Mtnboomer
Crowing
Our free range flock roams several acres of our farm with a variety of food available to them. We have never had a worm problem with them. Even when we butcher them and check the GI tract occasionally, there are no worms or very very few.
Our juveniles growing in a coop/run setup have had substantially more worms in them when they were butchered them after our first uear in our system (all still in good health and still not enough worms to be considered a severe infestation).
A friend of ours suggested that if we need/wanted to try deworming with something that was available at the local co-op. It was 3yrs ago and I dont remember the name, but he said it took 1 month to "clear them out" which is about the worms reproductive cycle,i think, but i didn't want to use chemicals.
I tried feeding my chickens pumpkin and squash in the fall (jack-o-lanterns and leftovers from the garden) usually mixed with grated garlic and shredded carrot. In the spring they get another "dose" (without the pumpkin unless we had some that we didn't eat). The results have been significant reduction in the worms found in butchered birds if any at all. I found the idea here:
https://www.purelypoultry.com/blog/organic-de-worming-and-prevention/
Our juveniles growing in a coop/run setup have had substantially more worms in them when they were butchered them after our first uear in our system (all still in good health and still not enough worms to be considered a severe infestation).
A friend of ours suggested that if we need/wanted to try deworming with something that was available at the local co-op. It was 3yrs ago and I dont remember the name, but he said it took 1 month to "clear them out" which is about the worms reproductive cycle,i think, but i didn't want to use chemicals.
I tried feeding my chickens pumpkin and squash in the fall (jack-o-lanterns and leftovers from the garden) usually mixed with grated garlic and shredded carrot. In the spring they get another "dose" (without the pumpkin unless we had some that we didn't eat). The results have been significant reduction in the worms found in butchered birds if any at all. I found the idea here:
https://www.purelypoultry.com/blog/organic-de-worming-and-prevention/
