Hey all, I will be placing 20 3 week old chicks in an outdoor brooder. It's actually their coop I just built. There primary food will be feed but I'm sure random bugs will get in they will eat. Do I need grit? It's an enclosed coop but not 100 percent air tight and I'm sure bugs will be...
These are my first chickens. I have 3 roughly 8 months old. Saw small worms in poop in June and wormed with 4ml ivermectin in gallon of water for 2 days and followed up 14 days later. Saw worms in poop again today. Not sure what kind , maybe cecal. They were thin, pale, less than a centimeter...
Ok, I have goats and knew ivermectin was not effective for them, didn't know the same was for chickens, we primarily use the ivermectin on dogs monthly. I already started the 4ml per gallon of water though so I will do this treatment and in future possibly switch. For my current situation...
I have 3 chickens that are about 6 months old I got a month ago. Today I notice a small worm in poop. Maybe a cm long. In the chicken health handbook it says do 4ml of injectable ivermectin in gallon of water, and let that be only water source for 2 days. Anyone else do this method? I started...