Does regular fecal test at vets cover all chicken things?

[Country4ever]

Once a year, I test a composite stool of my hens at the vet's office. Will that test cover everything that chicken's might have?
I didn't know if there was something funky about chickens that would require a stool test beyond what the vet normally does for other animals.
I just feel that this makes more sense than subjecting a flock of chickens to heavy-duty dewormers, if we're not completely sure they're infected.
Thanks.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I'm curious about this too. I would rather pay a lab fee than treat unnecessarily. I'll stay posted!

 

[Country4ever]

Anyone?

 

[Lollipop]

Yer wastin yer money. Vets for chickens usually ain`t worth the powder to put them outta their misery. If you don`t see anything suspicious, don`t worry about them. To answer your question, most times, if one has it, they all do...........Pop

 

[Country4ever]

Hi Pop,
Oh I know vets don't know much about chickens.....but the test they run for worms hopefully is reliable for chickens too.
I have some hens that seem to have alot of diarrhea right now, but it might just be from them revving up to lay.

 

[werecatrising]

I would pay the few extra bucks and ask your vet to send it to a lab for a zinc float. I'm a tech, and run lots of in house fecals. The method they use in the lab is way more sensitive than the method we use for our in house samples.