It’s a simple and effective system, and holds two gallons of water. Simply crush 1 clove per litre (4 per gallon) into their drinking water or, if you're using it, add to their electrolyte drink. Combine your spray ingredients. Crush the cloves and put inside the waterer or crush and feed raw in a separate bowl free choice. You'll need 10 ounces of water, 1 ounce of garlic juice and 1 teaspoon of essential oil such as lavender, cinnamon, spearmint, bay or thyme in the spray bottle. After a few weeks of using garlic, sulphur from chicken’s droppings is also reduced which can make your chicken coop and run smell better. Water Your Backyard Chickens watering systems. You can leave the bucket on the ground or hang it. This is probably the easiest way to make sure your flock get their dose of raw garlic. But I don't measure it every day. If you don’t want a DIY project, we love this chicken watering system. Maybe for the first few days start with 1 clove of crushed garlic and 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.

Louis Pasteur discovered this as far back as 1858. Combine ¼ cup (about 55 mL) of garlic juice with 2¼ cups (500 mL) of water to make a 10 percent garlic juice spray. For healthy chickens, refresh the water after 48 hours, leaving out the garlic. The nipples and water won’t come in contact with the ground, making it clean and sanitary. Do this twice each week. 3 Spray your chickens with the mix every couple of days for 2-3 weeks. When freshly crushed, garlic releases allicin and allicetoins that have antibacterial properties. For a topical use for skin affected by parasites, particularly mites., a juice can be made. One head of garlic should yield about ¼ cup of juice.

Work up to 3 cloves of crushed garlic and about 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar for a 10 liter water dish. Blend 1:10 ratio garlic to water blended in a juicer or high speed blender. Garlic Water Treatment for Sick Chickens 1-2 ounces of apple cider vinegar per gallon of mix (Braggs Organic) add 2-3 cloves of garlic (sliced end-to-end) per 5 gallons of mixture and allow to soak at least 24 hours before using... add 50-100 IU per bird per day of Vitamin E oil (for 7 to 14 days) To control northern fowl mites, apply the spray to the affected chicken’s vent weekly for 3 weeks, and thereafter as needed to maintain control.