California - Northern

[chickee]

Doesn't sound poisonous

Thanks for looking it up!

Doesn't seem to be so.
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acanthus+mollis

But not sure.

 

[Miss Molly]

This is probably a silly question but... How often do you worm your chicken? What do you use? How old when you start?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Doesn't sound poisonous

Thanks for looking it up!

I will try and look it up through some of my books as well.
I wont be chewing on it anytime soon to find out though.

 

[Happy Chooks]

This is probably a silly question but... How often do you worm your chicken? What do you use? How old when you start?

I worm yearly in the fall when the egg production falls due to molting. Everyone that is at least 13 weeks old gets wormed. I have been using valbazen and have been happy with it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...molting-short-days-few-or-no-eggs-anyway/0_50

 

[lawatt]

I worm yearly in the fall when the egg production falls due to molting. Everyone that is at least 13 weeks old gets wormed. I have been using valbazen and have been happy with it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...molting-short-days-few-or-no-eggs-anyway/0_50

do you give them the medicine even if there are no signs of worms?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Yes, because by the time you see the worms they are overloaded with them.

My first year I didn't worm - and my chickens started losing a lot of weight. Then I saw a worm in one of their poops. I wormed them with Wazine, but it didn't work. (Wazine only kills roundworms) I've been worming with Valbazen yearly since then.

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Before I saw worms in their poops, I noticed the hens were more pale than usual, and their eggs were too.

 

[sfinhill]

Good morning fellow Northern Californians. My wife and I are new to this thread, this website and chickens. We are in San Jose and have been having a blast with our birds over the last 5 months. I have learned so much about chickens and I have been rather surprised by them. It was a bit of a struggle in the beginning with our new baby chicks but we are now over the hump. We received our first two eggs yesterday and we think they are from our little bantam cochin. We have a Cuckoo Maran cockerel that we can no longer keep due to city ordinances. We purchased what we thought was a hen and....surprise. When we realized that he was a rooster, we figured that we would keep him until someone complained about the noise. That day finally happened and we had a visit from Animal Control who told us we have two weeks to get rid of the bird. This is killing my family and we are trying to find a home for him with no luck. He is a 4-1/2 month old wonderful bird. He watches over our flock and has a great disposition. HELP!

 

[Miss Molly]

I worm yearly in the fall when the egg production falls due to molting.  Everyone that is at least 13 weeks old gets wormed.  I have been using valbazen and have been happy with it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...molting-short-days-few-or-no-eggs-anyway/0_50

None of my Chickens look sick but, I saw a worm in one of my Hens poop yesterday.. Yuk!
Do I toss out the egg while treating them?

 

[lawatt]

Yes, because by the time you see the worms they are overloaded with them.

My first year I didn't worm - and my chickens started losing a lot of weight. Then I saw a worm in one of their poops. I wormed them with Wazine, but it didn't work. (Wazine only kills roundworms) I've been worming with Valbazen yearly since then.

hmm, mine are only 10 weeks old at this point -- when is one advised to start with this kind of treatment?
thanks!