Farm Life Friday

I’m excited to be adding to my farm store an herbal solution for poultry and goat internal parasite management. I’ve started making my own herbal mixture that I add to my poultry and goat feed to prevent internal parasites. This herbal mixture also supports a healthy immune & digestive system.

I use a combination of whole fennel seed, hyssop, wormwood, red pepper flake, oregano, mullein, ginger & thyme.

I will soon be offering for sale packages of my herbal internal parasite mixture.

I recommend using along with food grade Diatomaceous earth. I pour my mixed herbs into a 5 gallon bucket and mix in one cup diatomaceous earth.

For my birds,

I add 1/8 cup herb + DE mixture to 2 quarts of poultry feed and feed once per week.

For my goats, I add 1/8 cup of the herb + DE mixture per 1 quart of grain. I will do this once per month, for three days in a row.

I also recommend using diatomaceous earth scattered in the areas where your birds are dusting themselves, in nesting boxes and along the edges of their coop. DE also helps to prevent external parasites such as mites and lice!