Complementary and alternative medicines such as tea tree (melaleuca) oil have become increasingly popular in recent decades. This essential oil has been used for almost 100 years in Australia but is now available worldwide both as neat oil and as an active component in an array of products.
Conventional Grain and Legume Feeds for Chickens. Most grains in commercial feed for poultry (corn, legumes, and small grains such as wheat, rye, oats and barley) are easy for the homesteader to grow. I grow âHickory King,â a. vigorous, large-ear feed corn.
Halnik, I'm sure it's good for them and us, but I think the flax craze is a little overdone. Everything in moderation. If chickens eat a variety of bugs, berries, seeds, and greens, their eggs are going to be about as good for you as possible (those Omega threes we hear so much about are in lots of things).My hens have flax seed in their feed, but I don't think it's a magic bullet or anything. BackyardHens. Antrim, NH.f chickens eat a variety of bugs, berries, seeds, and greens, their eggs are going to be about as good for you as possible (those Omega threes we hear so much about are in lots of things). My hens have flax seed in their feed, but I don't think it's a magic bullet or anything. BackyardHens.