Naturally Worming Chickens

[SkyAJK]

None of them. My phone changed useless the usefull. They are all useless and some are deadly if you od.
The only one that shows promise are compounds in pumpkin seeds, but there's not enough compound for even minor worming if a bird was fed nothing but pumpkin seeds.
Not Diotomaeceous Earth, not pumpkin seeds, not garlic, not pepper, not cayenne pepper, not acv, not herbs, not tobacco etc.

Is there a natural worm treatment?

What work for worm treatment?

We have lots of rain and my chickens eat many things they dig up in wet ground. A few of them shake their bottoms when they poops, and a long worm danging and finally get suck back up inside the chicken.

 

[SkyAJK]

I think that's a typo.

Sometimes, I think faster than I can type. I use edit sometimes after reading it again. Sorry.

 

[dawg53]

Buy Safeguard liquid goat wormer or Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer. Either of these wormers will eliminate all types of poultry roundworms, not including tapeworms.

 

[SkyAJK]

Buy Safeguard liquid goat wormer or Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer. Either of these wormers will eliminate all types of poultry roundworms, not including tapeworms.

Thank you. I will check out the Safeguard liquid & Valbazen liquid to see if we have them over here.

I am in Australia and this is what I am currently using for my chickens, they hate it. It is hard to get them to drink it. 500ml Aust$28

 

[dawg53]

Levamisole is an excellent wormer.
Withhold giving your chickens water to drink about 4 hours prior to them going to roost for the night.
Wait an extra hour the next morning before letting them out of the coop.
Ensure the treated water is ready for them to drink, then let them out of the coop. They'll be thirsty and will readily drink the treated water.

 

[SkyAJK]

@dawg53
I will withhold water as you mentioned from now on.

How often should I worm my chickens? One or twice a year?

Should I use a few different wormer medication so that it remains an effective treatment?

I am thinking on the line of human taking antibiotic.

 

[dawg53]

How often you worm your birds depends on your soil conditions. Warm, wet or moist soil will require frequent worming, dry or desert like soil maybe twice a year.
Your birds arnt going to develop resistance to Levamisole over night, it takes years. I've been using Valbazen and Safeguard for years and they are still effective against worms.
Birds arnt like humans or other mammals, birds have a fast metabolism. Wormers including Levamisole are excreted within 24 hours. However, residue remains in their system. Generally there's a 7 day egg withdrawal period after using Levamisole.

 

[SkyAJK]

How often you worm your birds depends on your soil conditions. Warm, wet or moist soil will require frequent worming, dry or desert like soil maybe twice a year.
Your birds arnt going to develop resistance to Levamisole over night, it takes years. I've been using Valbazen and Safeguard for years and they are still effective against worms.
Birds arnt like humans or other mammals, birds have a fast metabolism. Wormers including Levamisole are excreted within 24 hours. However, residue remains in their system. Generally there's a 7 day egg withdrawal period after using Levamisole.

Thank you!
I have been doing this worming all wrong, so wrong. I did not withheld water before I give them this medication and I did not do the egg withdrawal.

We have a lots of rain over here for the last 12 months, the soil was muddy.
I put lots of sugar cane, pine bark mulch and sprinkle garden lime.
I have seen my chickens poops long worms, and their poops have that many dots in them. I often wormed the whole flock whenever I see these. This medication say to do it again after 14 days. So effectively worming done 2 within the 2 weeks period.

Levamisole is the cheapest and widely available over here. Anything else cost more.

I can not find Valbazen and Safeguard in pet stores or produce shops here.

I will worm my flock next week with hope that all the rain will have eased down or be over by then.

 

[dawg53]

Can you post a photo of the poop with "dots" in them? It would really help me ID what worms you're dealing with. The "dots" might be tapeworm segments and Levamisole does not treat tapeworms. Praziquantel will kill tapeworms, it's usually found in horse wormers here in the U.S.
Forget the Valbazen and Safeguard.
BTW, if you ate eggs after using Levamisole, dont worry, you'll be fine. Just observe the 7 day withdrawal period the next time you worm your birds.

 

[SkyAJK]

Can you post a photo of the poop with "dots" in them? It would really help me ID what worms you're dealing with. The "dots" might be tapeworm segments and Levamisole does not treat tapeworms. Praziquantel will kill tapeworms, it's usually found in horse wormers here in the U.S.
Forget the Valbazen and Safeguard.
BTW, if you ate eggs after using Levamisole, dont worry, you'll be fine. Just observe the 7 day withdrawal period the next time you worm your birds.

Thank you.
I have not seen poops with worm or eggs in it recently. I will take photo next time I see it.

I seen my hens pooped long worms, and they were shaking their bottom to shake it off, but it went back up inside. It was so ...disappointing and I did not have anything on hand at that time to pull it out.

Praziquantel wormer is available for little birds and not chickens. I will check more on this one.

I definitely will do a 7 day egg withdrawal next week when I worm my flock.