Help me decide how to worm my flock?

[ackie]

I just spent 2 hours worming almost everyone

 

[dawg53]

I just spent 2 hours worming almost everyone

2 hours?
Here's how you worm chickens orally. See post #18 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...hicken-for-worms.1352249/page-2#post-22305353

 

[ackie]

2 hours?
Here's how you worm chickens orally. See post #18 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...hicken-for-worms.1352249/page-2#post-22305353

it's more the fact that I have about 45 chickens & one lady had bugs on her vent so I checked every vent while I had them down

and the 4 I havent done are too high in a tree so I have given up for now and might take a ladder out there later

 

[ackie]

okay maybe only 37

 

[ackie]

since I'm not worming any chicks

 

[ackie]

it honestly went pretty smoothly. it was just a lot.

 

[Krazikatlady64]

Wow! Good that you did it so you found some issues and know what the future holds.

 

[ackie]

Wow! Good that you did it so you found some issues and know what the future holds.

4 more days hahah

 

[ackie]

@dawg53
do you happen to know why the dose for chickens is so much higher than the dose for goats? it just surprises me. not questioning your numbers, just super curious.

 

[dawg53]

Chickens are walking stomachs, they eat more and excrete more. The wormer doesnt stay long in their digestive tract and is poorly absorbed and mostly excreted. That's why a higher dose is needed in chickens. Goats have a slower metabolism requiring less dosage because it stays in the digestive tract longer.
Another good reason to worm birds frequently especially if your soil is warm and moist most of the time.