Chicken wormer needed?

[DanBag]

Hello! One of my girls has been having watery poops and today we saw this. We originally thought it was heat induced but with some sleuthing figured it could be worms. Would anyone recommend this wormer from chewy? I don't have tons of options around me and I want to be sure I am doing the right thing quickly to help my girls stay healthy.

 

[Eggcessive]

Chickens can have watery or runny droppings occasionally, especially in hot weather when they drink more water. Some vets will let you bring in some droppings for a fecal float, if you call first, or if you happen to bring in another pet for exam or shots. If worms were suspected or if you want to treat occasionally to prevent a worm load, I would buy a proven product that works, such as Valbazen (albendazole) or SafeGuard liquid goat wormer/panacur horse paste. You will find those online or in most feed stores. Valbazen dosage is 1/2 ml orally for a 5-6 pound chicken and repeat it in 10 days. SafeGuard/Panacur dosage is 1/4 ml per pound given orally for 5 days. Levamisole (Prohibit) is an older drug, and can be put into the water. It is found online.

 

[DanBag]

Chickens can have watery or runny droppings occasionally, especially in hot weather when they drink more water. Some vets will let you bring in some droppings for a fecal float, if you call first, or if you happen to bring in another pet for exam or shots. If worms were suspected or if you want to treat occasionally to prevent a worm load, I would buy a proven product that works, such as Valbazen (albendazole) or SafeGuard liquid goat wormer/panacur horse paste. You will find those online or in most feed stores. Valbazen dosage is 1/2 ml orally for a 5-6 pound chicken and repeat it in 10 days. SafeGuard/Panacur dosage is 1/4 ml per pound given orally for 5 days. Levamisole (Prohibit) is an older drug, and can be put into the water. It is found online.

Thank you! Today is the first day we noticed anything off and are going to keep a close eye on her. I need to contact our local vet clinics to see if they take farm animals as patients (we live just outside of a city and the clinics are small. The only avian vet we know of is an hour away.) I will start looking for these products, is there anything else you can recommend I have on hand for first aid? I have Epsom salts for soaks, and rooster booster vitamins & electrolytes with lactobacillus so far.

 

[Eggcessive]

If you can post any pictures of droppings that may be helpful. Most regular dog and cat vets are able to do fecal floats, but the tricky part is if they will agree to it. It would be much less expensive than seeing an avian vet. How old are your chickens and what do you feed them? Do they seem active and alert? Probiotics which are found in some feeds already, and a couple of days a week, Probios powder, and plain yogurt are fine to use for gut health. The vitamins with electrolytes and lactobacillus is okay to use now and then on hot days, but can cause diarrhea if used more than 4-5 days.

 

[DanBag]

These were the two droppings that were what sparked the concern. Our jersey we think is around 2 or 3 (she was given to us by a friend who travels too much for work to properly care for them,) our golden laced wyandotte is 2 years old, and we have two that are 5 months old. The older girls are the ones who have been in the garage with us today as the young ones don't stray too far from the coop yet. I feed the dumor layer pellets and just got a bag of flock party garden grains as a treat to encourage scratching in the yard near the coop which we do a handful of in the morning and evening. They have been active and are still curious so that's why I am not too worried but want to be proactive. For the vitamins/electrolytes I do less that half of a 1/4 teaspoon in 64oz of water every few days but mainly used that when I brought the 3 new girls home a month ago to help make sure they weren't losing any essentials with the stress of a new environment.