Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ManueB]

Yes that is my worry too.

I have read and would tend to believe that when chickens are healthy and strong they can handle a small presence of worms in their organism, but that any weakness or imbalance makes them an issue.
I have used all kind of natural preventives and they didn't stop Vanille and Caramel from getting really sick (garlic, oregano, apple vinegar, verm-X, I tried pumpkin seeds but almost none will eat them.)
I'm not planning on deworming my whole flock every year especially as dewormers are very hard to come by here without being prescribed by a vet. I used a flubendazole medication meant for human babies. However I don't think using the same molecule everytime will prove effective, so I'm planning to get some goat or horse safeguard through my neighbors and use them individually when the need arise.

 

[featherhead007]

Oh no! That doesn’t sound good. Poor Rocks-Anne.

She just emptied out her crop. I’m thinking that it’s the end for her. I have been through this before, and she has all the goodbye signs

 

[RoyalChick]

I have read and would tend to believe that when chickens are healthy and strong they can handle a small presence of worms in their organism, but that any weakness or imbalance makes them an issue.
I have used all kind of natural preventives and they didn't stop Vanille and Caramel from getting really sick (garlic, oregano, apple vinegar, verm-X, I tried pumpkin seeds but almost none will eat them.)
I'm not planning on deworming my whole flock every year especially as dewormers are very hard to come by here without being prescribed by a vet. I used a flubendazole medication meant for human babies. However I don't think using the same molecule everytime will prove effective, so I'm planning to get some goat or horse safeguard through my neighbors and use them individually when the need arise.

I think mine like pumpkin seeds so I might try that. Maybe some stress caused them to be more susceptible or something because this is a first for me and the big ones are just over three years old.

 

[RoyalChick]

She just emptied out her crop. I’m thinking that it’s the end for her. I have been through this before, and she has all the goodbye signs

Oh no Alex. How sad. You mean she vomited it up? Is her crop blocked?

 

[featherhead007]

Oh no Alex. How sad. You mean she vomited it up? Is her crop blocked?

She threw up a lot of junk. Clear liquid and meal worms, corn and greens . It’s like her crop has stopped working

 

[featherhead007]

She threw up a lot of junk. Clear liquid and meal worms, corn and greens . It’s like her crop has stopped working

I’m letting her be outside with the others. I don’t want her to die in a dark room in the house

 

[RoyalChick]

I’m letting her be outside with the others. I don’t want her to die in a dark room in the house

Can you help here clear her crop?
Post in the illnesses thread and someone can help talk you through how to do it.
I know how to massage to remove a blockage but you can also do surgery and pull the blockage out.

 

[townchicks]

So is it just a question that sometimes they get sick from them and other times they can live with them?

Yes, that's it exactly. It depends on how large a load of worms it is, and how robust the animal is generally. Most wild animals have worms, and live with them for the most part. As more worms reach adulthood, it creates a larger drain on the animals system. Usually they die from some other cause before the worms get to them.

 

[townchicks]

She just emptied out her crop. I’m thinking that it’s the end for her. I have been through this before, and she has all the goodbye signs

Oh no! So sorry.

 

[featherhead007]

Can you help here clear her crop?
Post in the illnesses thread and someone can help talk you through how to do it.
I know how to massage to remove a blockage but you can also do surgery and pull the blockage out.

I did massage her. She expelled a lot from her crop. Now she’s just standing around in the run.