Instagram Chicken Feed

[Serenity06]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjRE-ZnKsSa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I keep seeing posts like this on Instagram and was just curious if it's true. Not sure if you have to have an Instagram to see it but basically people putting in their chickens feed red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, cinnamon, and maybe other things I've forgotten helps with a lot. Does it really?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjRE-ZnKsSa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I keep seeing posts like this on Instagram and was just curious if it's true. Not sure if you have to have an Instagram to see it but basically people putting in their chickens feed red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, cinnamon, and maybe other things I've forgotten helps with a lot. Does it really?

No

 

[NestingMillenial]

Those make for a good fire cider mix - I have used that for myself and found it to work quite well as a general health booster... but 1) I use it fermented which makes most things more bio-available, 2) I highly doubt that the dehydrated version of all those things carries the same antibacterial properties are the fresh herbs and condiments and 3) I am not sure how those things carry over to chickens' metabolism.

Fire cider recipe with explanation for ingredients and adequate source citing for each too, for example: https://goodfoodbaddie.com/fire-cider-recipe/

 

[3KillerBs]

Save the herbs for seasoning chicken when you cook it.

 

[K0k0shka]

Instagram isn't a good source of reliable information. It's where people go to get clicks and likes, and are willing to put on quite the show to do that. Chickens have become trendy now, and people post a whole lot of cutesy but pointless fluff that's more for show than anything else.

 

[Brooks_]

Save the herbs for seasoning chicken when you cook it.

I agree with this, but will add that red pepper could help keep rodents out of the feed.

 

[3KillerBs]

I agree with this, but will add that red pepper could help keep rodents out of the feed.

Yes, That is true,

 

[kanami]

View this content on Instagram

View this content on Instagram

I keep seeing posts like this on Instagram and was just curious if it's true. Not sure if you have to have an Instagram to see it but basically people putting in their chickens feed red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, cinnamon, and maybe other things I've forgotten helps with a lot. Does it really?

i was literally about to make a post about this same video exactly i’m still wondering if there are any good extra stuff to add to feed since my current feed is so bland

 

[Perris]

copied from my reply to Kanami's thread

@kanami there are many dissers around here. You may find this review article useful, published in Livestock Science in 2016:
Review: The effect of grass and herbs in organic egg production on egg fatty acid composition, egg yolk colour and sensory properties
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2016.11.001

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

I personally enjoy when trend chasers who have chickens for 10 minutes race to the internet to become “expert influencers”.