Botulism treatment options

[Altairsky]

I don't have botulism issues yet, but today I cleaned the pond. I threw the mud around my vegetable garden as fertilizer but at the moment I didn't think of chickens eating the worms in the mud and the risk of botulism.
Now I'm quite concerned. I closed the chickens in the coop but they already ate a lot of the stuff and I want to be prepared for the worse.
What's the first aid kit I might need in case of botulism showing up?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I think @Florida Bullfrog has dealt with this if I’m not mistaken, maybe he can help

 

[Eggcessive]

Botulism comes from a toxin produced by dead animal or plant remains, or maggots that have fed on those when they have been under water or under ground without air (anaerobic conditions.) Since you haven’t reported seeing any dead fish or animals, and you have aerated the dirt, I would think about it. The symptoms of botulism is flaccid paralysis that starts in the feet, legs, and progresses upward in the spinal nerves, to the wings, the breathing muscles, neck, and eyelids. There is no treatment, and death usually occurs within 24 hours.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

There’s no cure.

However, don’f fret. You can’t assume its in your mud. Botulism comes and goes in waves in the wild and its associated with the hot months. Its something you find in hot, shallow, water. If you’ve ever waded pond muck that was hot enough to take a bath in, that’s your potential botulism sink.

Its also found, oddly enough, on green grass blades. This is not well understood, but it is well documented.

The potential of botulism is just a fact of life. Its out there. Its natural. It kills millions of wild birds a year. Yet birds live on.

Chances are, your chickens will be fine, even if its present.

 

[Altairsky]

One week ago we still had night temperatures close to freezing point. This week we had unusual warmth with maximum temperatures of 25°C (77F).
Actually the pond isn't always full of water. The mud was very wet but there was no water above the mud.
The mud was only peat and rotten plant material. The pond is inside a greenhouse and I use it to grow pitcher plants. I will attach some pictures below.
The mud didn't smell too bad. There were plenty of earthworms that the chickens surely ate, and the earthworms definitely ate rotten plant material possibly in anaerobic conditions.
Probably the risk of botulism is very low under these conditions, however I found a couple interesting things about botulism treatment and prevention using activated charcoal.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7755207/

According to this site https://poultrydvm.com/condition/botulism the dosage is orally at 1 g/kg of body weight, twice a day for the first 24 to 48 hours.

Since AC is pretty safe, I gave my chickens the above mentioned dosage of activated charcoal mixed with a treat, and I will do the same tomorrow just to be on the safe side. If nothing happens within 48 hours, we should be relatively good to go.

 

[Altairsky]

Pictures of the cleaned pond and the mud chickens scattered around. I did not aereate the mud, I dumped the mud in piles, the chickens scattered it.