Commercial Poultry
Run 4 ounces per gallon of stock solution in a medicator pump set at 1:128.
Start upon arrival. Run for 72 hours on the initial dose. After the initial dose, run one 24 hour period per week.
This recommendation is for cost effectiveness, however many customers run Hen Helper more often to maximize its effects and benefits. Due to the nature of Hen Helper, you can not over apply.- *Do not apply with any disinfectants, vinegar, iodine, peroxide, or acidifiers as this will kill the beneficial bacteria.
- **No refrigeration necessary. Keep the product from freezing or from reaching temperatures above 130 degrees.
- ***The product is deemed to be valid 18 months from the date of purchase.
Backyard Poultry
Pour ½ oz Hen Helper per 3 gallons (or 1 tsp. per gallon) of fresh drinking water in your coop waterers. For chicks, apply Hen Helper for 3 consecutive days, and then apply once a week. If you are also using Catalyst (recommended), apply Hen Helper and Catalyst on the same day. You may also apply daily as needed. For adult birds, apply Hen Helper once per week on the same day as Catalyst (if using).
*Do not use at the same time as vinegar or other disinfectants.
For detailed instructions on how to use these products for your coop, check out our Backyard Poultry Dosing Chart.
Hen Helper improves overall health, fertility and nutrition in layer hens by using a specifically formulated combination of probiotics and organic acids. The special ingredients, humic and fulvic acids, have been scientifically proven to improve shell quality and increase overall egg production by keeping hens in peak longer.It also tightens the gut with better feed conversion. A tighter gut means cleaner eggs—and as you know, cleaner eggs are always the goal. You will see less feed passage and firmer shells through improved calcium and vitamin absorption.
If you have been searching for an effective way to increase your layer hens' health, nutrition and fertility, then your search stops here.
Bacteria + Organic Acids + Active Carbon
Simply put, Hen Helper replenishes birds with living biology and provides valuable activated carbon. The process of cold water extraction leaves not only indigenous biology fully intact but provides an environment for them to rapidly multiply.
Beneficial Microbiota
Our microbes are mostly bacillus species and are more hearty that other poultry probiotics that only feature lactobacillus acidophilus and other lactic acid focused species. Poultry production and poultry performance are greatly increased by live microorganisms.
Big ole Bird is specially formulated with live bacteria in vegetative form that prove a positive influence on gut health and gut integrity.
Here’s a look at some of the indigenous beneficial bacteria (probiotics) and what they do:
Organic Acids
Most people in commercial poultry production think of a mere acidification of water when the hear organic acids. Yes, they provide some acidifying effects but they provide many more benefits to keep your flock healthy.
Pathogen colonization is when harmful microbes such as salmonella and escherichia coli gather in the intestinal tract and destroy gut integrity. These harmful bacteria then attack the epithelial cells causing inflammation in both baby chicks and adult chickens. As they attack the epithelial cells they form a protective biofilm that serves as a physical barrier. Fulvic acid is "wetter than water" and serves as a destroyer of biofilms. Our acids destroy that protective layer that the disease causing organisms produce. This mechanism assists the birds natural barrier function for improved immune response.
Carbon
The carbon baseline for Hen Helper binds harmful compounds and boosts gut integrity. Think in terms of charcoal which has been used for thousands of years to improve drinking water and for general detoxification purposes.
Activated carbon is a deeper level as it adsorbs longer chain hydrogen rich molecules. The activated carbon in Hen Helper has shown to adsorb benzenes, chelate nutrients, and bind metals. The health benefits for both commercial and backyard poultry is in the adsorption of mycotoxins.
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United StatesThey like the taste
My hens enjoy the taste of the hen helper.
United StatesNoticeable difference in my flock!
I started using this when I had a hen that started acting poorly. I gave a syringe directly down the throat because I had it on hand (but hadn't started using it) and needed something like a drench immediately. By the next day she was acting like her old self. I then started adding it to the flock waterers, and noticed a huge difference in my hens' appearance. Their feathers, which were looking ragged, came in lush and shiny, and they started laying more, even though they had pretty much stopped for the winter. Now I am getting bigger, better quality eggs in the winter than I was getting earlier in the season, and my hens look fantastic! They are on an all organic diet, so I love that this is also organic. I highly recommend this product and will keep it on hand. Thank you Southland Organics for a wonderful product!
United StatesGreat product
Everything was great from the ordering to receiving the product. Chickens don’t seem to care about the taste.
