Hen still sickly after second worming. Should I do it again??

[sally4500]

Hi, I wormed all my hens with Wazine, waited 10 days and wormed again with Zimectrin Gold. After 2 or 3 days, the one that was not feeling right, was back to her old self. Then about 4 days after that, she is back to acting sickly again, not walking around much, not interested in treats or food.

Should I use the Zimectrin a 2nd time on her?? I am not sure how much is "too much" to give her.
Thanks, Sally

 

[bobbi-j]

I don't think I'd give her any more wormer. I don't worm my chickens, but I'm wondering if she may have something else going on. Maybe she's just a sickly chicken to begin with? If that's the case, dumping more chemicals into her body will not help her, but could drag her down further.

 

[donrae]

I'm with bobbi-j. I also don't worm my birds. This bird's been wormed twice, you don't need to stress her system again. She really couldn't have built up enough of a parasite load in 4 days to effect her as you're describing unless your management was incredibly poor, and I really doubt that

Maybe try posting about her in the emergencies and diseases section?