How do you deworm a chicken and how often is one suppose to do that?

[Liamm_1]

how and why would chickens get worms, and what is the best form of prevention? thanks

 

[joebryant]

007Dawn, the following is my summary of lots of information provided to me by dawg53. He is an actual expert on worming, and I suggest your PMing him if you have any questions:


WORMING YOUR CHICKENS (from dawg53)
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1. Wazine17 Use this first; it only kills roundworms - two ounces in two gallons of water for one day - dump eggs for two weeks
Note: After having used Wazine ONE time, you never need to use it again, i.e., the next time you worm, use only Valbazen. If you take the bother to use Wazine 17 one time before you ever use Valbazen for the first time, there won't be so many roundworms and the myriad of other kinds of worms all at once to overload the chickens' systems so much that it could possibly kill your chickens.
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...Ten days later:
2. Valbazen This kills roundworms and all the other kinds of worms -one half cc/ml for standard size chickens, one quarter cc/ml for smaller chickens including silkies. You can use an oral syringe to squirt it down their throats individually or you can inject it into a small piece of bread and give each chicken a piece of bread....they gobble it up. - dump the eggs for two weeks
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3. ...after a couple of days of using each of both wormers....give your chickens plain yogurt or buttermilk(probiotics), canned beef cat food (extra protein) with scrambled eggs all mixed in their feed and give it to them to build up their immune systems, do this about 3 days in a row. Then you'll have healthy, happy chickens lol.
The next time you worm,say in about 6 months or whenever you see fit...you can use the Valbazen first, no need to use the Wazine 17 unless you want to. Please PM anytime and I'll be happy to help you with worming. Jim (dawg53)
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Making buttermilk (joebryant):
Mine love it, and its lactic acid and bacteria culture is super healthy for them and YOU.
I make it a gallon at a time:
Buy a quart of buttermilk, pour it into a large container with a gallon of milk. Let the five quarts sit at room temperature for 24 hours, stirring occasionally, and you'll have five quarts. Save a quart to use with another gallon of milk later.
BTW, buttermilk will keep for a very long time in the refrigerator.
Store in a glass container(s).

 

[math ace]

Quote:
Chickens get worms from the things they eat. Commercial chicken egg farms do not worm thier chickens BECAUSE the chickens never get to touch the ground. They spend their lives in cages.

BYC chickens live on the ground and eat things from the earth that are carriers of worms.

 

[math ace]

I've tried liquid in the water and paste given orally. Don't be afraid of using oral past. The chickens really do seem to like it. I was trying to worm my pot belly pigs with the paste and the chickens kept running up and stealing the paste from me. I had put the paste on a pieve of bread for the pigs and the chickens were running off with the bread and chowing down on it!

Opps, the chickens got wormed AGAIN !

I worm twice a year. First time in the fall / winter. I try to do it during the molting period. I try to do it when the egg production is slacking. . . . The second time is about 6 months later. I worm my pigs in Oct. and April and I try to keep the chickens on the same schedule.

If I have chicks, I try to worm them around 5 months old. I try to do it right before they are due to start laying. That way I don't have to toss any eggs. Then they are put on the Oct / April schedule with everyone else.

 

[Bangarang64]

great thread, thanks.

 

[Chicken_Pauper]

Quote: dawg53

Quote: dawg53 post 7 of 8 here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/569755/wormer

 

[sandraprettyman]

So how long do you have to throw the eggs away? I was told 3 days worth. I did the ivermectin.

 

[BackyardBoogie]

So, I dewormed my ameraucana with Zimecterin yesterday. we also added Wazine to her water. She has all the classic symptons, she won't stand, her crown is pale, she is lethargic, BUT...she is still eating like a trooper.

Any idea how long we need to wait before we see results? This is my first go around with deworming.

Thanks

 

[coach723]

Sorry you are having troubles with your bird. If you wormed with zimecterin then the wazine is not necessary. Why did you worm? Did you have a fecal float test done? The symptoms you stated aren't necessarily specific to a worm problem, they could be something else also, unless you know for certain there is a worm problem. Many symptoms can be similar between different causes of illness, so the more information you have the better. How old is the bird, is she laying or when she last laid, is she or has she recently molted, what do droppings look like, is crop functioning normally, any swelling in the abdomen, etc. If it was worms then recovery is going to depend on how heavy the load was, and how much it affected her digestive tract. My experience has been that they usually start to look better in a day or two, roundworms is what I'm usually dealing with.
In the future, when you make a new post you will usually get more responses if you start a new thread. Often times when you add on to an older post people don't necessarily look as they think it's probably already well covered.

 

[jennifer0224]

I was just reading about this on Fresh Eggs Daily and read that wazine specifically states "do not use on chickens producing eggs for human consumption". The withdrawal period they recommend seems only to be applicable to chickens used for meat. Is this the same for all de-wormer?

http://fresheggsdaily.com/2012/04/pumpkin-soup-nasturtiums-natural.html