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  1. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    Thanks. Would you do the oxytetracycline as preventative or do the wait & see approach?
  2. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    I think it is respiratory. The worms did not look like that. I did one dose Safe-Guard on Tuesday to all the hens. Didn't give yesterday because it didn't look like gape worms. Will giving the oxytetracycline be safe after the Safe-Guard dose Tuesday? Don't want to kill my hens with meds. The...
  3. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    We found 2 small red worms, but her whole trachea was bright red. Not sure if they were gape or not, but the infection is what definitely killed her. My local feed store suggests I add oxytetracycline to the water for 10 days for the 7 remaining chickens. To deworm all of them: Sunday I dosed...
  4. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    Sylvia (my hen) died last. Today we cut her open and found the trachea was very red and had pus in it. Lungs were filled with pus.
  5. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    Thanks. I gave the infected chicken 0.5 cc last night. My hen is only about 18-19 weeks old. Her combs are still pink. I 1cc too much for her? Should I do a full dose this morning? Or withhold feed today and dose all of them tomorrow? What's the purpose of with holding the feed? Does morning vs...
  6. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    Thanks. She is a young bird and has the classic symptoms. We have discovered an infestation of snails in the yard. The snails have destroyed a lot of our garden this year. I suspect the hen ate some of the snails and that is how she contracted. I have 8 hens. Only one shows the signs. I gave...
  7. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    Also, how long before I see any results from the fenbendazole?
  8. momchick4

    Gape Worms

    what is the average amount of days for gape worm to kill a chicken. I just dosed with liquid safe-guard (fenbendazole)
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