Will hoey

[Chickabee]

I use oregostim for my chickens. I was reading the label after Beantree said something interesting about it. There are only 2 ingredients. Water and origanum. I've looked up origanum and it does indeed have some very beneficial easpects. However, I was wondering if I should just buy the extract. It would be a lot cheaper, but i wouldn't know how much to give them. Do you think it's too much of a gamble

 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713503001464

[The Dogmother]

You can easily grow Oregano in your garden and give them some, but I have a large (farm sized) bottle of Oreg-Stim, which I add to the water every now and then and it lasts for ages. I wouldn't add it every day, just roughly once a week; it is beneficial to their immune systems and also digestion. You will find that their poos are drier and smaller as a result.

[Beantree]

I read the article Chickabee. Says one of the components kills bacteria and makes it suitable as a preservative. Trouble is the gut is full of friendly (and some unfriendly) bacteria, necessary for good digestion. How does it know which ones to kill? I don't dispute that it appears to have beneficial effects in chickens, but is that because it kills everything in the gut, good and bad, then only the good stuff redevelops?

[Chickabee]

Good point Beantree. I don't use it all the time, just after worming or when the girls are a bit stressed. I'm not one for antibiotics and lots of antibacterial cleaners in the home. I would only use those funny little "good bacteria" drinks if I had a bout of illness myself. In fact I've never used them.