While I like to source most of my natural remedies right from my homestead, I am also not against supporting certain all-natural products! With raising homestead chickens on the rise, numerous large companys and small brands have come out with natural products that you can use on pets and poultry. Despite the rise in popularity, finding reliable sources for natural chicken care products is still tricky.
These natural products for chickens on the homestead are products that I either use or highly recommend using for raising a homestead flock naturally! Whether you’re shopping for your homestead flock or looking for gift ideas for another homesteader, this list should provide you with some all-natural ideas!
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Natural Feed & Treats for Chickens
Not only should you choose the right type of chicken feed for your homestead flock, but you should also make sure that feed comes from a sustainable source and contains wholesome ingredients. Since making your own chicken feed is not an option for every homesteader, these all-natural chicken feeds are perfect alternatives for a natural diet for chickens!
Every homestead flock gets special treats ever so often. As long as the treats are healthy and all-natural, they should compliment your flock’s diet rather than take away from the nutrition your flock should be recieving.
Grubbly Farms Chicken Feed
Grubbly Farms sell chicken feed that uses black soldier fly grubs as the primary source of protein in the feed. While not certified organic, Grubbly Farms feed does use non-GMO ingredients and their grubs consume a post-consumer waste diet. All of their grubs are sourced from facilities that meet EU standards for growing the grubs.
The feed is also corn free, soy free, fish free, and sustainably sourced. The layer pellet feed is actually a combination of whole grains and seeds mixed with pellets that contain the grub protein, vitamins, and minerals.
Grubbly Farms offers these feeds:
- layer 16% protein pellets
- layer 16% protein crumbles
- starter/grower crumbles
Grubblies Snacks
Grubbly Farms also sells Grubbly snacks, which are dried black soldier fly grubs. There are two lines of the grubs: USA/Canada sourced grubs and World Harvest grubs. Both of the products contain grubs that are grown and raised in facilities approved by EU standards.
Black soldier fly grubs are an excellent, more sustainable alternative to mealworms. I prefer to give my flock black soldier fly grubs over mealworms because they are grown in a sustainable way and they have a healthier nutrition profile.
Scratch and Peck Feeds
Scratch and Peck Feeds sells certified organic, non-GMO chicken feeds. These feeds are all soy-free and some are also corn free as well. The feed is a nutritionally complete blend of whole grains and seeds supplemented with vitamins and minerals to provide the optimal diet for chickens. The ingredients are also from North American farms!
Scratch and Peck feeds offer these products:
- layer pellets
- starter feed
- grower feed
- layer 16% protein feed (corn-free version available as well)
- layer 18% protein feed (corn-free version available as well)
- broiler feed
Scratch & Peck Feeds Snacks
Scratch and Peck Feeds also sells healthy snacks for homestead chickens too! Their main focus is on healthy scratch blends that use certified organic and non-GMO ingredients. They sell a 3-grain scratch that is corn free as well as a scratch blend that includes organic corn. Keep in mind that you should only use scratch blends as a treat, not as a complete feed since they don’t provide essential vitamins and minerals.
Scratch and Pecks Feeds also offers USA-sourced black soldier fly grubs, which make a great sustainable substitute for mealworms.
Treats for Chickens Snacks
Treats for Chickens is a woman-owned company that sells organic, non-GMO chicken treat blends. Most of their products contain ingredients that come from North American farms and are certified organic and non-GMO. Each batch is handcrafted and blended with care. The snack mixes contain a variety of whole grains, seeds, and dried bugs, which chickens love!
They sell a range of healthy snack blends including:
- Pullet Together– contains whole sunflower seeds for protein
- Cluck Yea– contains beneficial alfalfa and kelp
- Chicken Crack– contains dried river shrimp for protein
- Mealworm Delight
- Chick Chick– a blend of organic grains for chicks
Pampered Chicken Mama Feed
Pampered Chicken Mama sells a range of chicken feed that is soy-free and made with non-GMO ingredients. These feeds are a whole-grain and seed mix that allows your flock to naturally customize their diet based on their individual nutritional needs. The feeds are nutritionally complete and all the ingredients come from USA sources.
Pampered Chicken Mama feeds include:
- layer feed 16% protein w/ grub protein
- starter/grower feed
- herbal layer feed blend
Pampered Chicken Mama Snacks
Pampered Chicken Mama also sells wholesome snacks for the homestead flock! These products all contain non-GMO ingredients and are USA sourced. There are several scratch blends to choose from for a healthy winter time snack for your flock. Herbal treat blends, USA sourced grubs, organic sprouting seeds, and non-GMO corn are just a few of the healthy snack options offered by Pampered Chicken Mama.
CedarCrest Farm & Feed Chicken Feed
CedarCrest Farm and Feed offers non-GMO chicken feed that is wholesome and sustainably sourced. The feed is a mixture of whole grains, seeds, and natural supplements to create a complete diet for chickens. Many of the ingredients come from local farmer sources and the feed blend is rich and enticing for any homestead flock!
What’s nice about this all-natural feed is that its high protein content makes it stand out from other layer feeds. This feed is especially beneficial for rare and heritage chicken breeds who need more protein in their daily diet.
CedarCrest Farm and Feed currently offers two chicken feed blends:
- layer 18% protein
- chick starter (23% protein)
Natural Supplements for Chickens
Natural supplements are so helpful on the homestead. Instead of treating your flock with chemicals, drugs, or medications, you can use natural supplements. What’s great about natural supplements is the fact that you can use many of them year-round for supporting a strong immune system and keeping your flock healthy. You can offer some natural supplements free-choice to your flock, others you can administer on a weekly basis, and still others you should only use when they are needed.
Make sure you learn all about how to use supplements for your homestead flock so you can use them correctly!
Moonlight Mile Herbs Tonics & Tinctures
Moonlight Mile Herbs is a Michigan based, small farm that specializes in herbal poultry remedies. The tonics and tinctures sold by MoonLight Mile Herbs are all made using herbs that have been grown and harvested right on the farm. Each batch of product is wildcrafted and handmade into the optimal blend that is safe for chickens to consume.
The various tonics and tinctures are often ailment-specific, however, there are some general blends that you can use year-round during times of stress or for boosting immune health. Make sure you follow the instructions that come with the bottle for administering the herbal remedies.
Some of my favorite Moonlight Mile Herb products include:
- Intensive Care Tincture– use on sick birds
- Ultimate Garlic Tonic– good for weekly supplementation
- Fireball Tonic– use during sudden weather changes
- Worm Balancer Tonic– use to treat internal parasites
- Superbird Tonic– use as a fermented feed topper
Fresh Eggs Daily Supplements (kelp, probiotics, brewer’s yeast, flax)
Fresh Eggs Daily sells several all-natural products that are great supplements to incorporate into your homestead flock’s diet. These supplements contain all-natural ingredients and are formulated with the goal of keeping your flock healthy on a daily basis. Most of the supplements you can mix right into your flock’s feed.
Each supplement helps your flock stay healthy by boosting the immune system, or supporting respiratory health, or ensuring they get the vitamins and minerals they need.
The Fresh Eggs Daily supplement line includes:
- Brewer’s Yeast w/ Garlic
- Organic Coop Kelp
- Poultry Probiotics
- Flock Flax
RopaPoultry (Ropadiar)
RopaPoultry, formally called Ropadiar, is an oregano supplement for chickens. It was created as an all-natural substitute for commercial antibiotics. The supplement combines the power of oregano with a variety of other plant-based extracts, herbs, and essential oils.
You can add RopaPoultry right to your flock’s water to make administration easy and thorough. It is a supplement that is antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, supports gut health, and boosts the immune system. You can use RopaPoultry to promote overall good health, prevent disease, and treat certain ailments.
Treats for Chickens Supplements
Treats for Chickens also offers a variety of healthy, naturally sourced supplements for chickens. Their range of products include a sea kelp supplement, nesting box herbs, calcium supplement, and parasite prevention bundles. Most of the ingredients in these products come from North America sources. All the products are still handcrafted and processed in small batches.
The sea kelp supplement is useful for mixing into your flock’s feed or sprinkling it on top of healthy treats or fermented feed. The nesting box herbs are a blend of organic herbs that you can use in the nesting boxes or offer free-choice.
Pampered Chicken Mama Herbs
Pampered Chicken Mama offers a wide variety of various herbal blends for the homestead flock. All the herbs used in the blends are organic and sourced from the USA. There are herbal blends that you can mix into your flock’s feed, add to healthy treats like fermented feed, sprinkle in nesting boxes, provide free-choice, or add to dust bathing spots.
Each blend is created to address a certian issue. Whether it be supporting immune health, repelling parasites, or promoting good digestion, there’s an herbal blend for any of them!
Encore Poultry Grit
Encore Poultry Grit is a natural grit and calcium supplement. The grit also contains anise seeds, which makes the grit more palatable and provides health benefits. Instead of crushed oyster shells, Encore grit contains crushed clam shells. For chickens who don’t have access to natural grit, this supplemental grit can help them breakdown food in their crop as well as supports strong eggshells.
Encore Poultry Grit should be provided free-choice like a calcium supplement.
Agaricus Bio Mushroom Extract
Agaricus Bio mushroom extract is a naturopathic supplement for chickens that is made from edible mushrooms. The primary mushroom in this blend is Agaricus Blazei Muril, which supports immune health. Thanks to the immune boost that this supplement provides, it helps chickens fight disease and helps them lay better quality eggs.
You can easily add the mushroom extract to your flock’s drinking water for easy administeration.
Scratch and Peck Feeds Supplements
Scratch and Peck Feeds supplements cover a range of natural products for the homestead flock. You can use the organic herb blend as a feed supplement or offer it as a free-choice supplement. It contains a blend of powerful herbs including garlic, oregano, and nettles.
The chicken grit and oyster shell free-choice supplements are all sourced from North America and make a great sustainable supplement option for laying hens. Keep in mind that if your flock free-ranges or naturally has access to dirt, they won’t need a grit supplement. However, all laying hens benefit from a free-choice oyster shell supplement.
Natural First Aid Supplies for Chickens
When it comes to caring for injuries and ailments in the homestead flock, having your poultry first aid kit stocked with all-natural products is essential. These products are good to have on hand for when you need to treat ailments in your flock naturally. Make sure your natural poultry first aid kit contains all the supplies in this natural poultry first aid kit supplies list. That way you’re all set to administer first aid to your homestead flock!
VetRx
Vet Rx is an all-natural product that is helpful for treating and preventing respiratory issues. It also helps address scaly leg mites and eye worm. The main ingredients include Canada balsam, camphor, and rosemary. The blend is all-natural and safe for use on poultry. VetRx has no side affects and no egg withdrawal time.
You can apply it based on the instructions on the bottle or you can gently rub it into the comb and wattles of an ailing bird to help clear the sinuses.
Natural Animal Health Products (UK based)
Natural Animal Health is an Ireland based company that sells natural products for livestock and pets. The products use plant-based extracts and compounds to create a powerful blend that is safe for chickens to consume. These products have no egg withdrawal period and are all-natural. You can easily add them to your flock’s water for an effective way of treating a sick chicken or your whole flock.
Their range of poultry products include:
- Respirex– aids respiratory system
- Cloversan bedding sanitizer
- Imuworm– prevents and treats internal worms
- Recharge– recovery support after illness
- Enterite– supports digestive health
- Imumite– treats red mites
- Imustress– aids during times of high stress
- Coccinon– prevents coccidiosis
- Mycop– prevents and controls mycoplasma
Zyfend A
Zyfend is an all-natural dewormer product for chickens. It uses natural enzymes and poultry-safe essential oils to help cleanse the body of internal parasites. You can use it for treating minor worm overloads as well as for preventing internal parasites year-round.
Its main ingredients include yucca extract and essential oils including lemon, grapefruit, fennel, and anise. You can use Zyfend on chickens over 3 weeks of age and it has no egg withdrawal period. You can administer it through your flock’s drinking water.
Amber Naturalz
Amber Naturalz is a brand of all-natural pet products. You can use most of the Amber Naturalz pet products on poultry. There are all-natural blends that target treatment towards specific ailments as well as natural extracts that you can use for a variety of situations.
Each product uses a blend of natural plant extracts and/or oils. The ingredients are all-natural, wildcrafted, organic, and non-GMO. There are no side effects or egg withdrawal period for these products. Make sure you note whether certain Amber Naturalz products can be used in conjugtion with each other. Some products you can only use by themselves and you can’t combine them with other treatments.
A few Amber Naturalz products for poultry include:
- Kochi Free– promotes good gut health and healthy droppings
- Peritan FP– supports the immune system
- Vibactra Plus– good for digestive, oral, and skin health
- Black Walnut– helps prevent and treat internal parasites
- Milk Thistle– boosts the immune system and supports the liver
GreenGoo
GreenGoo is a company that makes plant-based, all-natural products for pets and people. Their poultry products include an all-natural poultry wash solution, an all-natural wound salve, and an anti-parasitic spray. Each of the products contains a strong blend of herbs and plant-derived oils that work for their respective purposes.
The wound salve is beneficial for healing wounds quickly and preventing infection. Since it is beeswax based, the salve can also be used to prevent frostbite on combs and wattles during the winter.
Vetericyn
Vetericyn makes a product for poultry called Vetericyn Plus Antimicrobial Poultry Care spray. This spray is non-toxic and free from antibiotics. It uses naturally derived ingredients that is safe for external use on chickens. While the spray is not dangerous if it accidentally gets in the eyes of a bird or is ingested, try not to let that happen!
You can apply the spray to external wounds, scraps, vent prolapse, bumblefoot, and frostbite to stimulate healing, fight infection, and make for a speady recovery.
Serendipitous Summer Farms Happy Hens
Serendipitous Summer Farms makes a salve specifically for use on poultry. This salve is plant-based and uses herbs that are grown and harvested right on the farm. The blend of healing herbs and potent plant-derived oils stimulates healing, soothes the skin, and can be used to treat scaly leg mites. When applies to wounds, the salve is pain-relieving and prevents against infection.
Davis Pure Planet Poultry Spray
Davis makes an all-natural poultry spray for preventing external parasites on chickens. The spray contains a blend of natural clove oil and cottonseed oil. The oil blend is effective for preventing external parasites like mites and lice. The spray is non-toxic, all-natural, and has no egg-withdrawal time.
You can apply Davis Pure Planet Poultry spray directly to your chickens and you can spray it in the coop and on other chicken care supplies.
Natural Chicken Care Products
You cna turn daily caring for your homestead flock into a natural and sustainable routine too! Keeping the chicken coop clean and smelling fresh can go a long way in preventing disease and sickness in your homestead flock. These all-natural products help make the chicken coop a naturally clean environment for your flock to live in.
Sweet PDZ
Sweet PDZ is an all-natural odor control product. While you can use the general Sweet PDZ for any livestock bedding, Sweet PDZ does make a special formula specifically for chicken coop litters. Sweet PDZ is comprised of zeolite, an all-natural earth mineral. Zeolite is naturally organic, non-toxic, and compostable.
That means when you use Sweet PDZ in your coop, the mineral absorbs and neutralizes any ammonia in the litter. Then the zeolite compostes back into the earth to improve soil composition. The tiny granules can also serve as grit for your chickens too. Sweet PDZ coop freshener is made in the USA.
First Saturday Lime
First Saturday Lime offers an all-natural, lime-based product that can be used for preventing parasites in the chicken coop. Not only does the lime repel parasites, but it also works to keep the coop cleaner and smelling fresher. You can sue the lime for washing chicken care supplies or even the chicken coop.
First Saturday Lime is non-toxic and safe for using around chickens. It is also fine if your chickens accidentally ingest the lime in small quantities. The lime works against parasites by dehydrating the parasite’s eggs and larvae.
EcoPet Natural Cleaner
EcoPet Natural Cleaner is a cleaning product that is all-natural and safe to use around pets and chickens. The ingredients come from natural sources and the product is made and produced in the USA. EcoPet Natural cleaner uses organic ingredients and is safe to use for cleaning chicken care supplies and the chicken coop.
DooKashi
DooKashi is a product you can add to the chicken coop litter to help prevent ammonia from becoming a problem. It also promotes good microflora in the litter to create a cleaner living environment for your flock. The good microflora will turn the litter into good compost as well.
DooKashi is organic and sourced from North America. The all-natural ingredients are safe for your chickens and the formula is dust free!
Raising your homestead flock naturally and sustainably is so rewarding! These all-natural products make great stand-bys for when you can’t source natural remedies from your homestead. From having a poultry first aid kit full of natural remedies to feeding your flock an all-natural diet, each practice puts you one step closer to raising your homestead flock in a natural and sustainable way. I’m sure there’s one or two products you want to start using on your homestead now!
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by Alexa
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