Keeping chooks is a great way to teach children about caring for animals, after all who can forget collecting warm eggs for breakfast? Hatching eggs and raising chickens in classrooms is not a new trend – in fact raising poultry in schools has been going on for ages. Remember incubating eggs in a ‘Sunbeam’ frypan?…
The Best Medicine – Natural Supplements & Herbs for Chooks Keeping our chickens healthy is really important. Our motto at Natural Chicken Health is ‘prevention is better than cure.’ Chickens need vitamins, minerals, good nutrition, and like us, they need low stressors and sufficient rest. Physical Stressors There are physical measures we can take…
Probiotics work basically the same way for chickens as they do for humans. You find them in fermented foods. What are Probiotics? Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your health, especially your digestive system. They are given to animals (and us) to add to, replace or boost the ‘good’ bacteria…
For many of us garlic is known as a champion antibiotic, anti-fungal, vermifuge (wormer), anti-parasitic and all-round immune support herb….very good for our chooks. It is also thought to improve the chicken’s appetite and the size and quality of the eggs they lay. ☑️Boosts immune system ☑️Repels mites, lice, ticks and other parasites ☑️Natural wormer…