I just saw worms- help!

[TcherDawn]

One of my 5 hens just had loose poop and it has small white worms swimming through it. Ick. What do I do? We were going to move them into their new coop this weekend. What do I use, how much? Where do I get it? Can we still move them into their new coop? Sorry, chicken newbie here. Ugh!

 

[OpheliaChick]

I'm a newbie as well but I have read in other posts that cracked pumpkin seeds are a good dewormer.

 

[TcherDawn]

They just ate two whole pumpkins in the last week, seeds and all?

 

[TcherDawn]

Anyone else?

 

[horsejody]

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Pumpkin seeds only help with tapeworms, nothing else. They paralyze the worm and make it easier for the animal to expel them. Perhaps it was tapeworms you saw. I don't know. Here is a link to a a place that sells wormers.
http://www.twincitypoultrysupplies....ath=21&zenid=0957760b82c14654ea39c04310531682

Some people also have great success with adding a bit of food gread DE to the feed.

 

[gumpsgirl]

The last two times I've de-wormed my chickens, I've used the Pour on Cattle Wormer, Eprinex. Use .5 CC for a standard chicken and half that for bantams. Apply it directly to the skin on the back of the chickens neck. I've found that it is easiest to do once the chickens go to roost. Since it is used in dairy and beef cattle, there shouldn't be any withdrawal time for the eggs. At least that's the rule we go buy here.

 

[natalie1136]

you can use wazine or piperzine for poultry. Also you can put some apple cider vinegar in their drinking water. Apple cider vineger won't kill the worms, but it changes the PH level in their gut and makes it hard for worms to live there.

Someone correct me here if the ACV advice is wrong. I've heard that and tried it. It seems to work for us.