I have recently discovered that one of our hens has worms. She has been lethargic, losing weight and sometimes runny poo. In the pen we have been keeping her in I saw 2 small white worms (kinda similar looking to a maggot) about a cm long.
Any product I would try to buy to deworm her would take too long to get here as it would have to be ordered. We already have ivermectin on hand and I looked up a dose to give her.
What I would like to know is if any has experience using this to deworm their chickens. How often should an individual hen be treated and for how long? She was interacting with the rest of the flock before and i'm really worried others could get infected. I read that you can put it in the water @ 4cc per gallon for 3 days. Has anyone tried this... did it work? Also is there something I could use to clean out the coop that would remove any possible worms that may have been deposited there?
Any and all info and experience with worms and deworming would be very much appreciated!
Please help soon... I don't know how long she will last or how many more will get them if something decisive isn't done soon!
Any product I would try to buy to deworm her would take too long to get here as it would have to be ordered. We already have ivermectin on hand and I looked up a dose to give her.
What I would like to know is if any has experience using this to deworm their chickens. How often should an individual hen be treated and for how long? She was interacting with the rest of the flock before and i'm really worried others could get infected. I read that you can put it in the water @ 4cc per gallon for 3 days. Has anyone tried this... did it work? Also is there something I could use to clean out the coop that would remove any possible worms that may have been deposited there?
Any and all info and experience with worms and deworming would be very much appreciated!
Please help soon... I don't know how long she will last or how many more will get them if something decisive isn't done soon!