Is This Poop Okay? (**Pics!**)

[BigBlueHen53]

I believe it is a 14 day egg withdraw period.

Thanks. Let's see. 14 eggs/day (avg.) x 14 days = nearly 200 eggs.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oh wait, it's a total of 24 days ... 334 eggs.

 

[dawg53]

Yep, it's a large roundworm. Valbazen will take care of them and any other worms except tapeworms.

Valbazen is a Benzimidazole. Benzimidazole's are poorly absorbed in the digestive tract and mostly excreted. A small amount is absorbed into the bloodstream. There will be minute residue in the eggs. We eat the eggs after using Valbazen, still here typing after all these years of using the product. However, if you suspect that you or a family member might have a reaction to the residue, toss the eggs in the garbage for two weeks. Do not give the eggs back to the chickens to eat.

 

[Eggcessive]

My spell check changed mucoid to MU Corid. It just means mucus. I’m glad others chimed in to ID the roundworm. It looked like maggots since it was inside the poop. I would skip the egg withdrawal personally on so many chickens, but you should be cautious and not sell eggs. Do you know which hen passed the droppings? You can also get some of the expensive Aquasol fenbendazole. Some places, such as people on eBay sell small portions of it, and it can be put in the water with no egg withdrawal time. It is $270 for a liter of it from major sellers. The dosage is very small and it is given in the water for 5 days. @casportpony may be able to help with dosage.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My spell check changed mucoid to MU Corid. It just means mucus. I’m glad others chimed in to ID the roundworm. It looked like maggots since it was inside the poop. I would skip the egg withdrawal personally on so many chickens, but you should be cautious and not sell eggs. Do you know which hen passed the droppings? You can also get some of the expensive Aquasol fenbendazole. Some places, such as people on eBay sell small portions of it, and it can be put in the water with no egg withdrawal time. It is $270 for a liter of it from major sellers. The dosage is very small and it is given in the water for 5 days. @casportpony may be able to help with dosage.

Thanks, Eggcessive, for clarifying that. I have my spellcheck turned off, it makes me crazy, lol. I have Valbazen on hand so I'll use that. I won't sell or give away the eggs. Thanks for your help.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yep, it's a large roundworm. Valbazen will take care of them and any other worms except tapeworms.

Valbazen is a Benzimidazole. Benzimidazole's are poorly absorbed in the digestive tract and mostly excreted. A small amount is absorbed into the bloodstream. There will be minute residue in the eggs. We eat the eggs after using Valbazen, still here typing after all these years of using the product. However, if you suspect that you or a family member might have a reaction to the residue, toss the eggs in the garbage for two weeks. Do not give the eggs back to the chickens to eat.

Thank you.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Well, we got everybody wormed last night. Accidentally dosed one girl twice. Hopefully she'll be okay. We banded each one with a blue band as we did them, will remove it in ten days when we dose the 2nd time. It went easier than expected for the most part. Next time I worm will be in the dead of winter so I won't have to discard so many eggs! Typically, how often should I worm?

 

[dawg53]

How often you worm your birds depends on your soil conditions. Warm/wet moist soil may require frequent wormings, same for birds that are penned all the time.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How often you worm your birds depends on your soil conditions. Warm/wet moist soil may require frequent wormings, same for birds that are penned all the time.

Thanks. Moisture varies. We free range every day. They have about three grassy acres that they forage on.

We have about 20 layers, pullets and hens, and a rooster, that are separate from 15 6-week old chicks I am about to integrate. Should I hold off on integrating until after worming the adults is complete? Or should I worm the chicks now as well?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My 15 lavender EE chicks* are 6 weeks old. Is that old enough to worm? I spotted a bloody stool in their pen today, so I need to treat for coccidiosis as well, I think. Can I treat concurrently? And if not, should I do the Corid first? Thanks.

*yeah, this info was not strictly necessary, I'm bragging!