Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[AussieChics]

Fancy not sure what brand. Was the only 1 at the fodder store. Didnt realise I should repeat the dose after 10 days. It just said every 6 six weeks and make sure they drink it all before giving new water. I have been putting acv in their water as well.

She's the only one who lays dark brown eggs so if she is egg bound I'll know

 

[satay]

Thank you K Spot.  My gals never cease to provide me with entertainment, chuckles and of course, antics to share 

Tee hee satay, you have my sympathy .. 9 x broody’s is a whole separate little nightmare all of it’s own 

When I take Blondie off the nest and park her on the lawn, she sits there for a little while, letting the realization that she has been forcibly removed from the nest sink in while the blood flows back to her legs and gets them working again; then she attacks any toes within easy reach!  Hubby gets a good chuckle at me being chased across the yard by a bantam chicken!  She qualified for Broodzilla status yesterday, actually managing to break skin and draw blood during one of her ‘I will not be broken hissy fits’.

I have read a few comments on other threads that any chicken that attacks gets the chop but I take full blame as I thought I could manage without the hand armour .. wrong! lol.  And, she is such a little sweetheart when she is not broody 

So agree if I chopped every broody that went me I would have none left.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Fancy not sure what brand. Was the only 1 at the fodder store. Didnt realise I should repeat the dose after 10 days. It just said every 6 six weeks and make sure they drink it all before giving new water. I have been putting acv in their water as well.

She's the only one who lays dark brown eggs so if she is egg bound I'll know

Oh that makes it easier than isolation. The trick with worming is that they only kill the adult worms, hence a follow up 7-10 later wipes out any hatching larvae . Many wormers only treat for roundworm and there are in fact several strains of worms that affect chickens, tapeworm and gapeworm being the worst.
I would worm everyone again, remove all other water sources and ideally you want them to consume all of the medicated water within a 6-8 hour period. Then do it all again 10 days later. Don't worm them during extreme heat or during a molt.( fenbendazole , albendazole can damage the new feathers coming through ).

 

[satay]

well got a couple of the walls up.....its like 15 degrees....BRRRRR

You know how to fix that right. Jump on a plane to oz. Us aussies are a friendly bunch and I am sure between most of us on this thread. You get to see just about all of Australia and be warm too. Though our 39c here yesterday might have been a little to warm for you.

 

[satay]

Oh that makes it easier than isolation. The trick with worming is that they only kill the adult worms, hence a follow up 7-10 later wipes out any hatching larvae . Many wormers only treat for roundworm and there are in fact several strains of worms that affect chickens, tapeworm and gapeworm being the worst.
I would worm everyone again, remove all other water sources and ideally you want them to consume all of the medicated water within a 6-8 hour period. Then do it all again 10 days later. Don't worm them during extreme heat or during a molt.( fenbendazole , albendazole can damage the new feathers coming through ).

Agree with fancy. I remove the water at night and then first up in the morning give them the water with wormer in it. It's usually consumed pretty quick that way. I generally worm every 3 months and I change my wormers every 6 months so that they don't get immune to one.

 

[satay]

My funny for this morning. I have 4 Belgian girls left from my hatch agers ago. Seems Belgians are not a big seller out this way. So I decided to put them in the same tractor as bb and grey belg. I let them out this morning and poor bb has spent a few hours chasing 5 girls over the main 2 acres near the house. As soon as he gets them all in a group one busts off to do it's own thing. My poor rooster is looking exhausted. He's such a wonderful rooster and he just wants those girls to stay together and be safe but the girls have other ideas

 

[AussieChics]

What about the chicks? Surely they cant have worming stuff. They are all integrated now

 

[satay]

I worm my young ones from 3 months of age .

 

[cwrite]

I worm my young ones from 3 months of age .

I'm also looking for an opportunity to worm my girls, but think it's too hot. What temps do you guys consider to be too hot to worm?

 

[satay]

I'm also looking for an opportunity to worm my girls, but think it's too hot.  What temps do you guys consider to be too hot to worm? 

Honestly I am not good at following rules. I just worm them when they need doing regardless of the heat. I guess if it was gunna be 40c+ I wouldn't do it but other than that I do it whenever.