hay and vegetables, which are subject to long-term storage. Some people prefer to give chickens green onions.
Can potato peelings be given to chickens? Experienced farmers always know which feed can be replaced with what and which grain is better. This makes it possible to combine meals based on what products are available at the moment.
Now let's talk about what can not be fed to laying hens. Since these birds are almost omnivorous, it is worth paying attention to the quality of food in the chicken coop. Get rid of rotten and moldy pieces. Due to the greed of chickens and the carelessness of farmers, many intestinal infections can begin to develop, the goiter becomes clogged, and worms appear.
So what is harmful to domestic chickens? What shouldn't you feed them? The daily menu of birds should not contain sour and fermented feed. Mold is also unacceptable. To keep the birds safe from digestive problems, you need to grind the roots. Before giving potatoes, it must be boiled, as well as peeling.
When a bird consumes greens or straw, it is worth knowing that there are no poisonous varieties of grass in the composition of such food. Eliminate horsetail and wormwood. These types of herbs in most cases lead to bird poisoning.
It is common for novice farmers to ask this question: is it possible to feed chickens with bread products. If these are muffins, then they will have an adverse effect on the chicken body. But simple grain bread or a loaf of wheat can be given to laying hens.
Especially such feedings are beneficial in the winter season, when the chickens need to acquire energy reserves. In the daily diet of chickens, it is worth adding good pieces that are always dried. They can be soaked.
Feed during molting
When the daylight hours become shorter, the birds enter the moulting period. At this point, productivity decreases. Many farmers artificially induce molt - they simply change the lighting in the house, and they expose the chickens to unnecessary stress, give less food.
On the first and second day, the chickens receive only fresh water, and after the feathers begin to fall, they are given food. During molting, chickens need to get the right amount of nutrients and minerals. Food should be less high-calorie, but more different in components.
The farmer must monitor the condition of the livestock. Feeding control can be carried out based on observations of bird droppings.
In healthy chickens, with the correct diet, the feces are dense, dark and with a white bloom. Other deviations from the norms should force the owners to pay attention to the menu and reconsider the diet of chicken feeding.
Now you know what to feed the chickens. For those who are engaged in poultry farming, it is important to be able to save on keeping chickens. To do this, farmers seek to learn the rules and regulations for self-preparation of bird feed. After all, food for industrial-produced laying hens is distinguished by its high cost, which affects the cost of production.
All the necessary elements to create a quality and healthy diet can be found in the household. It only takes a little knowledge and a little effort from poultry farmers. The more love we give the birds, the better the results will be. Pets will appreciate this care and will delight their owner with their good health and high productivity.
Chickens of the egg direction: the best breeds of layers and their description
Chickens are unpretentious, and therefore popular poultry. At the same time, the hen can give not only eggs, but also dietary meat. There are many breeds and varieties of laying hens. But how to choose the one that best suits the description or photo? The article will help you understand this issue, as well as what grass should be fed to the chicken and at what age it will lay the first eggs.
How to equip a chicken coop
Before choosing a breed, take care of the content of the bird. The chicken coop is a bird house. Layers need comfort and safety in it. The sizes are calculated based on the number: about 0.2 m? Is needed for one hen. It is not recommended to make the height more than 1.8 m - in cold weather it will be more difficult to warm up the chicken coop. The best floor material is wood, mound, or clay. Above you need a bedding of straw, dry leaves or sawdust. It will help you with humidity control and temperature maintenance in winter. The optimum humidity in the chicken coop is 60-70%. Drafts are categorically undesirable, but ventilation should be. Its options are extensive: from a simple window to an exhaust hood.
Lighting - daylight or lamp - is a prerequisite for laying eggs. The hen needs 12 hours of daylight. Any chicken coop definitely needs a roost: made of bars or poles 2-3 cm thick. The width of the sitting space for one individual is 20 cm. The roost is located opposite the windows and away from drafts at a height of about 1 meter above the floor. Another condition is nests. The chicken will lay eggs in them. For 10 chickens, you need 2-4 nests. Usually these are wooden boxes with straw or wood shavings. Before entering the nest, you need a nut 5 cm high and a shelf (a bird will fly into it). The coop should be disinfected periodically (for example, before winter) and the litter should be changed.
The length of the feeder is calculated at the rate of 10-15 cm per chicken. The containers are most often made of wood or galvanized iron. To prevent the bird from scattering food, you need to fill the feeder 2/3. Drinking bowls for chickens must be made comfortable and durable.
The diet and organization of nutrition for chickens is a simple matter, but it has its own nuances. Its diversity and balance is achieved by the presence of greens, grains, vegetables, clean water and minerals in the required amount. Chickens also need small stones for proper digestion.
Advice. To obtain a bright orange yolk, which is valued in domestic eggs, you need an excess of juicy feed: carrots, potatoes, beets, melons, cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage, herbs. You can give something in plenty, in something you can limit.
The grass should be fresh from spring to autumn. From garden greens, lettuce, parsley, green onions and fennel are useful. You should be extremely careful with greens from outside the garden. Poisonous herbs for chickens:
The most useful herbs for chickens are alfalfa, wheat, peas, oats, purslane, dandelions, pig, meadow clover. Nettle, chopped and treated with boiling water, has excellent properties. Fresh grass should also be given in winter. For this, meadow forbs are stored in May-June.
The best crosses and their content
Laying hens have a small weight (up to 2.5 kg), dense plumage, light bones, well-developed lobes, and a straight leaf-shaped crest. There are many breeds of egg direction. This term is also called complex hybrids - crosses. They are more productive, but you are unlikely to be able to grow their new generation from eggs on your own. In addition, after 1-2 seasons, the productivity of layers drops sharply, so they are sent for slaughter and new ones are bought. However, even with this type of farming, laying hens remains profitable. The most popular and highly productive egg chicken breeds include the following:
Medicinal plants, decoctions, infusions and powders are increasingly used in the prevention and treatment of diseases, which are used as an effective vitamin supplement and for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes.
It should be noted that the use of wild and cultivated medicinal plants for many diseases of chickens excludes the appointment of expensive synthetic drugs, in particular antibiotics. This contributes to the preservation of the livestock of farmed poultry and allows you to get products free of residual amounts of substances harmful to human health.
Medicinal plants are harvested during the period of the highest content of biologically active substances in them. Herbal preparations in the required dose are mixed with a small amount of feed or added to drinking water and fed to the bird in the morning.
Stinging nettle. Nettle leaves are harvested during the flowering of the plant and dried under awnings.
Powder and fresh nettle leaves are used as a vitamin feed (nettle leaves contain vitamins
mines C, K, carotene, organic acids, iron salts). For the treatment and prevention of vitamin deficiencies, nettle infusion (1: 20) is given to the bird 3 times a day at a dose of 3-10 ml per individual.
Cowberry. Lingonberry leaves are harvested in early spring and dried, spreading out on a bed in a darkened warm room. Lingonberry leaves are used as a disinfectant for the urinary tract.
For therapeutic and prophylactic purposes, the bird is given infusions in a dose of 2-5 ml per 1 individual. To prepare the infusion, 1 part of the leaves is poured with 15 parts of boiling water, insisted
4 hours and filter through a layer of gauze.
The watch is three-leafed (water shamrock). Leaves with a short petiole are harvested after flowering (June-September). The collected plants are laid out on paper in the shade and left for 4 hours, then dried at a temperature of up to 60 ° C.
The three-leaf watch improves digestion, stimulates appetite, and is also used as an antihelminthic agent. For the treatment of chickens, they are used in the form of infusions (1: 10) at a dose of 2-5 ml per individual.
Garden dill. Dill greens are used as a vitamin feed, and seeds are given to poultry in order to improve appetite and for inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract.
Dried dill seed powder is mixed into the feed. The dose per head is 0.2-0.5 g.
Bear onion (wild garlic). Flower arrows, along with bulbs and young leaves, are harvested before the plant begins to bloom.
Bear onion is used as a vitamin supplement, as well as a digestive aid. In the poultry industry, infusions (1: 20) are used at a dose of 1-5 ml per individual.
Red clover. Clover leaves and inflorescences are harvested during flowering and dried in the shade.
Clover is used as a vitamin feed containing vitamins C, E, carotene and B vitamins.
For therapeutic and prophylactic purposes, as well as for diseases of the respiratory system, the bird is given a decoction of clover heads (1: 20) prepared in a water bath and strained through gauze in a dose of 2-5 ml per individual.
Common pumpkin. Pumpkin seeds are used as a mild laxative and antihelminthic. The bird is given seeds dried and pounded with water as part of wet mash. The dose for chickens is 15-20 g per head.
Scotch pine. Kidneys and needles are used. The first ones are harvested in early spring at the beginning of the swelling. Needles are harvested all year round.
Pine buds are rich in vitamins C and K, mineral salts and have a disinfectant effect. The needles contain vitamins K, C, group B and phytoncides. It is used for vitamin deficiencies and is given to the bird in the form of a powder, which is added to the feed, or in the form of an infusion (1: 10) at a dose of 1-2 ml per individual.
Sowing coriander. The plant is harvested after the fruit is fully ripe, tied in bunches, dried in the shade, then threshed.
Sowing flax. For medicinal purposes, flax seeds are used. They are used in inflammatory processes of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract. Flax seeds are given to the bird in the form of a slimy decoction at a dose of 5 ~ 20 ml per bird. To prepare the broth, 1 part of the seeds is poured with 30 parts of hot water, shaken and infused for 30 minutes.
Annual sunflower. Flowers, leaves, etc. have a beneficial effect on the bird's body. plant seeds. When a goiter is blocked, the stomach is clogged, as well as a mild laxative, sunflower oil is used in a dose of 2-5 ml per bird.
Cornflower blue. The marginal funnel-shaped cornflower petals are collected during the full flowering of the plant, laid out on paper and dried in a dark, well-ventilated room.
Blue cornflower helps to improve digestive processes and accelerates wound healing. For the treatment of birds, it is used in the form of an infusion<1: 10) в дозе 2~3 мл на одну особь. На раны накладывают измельченные лепестки.
Dandelion medicinal. Dandelion leaves are harvested during the flowering period of the plant, and the roots are harvested in late autumn. Dandelion is used as a vitamin feed (contains vitamins C, group B, PP, carotene, salts of iron, manganese, calcium, phosphorus) and as a means of regulating the activity of the gastrointestinal tract.
For the treatment of poultry, a decoction from the roots or an infusion of leaves (1; 10) is used at a dose of 2-10 ml per individual. The broth is given to the bird 2-3 times a day.
Valerian officinalis. Raw materials are harvested in autumn during the fruiting period of plants. Valerian roots are washed with cold water, laid out in the shade for 5 hours, and then dried at a temperature of 25-30 "C.
Valerian root is used in the poultry industry as a sedative. Valerian is given to the bird in the form of an infusion (1: 30) at a dose of 0.2-0.5 ml per individual.
Fern is male. Plant rhizomes are harvested in autumn or early spring, washed with water and dried in the shade.
Powder from the root is used as an antihelminthic drug at a dose of 0.2-1 g per chicken.
St. John's wort. The plant is harvested during the flowering period and dried in bunches suspended in the shade.
In the poultry industry, it is used for diarrhea, as well as for wound healing. For the treatment of birds, an infusion (1: 10-1: 20) is used in a dose of 1-2 ml per individual. St. John's wort infusion is given to birds 2-3 times a day.
The plantain is large. Well-developed plantain leaves are harvested throughout the summer and dried in the shade.
Plantain is used as a vitamin feed (contains vitamins C, K, group B, carotene, organic acids) and as a means of regulating the function of the gastrointestinal tract.
For the treatment of poultry, an infusion (1: 20) is used at a dose of 0.1 - 0.2 ml per individual.
Common caraway. Raw materials are harvested during the fruiting period. Plants are cut, tied in bunches, dried in the shade, and then threshed.
Cumin seed powder is used in the poultry industry as an antiseptic and mild laxative. It is mixed into the feed and given to the bird at 0.2-0.5 g per individual.
Coltsfoot. Basal leaves are harvested in the first half of summer and dried under a canopy.
Mother-and-stepmother is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory system of poultry. In addition, the leaves of the plant contain vitamin C, carotene and trace elements. Coltsfoot chickens are given in the form of an infusion (1: 10) in a dose of 0.5-1 ml per individual.
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