Egg count goes up after worming

[stevin]

i just recently wormed my flock using Wazine in their drinking water. at the time i was getting an average of 6-8 eggs per day with artificial lighting in the morning & evening. since the worming the egg count has gone up to an average of 12-14 eggs per day.
with the 14 day egg withdrawal time frame, can i minimize/eliminate the artificial lighting to lessen the amount of eggs that will be thrown away or will that just confuse the birds? can i boil the eggs and feed them back to the chickens or will that extend the withdrawal time?

 

[Judy]

I'd leave the light alone and not feed them the eggs. JMO.

 

[crazyhen]

Leave the light alone and feed eggs to other animals if you have them, cats dogs etc. I hated throwing eggs away too. It seemed so wastful. I did the wazine and then the drops on the back too. They are laying like crazy now. Gloria Jean

 

[Thousand Oaks Family]

How can you tell if they need to be de-wormed?

 

[ikatiemay]

I havent wormed our flock. they are about 7 mo old, 8 hens 2 roos. One of the roos was supposed to be a hen BUT. So far the 2 roos get along and have decided who is boss. When do you worm and where do i get wazine and what is the drops?? This is my first flock and i am having a blast but i have alot to learn. I am getting about 5 eggs a day with lights on early am. I havent figured out for sure who isnt laying. I know one americana isnt and the other is. the rest are brown eggs so its hard to figure it out.

 

[karaokechick]

Last Monday I wormed my layer pullets, up till then they have never laid single egg. Then two days later 6 eggs, so six girls started laying, now we are up to nine a day. I mentioned the worming & egg situation to my DH and he thought I was crazy, then I noticed the post and wonder if the wormer had alot to do with me getting eggs from these girls.....hmmmm

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Yes, it does. The worms were using nutrients that your hens should have been getting. Killing the worms means more energy and protein for your hens.

As for the OP's question about light. DO NOT reduce the light. You'll probably see an immediate decrease in eggs, but it may take months to get that same production back if it doesn't induce a molt. Wait until the natural day length catches up to your artificial day length late in the spring and then you can shut off the lights. You can then let them molt naturally next fall.