I'm stumped! Any ideas?

[Holli]

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If you are positively sure that you saw worms in their poop, then yes, you need to worm them. It sounds like your soil must have alot of eggs in it and they are infested. I've never heard of pullets getting worm infested this soon. I recommend you purchase wazine and worm them right away. Dosage is one ounce per gallon of water. Leave it out for them to drink for 24 hours, then discard and provide them with regular freshwater. Another option is to buy valbazen. It's a liquid cattle/sheep wormer. Dosage is 1/2cc for standard size and 1/4cc for smaller chickens. It is given orally. Another wormer you can use is Safeguard equine paste. Dosage is a "pea" size amount given orally.

Thanks for that info! I don't know what the deal is. None of mine have even been "outside" yet. And I keep things VERY clean and fresh. The only thing I can figure is they've picked it up before coming home. I haven't hatched any of my own chicks. Several came from a local farm, and 2 from the feed store. Bummer for me ...i

Anyway , thanks again!