AT wits end with these girls PLEASE HELP!

[klmclain1]

Dawg..one question I forgot to ask you before.. What is the earliest age I should do prevention worming??

 

[dawg53]

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I dont normally worm mine (chicks/pullets) til they are about a year old, then worm quarterly from then on. I will worm earlier if I have reason to suspect that one or more of them have a problem. I have done this before, at about the 8th month. It all depends on your environment. If you live in a hot/dry area, you might only have to worm once or twice a year as a preventative....just depends. I've heard of people worming earlier as preventative. The worming that I did the other day was "preventative" and some of them had worms in their poop, they didnt show any signs that they had worms neither.

 

[NHchicks]

Besides a regular worming schedule, do you also Sevin dust on a regular schedule, or just when you see mites?

Believe me, this sounds easy but to the newbies this is as confusing as all get-out. Why can't someone just make a chicken wormer product (okay, two of them) and sell it as such in an easy-ordering, all-in-one-place site, right next to the Sevin product, with clear instructions on exactly how to routinely and preventatively use these products, for poultry. With measurers for exact dosing included.

 

[dawg53]

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Because backyard chickens are not in the big scheme of things...most products are sold for other livestock...cattle, sheep, horses, goats etc...unfortunately. For the most part, we have to use products designed for other livestock to keep our chickens healthy when something goes wrong with them, using smaller dosages of course. You have to be flexable and spend time reading and learning about chicken illnesses and such, make yourself more knowledgable in chicken keeping. This is the only way you're going to learn...OJT experience also helps. You have an excellent group of knowledgable people here in this forum that are willing to bend over backyards to help you, no matter what the problem is....seek them out and listen to their advice.
Pretty soon you'll be helping newbies.

 

[Lisa202]

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Nevermind...I read all the posts and found my answers there.

Thanks!!

 

[klmclain1]

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How about the "Backyard Chicken Newbie Kit"?? Everything you need for your new babies! A book on raising chickens, a book on coop plans, sample starter feed, two wormers, small container of sevin w/mask, gloves and eye protection, small waterer and feeder.... oh dear, it's getting to be a huge pack! You have to add a heat lamp and thermometer. Hmmmm... maybe just fill a large rubbermaid container with this stuff...call it a brooder good for up to 10 chicks or something!

 

[chickengrl]

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I'm also curious about this. Can someone explain what Olive Oil does? If it's that beneficial, I'm going out to the pen and going all Rachel Ray on them with EVOO.

No! No! No! Don't go cook your chicken like rachael ray with olive oil!! Although, I guess the worms would be goners too. So, I suppose this could work.

 

[dawg53]

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I'm also curious about this. Can someone explain what Olive Oil does? If it's that beneficial, I'm going out to the pen and going all Rachel Ray on them with EVOO.

No! No! No! Don't go cook your chicken like rachael ray with olive oil!! Although, I guess the worms would be goners too. So, I suppose this could work.

Worms swim in that stuff, they slip and slide to their destination easier

 

[schellie69]

Dawg53 thank you for your great advice once again. I was a nervous wreak last year when I found the worms. I was so upset when I posted I forgot to breath while I typed and got called out on punctuation and grammar. Another byc Member gave me Dawg53 name I PM him and he talked me through ever step of worming my hens. It was great and now I am going to be doing the wormer again. This time I am calm and feel ready. Thanks again to all the byc members who answer questions all day long and sometimes the same questions that have been asked 100 times. We newbies do appreciate all that you do.
Thank you.

 

[chickengrl]

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No! No! No! Don't go cook your chicken like rachael ray with olive oil!! Although, I guess the worms would be goners too. So, I suppose this could work.

Worms swim in that stuff, they slip and slide to their destination easier

Sorry, I was being a smarty pants. I don't know how olive oil would help. Seems like adding oil when they have a diarrhea problem might not be the best thing. Don't work well for humans anyway. I have heard of folks offering olive oil for sour crop to get things moving. So sorry, not sure.