I really give up! :(

[Johnn]

I really give up my hen and cockerel have gape worm again! they ere only wormed last month and they got wormed the month before because of it again, what am i doing wrong?!, Im sick of having to worm them all the time!

 

[gmendoza]

I really give up my hen and cockerel have gape worm again! they ere only wormed last month and they got wormed the month before because of it again, what am i doing wrong?!, Im sick of having to worm them all the time!

here is a trick.Use non flavored yogurt.Plain. Mix it into their feed.Also put apple cider vinegar ( horse brand) into their water.This cures gape in my flock all the time.also cures sour crop.

the old fashioned way to cure gape is to mix 1 part maple syrup to 1 part turpentine.Grab a duck feather or turkey feather,dip feather into maple/turp mix until evenly coated,grab chicken,open beak,jam in feather all the way down in til crop is reached and twist a few times and pull out feather.this process should only be about 3 seconds.Then feed chicken yogurt and ACV immediatly.I did this with one hen and still have her.she was on the brink of death due to gape worms.cured within that day.

 

[Johnn]

will that verm-x thing work as a friend is offering me that?

 

[klmclain1]

I really give up my hen and cockerel have gape worm again! they ere only wormed last month and they got wormed the month before because of it again, what am i doing wrong?!, Im sick of having to worm them all the time!

You have to do it twice - second time 10 days after the first.

 

[Johnn]

You have to do it twice - second time 10 days after the first.

is this about the Verm-X stuff?

 

[dawg53]

is this about the Verm-X stuff?

VermX is useless as a wormer. If you were treating for gapeworm and using VermX, your birds would be dead by now. You're probably dealing with a respiratory disease. Anyway, here's a link to an expert on gapeworms...Covey Rise Plantation, posts #13 and #14 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/602699/worming-chickens/10#post_7931055

 

[Johnn]

If i manage to get treatment and cure them in time can yous suggest some things i could use to prevent them? as this is the third time since january

 

[gmendoza]

GAPES, caused by the gape-worm, a parasite that attached itself to the windpipe, filling it up and causing the bird to gasp for breath. The worn is about three-fourths of an inch long, smooth and red in color. It appears to be forked at one end, but in reality each parasite is two worms, together. This parasite breeds in the common earth worm. Chicks over three months old are seldom affected. If kept off of the ground for two months after hatching, or on perfectly dry soil, or on land where affected chicks have never run, chicks seldom suffer from the gapes. Old rums and infested coil should have frequent dressings of lime.

In severe cases the worms should be removed. To do this put a few drops of kerosene in a teaspoon of sweet oil. Strip a soft wing feather of its web to within an inch of the tip, dip in the oil, insert feather in windpipe, twirl and withdraw. Very likely some of the parasites and mucus will come with it. The rest will be loosened or killed, and eventually thrown out. It may be necessary to repeat the operation.

To kill the worm in its lodgment, gum camphor in the drinking water or pellets of it as large as a pea forced down the throat is recommended. Turpentine in the soft feed as advised in the treatment for worms in the intestines, is said to be effective. Pinching the windpipe with the thumb and finger will sometimes loosen the parasite.
When broods are quartered on soil known to be infested, air-slacked lime should be dusted on the floor of the coop, and every other night, for two or three weeks, a little of the same should be dusted in the coop over the hen and her brood. To apply, use a dusting bellows, and only a little each time.

 

[Johnn]

i dont think id be able to do the feather thing :/

 

[Johnn]

If i manage to cure the hen or if she dies what stuff can i start using for preventers, because im sick of it its every month i have to do it, is verm-x a good preventer?