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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Thank you again for the help. We will finish treating for the tapeworms then get the other meds for the roundworms and hopefully be parasite free for a while.
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Thank you so much for all of this information. This worm appeared to be dead but maybe it just moves slowly. Would the ivermectin that's also in the Equimax kill roundworms?
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    UPDATE! Warning, poop/worm picture! We treated all 33 chickens with Equimax yesterday. Today I went outside and saw this. This isn't a tapeworm, is it? Anyone know what type this is and if it would have crossed into eggs? Looks like we have another type of worm as well so I'm glad we treated...
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Okay I understand. Thank you! Molting/winter would have been much better timing for this! It's going to be torture throwing all these eggs out. 😭
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    One more question...during the egg withdrawal period, can I feed the eggs back to the chickens?
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Yes they're all pretty close in size. We've got Rhode Island Reds, Midnight Majesty Marans and Saphhire Olive Eggers. The Marans may be slightly larger than the RIRs and the OEs slightly smaller. The roos are also bigger of course.
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Also, thank you for the link. I've seen people recommend squirting the medicine on a piece of bread then feeding. Is this okay if we do this one by one as they come out of the coop?
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Thank you! I'm not sure how I'll figure out which bird(s) have it. Their coop opens at sunrise with a solar door and then they're all over the place all day. I've been trying to find more evidence of the worms and haven't seen any since the first time, a couple weeks ago. Maybe I'll try to be...
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Thank you! From what I've been reading, I need praziquantel to get rid of the tapeworms so I bought Equimax, which also has ivermectin. I'm just trying to figure out if it's possible to treat and monitor my flock without keeping them confined to their coop.
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    I have been searching the existing threads but can't find an answer to my question so here goes. We have 31 hens and 2 roosters who wander freely all day on 3-4 acres. We do not have a run. The other day I noticed white specks in one of the droppings that were moving. After researching, I'm...
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    Feathers look strange.

    Oh Okay thank you!
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    Feathers look strange.

    They are a little over a year. A couple of them molted but not all of them.
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    Feathers look strange.

    The tips of the feathers look stringy. On the roosters too. Is that from pecking at each other?
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    Feathers look strange.

    Hi! I’m noticing the feathers on most of my flock look strange. I’ve looked for mites and lice and haven’t found anything. Is this a nutritional deficiency or some other parasite? Just want to add that I do know one of my roosters has been aggressive this spring but the roosters feathers look...
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    Refrigerated, unwashed eggs. Power went out. Still good?

    I know that’s true for unrefrigerated unwashed eggs. I just want to make sure it’s the same if they’ve already been refrigerated. Thank you!
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