Help! Need advice on deworming naturally!

[VaTweetyDee]

I have 13, 5 week old chicks that I hatched from an incubator. I have 1 hen on a nest & 1 rooster.
The hen came off the nest the other day while I was there & pooped. I noticed she had "spaghetti" worms.
After reading the suggestions on this forum, I want to try the natural way to deworm all of them.

I don't have the cayenne pepper, but I do have red pepper flakes & minced garlic.

Do you think the red pepper flakes will work?

I'm new at this. I've raised quail & pheasant in the past. But this is a 1st for chickens.

I welcome all advice I can get!




This is the grown hen & rooster. Not the parents of the chicks.

1 is missing from the picture.

 

[silkiecuddles]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/135558/naturally-worming-chickens

This should help. But if you don't have time, I skimmed it and what I found was this:
Cayene pepper flakes in their feed. The chickens can't sense the heat, but the worms will.
Pumpkin seeds. Plus, the chickens will LOVE the seeds. Or, if you don't have seeds, just give them a cut open pumpkin.
fresh Garlic cloves in the water.


Hope that helps your worm problem!!

 

[VaTweetyDee]

Thank You so much! I'm going to clean the coop this afternoon & put the garlic in all the waterers & flakes in all the feeders.
I just hope this doesn't spread to the others.

 

[silkiecuddles]

No problem! Please tell me if it works

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I understand wanting to use natural methods but, imo, if effective at all they are more effective as preventative measures than as treatment for an existing heavy load. If your bird is shedding worms in the droppings to the point of being noticed, that is not the sort of situation I'd be mucking around with non-chemical treatments.....

 

[casportpony]

I understand wanting to use natural methods but, imo, if effective at all they are more effective as preventative measures than as treatment for an existing heavy load. If your bird is shedding worms in the droppings to the point of being noticed, that is not the sort of situation I'd be mucking around with non-chemical treatments.....

X2!

-Kathy

 

[dawg53]

I understand wanting to use natural methods but, imo, if effective at all they are more effective as preventative measures than as treatment for an existing heavy load. If your bird is shedding worms in the droppings to the point of being noticed, that is not the sort of situation I'd be mucking around with non-chemical treatments.....

Not only shedding worms in droppings, but also shedding thousands of worm eggs onto the soil that will infect other chickens. Organics wont prevent nor stop that whatsoever.

 

[lizo97]

@dawg53 Is there a way to reduce the worm egg load in the soil? I literally plan to use a blow torch in some areas.

 

[dawg53]

@dawg53 Is there a way to reduce the worm egg load in the soil? I literally plan to use a blow torch in some areas.

Blow torch is your best bet.