At a loss for poopy bottoms

[dawg53]

"By practicing good flock management, you can keep your flock as strong and healthy as possible, and this will allow your chickens to develop a natural resistance toward worms. Using wormers regularly short-circuits their ability to build this natural resistance and makes your flock more dependent on the continued use of wormers."

https://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2015/04/29/how-often-should-i-worm-my-chickens/

https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/antiparasitic-resistance

Move down south where we live, you'll learn real quick how to take care of worms. BTW: Worms weaken the immune system opening the door to poultry diseases. Gotta hit them hard and fast.

 

[amama]

I think I do have good flock management, although these were battery hens given to us at 2 yrs old, so I didn't have any control over them before that. I do think free-range birds get worms easier than non-free range. Our goats have also had worms, but that is a very common theme around here where we live. I don't know anyone whose sheep or goats didn't need de-wormed a few times a year.

 

[amama]

This might need a different thread, but I was going to try and incubate/hatch some of our eggs. Would that be fine still (obviously gather eggs before I deworm) or do you think they wouldn't do well hatching?