Chickens and Wild Garlic
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- Jerry - Bit higher than newbie
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Chickens and Wild Garlic
Hi guys
Quick question
I inherited chickens and turkeys with my new house been here 6 weeks now so I'm still a beginner with them (deep end and all that)
I try to ensure they are getting greens of some kind at least 3-4 times a week. So far this has been via cabbages, spring greeens and bits of grass etc.
The garden is somewhat natural having been left to go a little wild for the last few years, I've got lots and lots of Wild Garlic (jack by the hedge) springing up. I chucked some in with the birds today and they wolfed it down.
To finally get to the question...will it flavour the eggs with garlic if i give them a constant supply or is it too mild a flavour, I don't fancy lemon drizzle cake with a garlic essence
Thanks in advance
Quick question
I inherited chickens and turkeys with my new house been here 6 weeks now so I'm still a beginner with them (deep end and all that)
I try to ensure they are getting greens of some kind at least 3-4 times a week. So far this has been via cabbages, spring greeens and bits of grass etc.
The garden is somewhat natural having been left to go a little wild for the last few years, I've got lots and lots of Wild Garlic (jack by the hedge) springing up. I chucked some in with the birds today and they wolfed it down.
To finally get to the question...will it flavour the eggs with garlic if i give them a constant supply or is it too mild a flavour, I don't fancy lemon drizzle cake with a garlic essence
Thanks in advance
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
I don't know the answer I'm afraid so please let us know if you find out. Your question did make me chuckle though as I was thinking at first of meat birds and I wondered why it would be a problem
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- Jerry - Bit higher than newbie
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
Then it would be a delicious problem!
Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
I'm guessing here but Wild Garlic is ,in garlicky terms very mild,sure it smells when you've got a wood full,but an individual bird will eat precious little,and shouldn't really flavour meat or eggs.Mind you,I add garlic to EVERYTHING meat,eggs etc. so who cares!!
Inheriting Turkeys?? now there's a poisoned chalice!!! The best of luck!!
Inheriting Turkeys?? now there's a poisoned chalice!!! The best of luck!!
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- Jerry - Bit higher than newbie
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
Thanks oldjerry
Yes the Turkeys are, well, amusing...
They were kept by the previous owner for Xmas 2011 but they became pets to his son, so they were still here when we moved in, they're only a year old this spring so its fun and games, the stag spends all day romancing the smallest chicken in the pen as his 3 ladies want nothing to do with his advances, he does a lovely *stomp, stompy stomp, rush forward UUUUUGGGGHHHH* dance, if I'm really quiet around him I'll get to see his *flap, flaaaappppy, flaaappppy, flap flap shimmy shummy shimmy ruffle ruffle* dance that he saves for special moments.
It's like having a teenage boy who's just hit puberty and doesn't know what to do with it!
They look well, appear healthy/ spend a lot of time chasing my 1 whiteish chicken and investigating 'stuff', 'stuff' is very interesting, especially if new, or if moved 1 ft to the right.
Yes the Turkeys are, well, amusing...
They were kept by the previous owner for Xmas 2011 but they became pets to his son, so they were still here when we moved in, they're only a year old this spring so its fun and games, the stag spends all day romancing the smallest chicken in the pen as his 3 ladies want nothing to do with his advances, he does a lovely *stomp, stompy stomp, rush forward UUUUUGGGGHHHH* dance, if I'm really quiet around him I'll get to see his *flap, flaaaappppy, flaaappppy, flap flap shimmy shummy shimmy ruffle ruffle* dance that he saves for special moments.
It's like having a teenage boy who's just hit puberty and doesn't know what to do with it!
They look well, appear healthy/ spend a lot of time chasing my 1 whiteish chicken and investigating 'stuff', 'stuff' is very interesting, especially if new, or if moved 1 ft to the right.
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- Jerry - Bit higher than newbie
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
I think wild garlic probably will make the eggs slightly garlicky, we sometimes add garlic to drinking water as a natural antibacterial and that flavours the eggs slightly.
- Millymollymandy
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
Jack by the Hedge isn't very garlicky so I wouldn't worry about it. I'm surprised you have it growing already though as mine hasn't even begun to think about appearing yet!
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
Our chickens favour the most strongly flavoured greens, especially the mustardy-type ones and their eggs don't, thankfully, taste of mustard.
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Re: Chickens and Wild Garlic
Our chickens eat Jack by the hedge, true wild garlic and we feed them cultivated garlic as it is supposed to be really good for them and they love it. Neither the chickens nor their eggs taste of garlic but they are really healthy looking.
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