Hot/Cayenne Pepper Powder/Flakes for Worm Treatment

[nuthatched]

Cayenne or straight up capsaicin has no anthelmintic properties, unfortunately.

 

[Old flock yet new]

I came here reading to see what others have used..I have pancur paste that I can add to water ..like going to the doctor I like knowing options and others experience..just because my feed store has limited option for me to read an choose from doesn't mean a better option is not out there. I rather use a broad spectrum wormer which in this case is actually pancur it is fenbedazole...I keep it on hand for my fur babies ..plus if a kid gets a hold of it its not going to hurt them ..they use it for humans to .(just nit the stuff labeled fir animals lol)..I read a lady put 3cc in a gallon of water fir 24 hours ..just debating wether to research some more . If they don't get enough UT is not going to help..but I don't want my chickens to get diareah and die for being dehydrated

 

[Kiki]

I came here reading to see what others have used..I have pancur paste that I can add to water ..like going to the doctor I like knowing options and others experience..just because my feed store has limited option for me to read an choose from doesn't mean a better option is not out there. I rather use a broad spectrum wormer which in this case is actually pancur it is fenbedazole...I keep it on hand for my fur babies ..plus if a kid gets a hold of it its not going to hurt them ..they use it for humans to .(just nit the stuff labeled fir animals lol)..I read a lady put 3cc in a gallon of water fir 24 hours ..just debating wether to research some more . If they don't get enough UT is not going to help..but I don't want my chickens to get diareah and die for being dehydrated

You are going to want to dose each bird directly to the beak. .23-.25ml per each pound the bird weighs.
Not less.


Not mix it with water.
You can't be sure each bird with drink enough water to get a correct dose to rid the worms...besides it's not water soluable and won't work like that.


Read this:
Notice #3 can be mixed with water. It's expensive...a few hundred dollars.

Article 'Worming Chickens—Medicines and Dosing Information' https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/worming-chickens—medicines-and-dosing-information.73369/

 

[Old flock yet new]

You are going to want to dose each bird directly to the beak. .23-.25ml per each pound the bird weighs.
Not less.


Not mix it with water.
You can't be sure each bird with drink enough water to get a correct dose to rid the worms...besides it's not water soluable and won't work like that.


Read this:
Notice #3 can be mixed with water. It's expensive...a few hundred dollars.

Article 'Worming Chickens—Medicines and Dosing Information' https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/worming-chickens—medicines-and-dosing-information.73369/

Thank you..that is why I am doing some reading before doing ..andbseeing what has worked for others.

 

[Rebecca in Texas]

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share MY experience with hot pepper powder on trying to rid of worms with my flock. I am not claiming that this is a definite treatment for worms, and what worked for me and my flock might not work for you.

Some chickens in my flock have been gettin infected and re-infected with gape worm since Labor Day. The flock's first treatment with Fenbendazole was around Labor Day and since then we could barely eat their eggs because of the constant treatment with Fenbendazole and its egg withdrawal period. It has been a literal every 3 week treatment with this repeated warm wet weather. We also knew that it was gape worm because of their constant gaping for air and noises they make would go away the next day after we start the worm treatment. We let them free range 1-2 times a day but our backyard isn't very big. With eggs being tossed out for 2 straight months, I was getting frustrated, as collecting eggs from my girls and eating them were part of my joyous daily routine. Last treatment was about 2 weeks ago and two of my hens started showing symptoms again. I read somewhere on the internet that cayenne pepper powder could help rid of worms in chickens. I said why not try it? I did not want to treat my flock with medication anymore so I decided to try giving my flock some hot pepper powder from my pantry. It's something like this if anyone is interested...it's a 1 pound bag so it's a decent price. You can find them much cheaper if you have access to an Asian supermarket.
https://www.amazon.com/PREMIUM-Kore...d=1&keywords=korean+hot+pepper+powder&sr=8-10
Anyway, I started with sprinkling some on their feed and their water. BOY did they go to town on their feed immediately after I sprinkled them! I have never seen them eat their feed like that. They absolutely LOVED it! So I continued sprinkling some on top of their feed and water as well. I did this every morning and after 3 days, none of them were showing symptoms. One particular hen had the worst of symptoms every time she got gape worm and her symptoms were completely gone. I've been sprinkling hot pepper powder every morning on their feed ever since! I don't exactly know how or why hot pepper powder works to rid of worms but I hope this information helps some of you out there, and I hope it works for you as it did for me! If anything, your chickens will still LOVE hot pepper powder in their feed regardless!

It works. The organic pellets I buy for my parakeet contain cayenne pepper. I researched it, and budgerigars (parakeets) eat hot peppers in the Australian wild, which is part of their necessary diet and is believed to prevent fungal infections. It likely helps with numerous other problems, including parasites — who knows for sure, because they don't study birds' diets much. My bird loves these pellets (mashed up), and it's helped him fight a lifelong struggle with avian gastric yeast. After about 8 months on it, he tested negative for the yeast for the first time in four years and it shows no signs of having returned. He's strong and happy.