Is it safe to use Morning Bird Worm Away(bird wormer) for my chickens?

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Do your birds actually have worms? Have they passed any? Do they show any symptoms of worms. If not you could bring a fecal sample to a vet and find out? Could be they don't have any worms or parasites so brand would be a moot choice.

I had my first dog at 11 years of age, my parents had no interest in the dog or what I was doing with him. In those days (long ago) you could order wormers, shots, etc. from a dog product catalog with no prescription. I can tell you I made a real mess - decided the dog had problems after reading all the hype in catalogs. He didn't and he got ill enough from what I medicated him with, where he DID need to go to a vet.

It would be good if your parents would get involved and read up on treatments/medications. You are very conscientious however, you shouldn't need to stress over these decisions alone.
 
drumstick diva said:
Do your birds actually have worms? Have they passed any? Do they show any symptoms of worms. If not you could bring a fecal sample to a vet and find out? Could be they don't have any worms or parasites so brand would be a moot choice.

I had my first dog at 11 years of age, my parents had no interest in the dog or what I was doing with him. In those days (long ago) you could order wormers, shots, etc. from a dog product catalog with no prescription. I can tell you I made a real mess - decided the dog had problems after reading all the hype in catalogs. He didn't and he got ill enough from what I medicated him with, where he DID need to go to a vet.

It would be good if your parents would get involved and read up on treatments/medications. You are very conscientious however, you shouldn't need to stress over these decisions alone.
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I don't think visiting a vet is going to be one of my options. My parents doesn't want it, probably because they don't care about them enough, to the point where they will spend way more than the cost my mom bought them. More than a month ago, I suspect that one of my chicken probably have eye worm, since it have light yellow pus on it's third eyelid. After doing a lot of research about it's symptoms, I bought vetrx which cost about $11 plus tax. At the 6th(maybe 4th or 5th) day of applying it in the cleft of it's mouth, I saw one or two dead 1/3 inch long clear white worm like looking creature near but outside it's eye. Since the light yellow pus on it's third eyelid doesn't seem to come out of it's own, I just took paper towel, and rub it toward the direction opposite of it's third eyelid. It came out and It is a little bit hard and it smell sweet(not sure) and overall it's size is 1 average corn and a half. I don't see anything wrong with her eye since I removed it. However my mom became very angry when she found out that I used her credit card to buy vetrx, even though it is for the good of my bird. She doesn't want me to spend $12 for my chicken's medicine and since she have been scammed before, she suspects that a lot of websites are untrustworthy when it comes to delivering what people bought. I also told her since 2-3 years ago, that I always check the trustworthiness of the website before I use her credit card, yet she still complains about me using it even for good purpose. If I only have my own credit card or I can buy it for cash on this island( I don't think the pet store where my mom bought my chickens sells one and I don't know which other stores sell it), I would have never think about using her credit card in the first place.

Also, I don't think my chickens will get sick even if I don't give them the right medication for as long as it is a medicine for chickens and I don't overdoes them.

I think one of my younger chickens have roundworm, since I saw one that looks like a round worm on it's feces more than a week ago. I think morning bird bird wormer can kill most if not, a lot of the common internal parasites in birds.
 
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Luckybaby said:
Quote: The eggs are perfectly good to eat if you have not wormed them. However if you believe they do have worms, they will need to be wormed as worms will kill your birds. Taking a poop sample into a vet is the easiest way to find out if they do in fact have worms. But looking at the birds and their poop can help you tell if they do have worms. Birds that have worms will have runny diarrhea, pale combs, lethargic, will be thin at the breast bone and have no interest in life or eating. And yes, sometimes you can see worms in the poop. So if you do suspect they have worms, you should get them wormed. Worms multiply in the intestines, eating all the birds food and take up so much space that they can shut off the intestinal tract. And the lack of nutrients for the bird eventually kills the bird. After worming wait 2 or 3 weeks before eating eggs.

However if you don't think the birds have worms, then there is no sense in worming them.

Enjoy your flock and good luck with all your babies!
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