Top Ten Worming and Wormer Misinformations - Graphic Pictures!

[casportpony]

Here is a thread about a peahen:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/941155/weak-peahen-cant-walk-without-stumbling-and-toppling-over

She was wormed on a regular basis with pour on ivermectin and Safeguard in the water. Cause of her illness was a severe case of capillary worms and coccidiosis. She lived, but had to be kept inside and tube fed several times a day for a few weeks.

-Kathy

 

[jennykpna]

@jennykpna, I just got a bottle of Valbazen. We can do it together!
What is valbazen mrs. B? Is it good/ harmful to birds/effective??

MrsB

 

[jennykpna]

What about not worming unless you see it in their stool? Honestly this is so disgusting it is turning me off from raising chickens. And I really enjoy it otherwise. Can't handle helminths. Can they pass to humans through all the bird droppings in my yard?!

 

[jennykpna]

Mrs b, it says these are not meant for poultry on the Ned discription data sheet?? It says sheep, dairy cattle, goats

 

[casportpony]

What about not worming unless you see it in their stool? Honestly this is so disgusting it is turning me off from raising chickens. And I really enjoy it otherwise. Can't handle helminths. Can they pass to humans through all the bird droppings in my yard?!

This is a cecal worm:

Other worm like things are undigested bits of plant material. Cecal worms are very small so you probably won't ever seen them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Roundworms *are* large enough to see, but just because you don't see them, doesn't mean your bird doesn't have them:






-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Mrs b, it says these are not meant for poultry on the Ned discription data sheet?? It says sheep, dairy cattle, goats

Most wormers will say that. Valbazen is okay to use in poultry.

-Kathy

 

[dawg53]

What about not worming unless you see it in their stool? Honestly this is so disgusting it is turning me off from raising chickens. And I really enjoy it otherwise. Can't handle helminths. Can they pass to humans through all the bird droppings in my yard?!

When you see worms in feces, internal damage has already been done. It also means that there's an infestation and there's no other place to go but out the rear end. Poultry worms are host specific. Humans have their own worms. An exception would be hookworms. IF your birds are somehow infected with hookworms, dont go barefooted.

 

[casportpony]

@jennykpna , if you do decide to get the Valbazen, ignore the dosing directions on the bottle, 'cause they're for sheep/cattle who get less per pound than poultry. If you follow the dosing directions on the bottle you will under-dose your birds. Correct dose for poultry is no less than 0.08ml per pound, which is about 0.5ml (1/2 cc) for a six pound Rhode Island Red hen.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

And here is one with tapeworms:


-Kathy