02/12/2021
Dear fellow farmers,
I just want to share with you how I prepare Aloe Vera plant for drinking to chickens.
I know most of you finds it difficult to prepare it. Hope what am going to share will help a lot here.
Aloe vera plant is what every poultry farmer must have in the garden now. This herb is rich in vitamins, minerals and enzymes that promotes overall good health in chickens.
In this article, I'll not only show you how I prepare this herb but will also show you the health benefits of this herb to your chickens.
ALOE VERA PREPARATION FOR DRINKING TO CHICKENS:
1. Get the leaves of aloe vera and clean them
2. Put them in a deep freezer until the next or the other day
3. Get 'akabende' and the pounding stick
4. Break the aloe vera in pieces using your hands and put them mukabende and start pounding until they become a porridge. Make sure all the leaves are clashed.
5. Get your clashed aloe vera and put it in water (for at least 5 clashed leaves of aloe vera into a 2.5 litres of water [that's how I measure it])
6. Get a sieve and filter water from the clashed aloe vera
7. Give your chicken the filtered water to drink
Don't dispose the resdue, give the chickens they still eat it.
That's how simple I prepare the aloe vera for drinking to chickens.
One may want to know why I put aloe vera in a deep freezer fridge..... I won't tell you why I do that, instead I will advise you for the first time to pound or clash it without putting it in a fridge. Then the second time when you want to prepare it, put it in a deep freezer fridge and you will know why I first put it in fridge before clashing or pounding it.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF ALOE VERA PLANTS TO CHICKENS:
Aloe vera protects against coccidiosis. Simply crush the leaves and mix with drinking water or mix aloe vera powder with chicken feed.
It boosts bird’s immune system against major diseases such as Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumburo).
It improves bird’s intenstine’s health. Most chicken diseases such a