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Hi Marquisella ...eprinex is a dewormer liquid you put on the chickens, not on the floor. I'm pretty casual with my chickens, if you think about it, they even eat their own poop, or horse poop, or whatever they think looks good.!
I usually worm with Ivermectin, which Eprinex is a more diluted form of, twice a year. That takes care of anything like mites or lice, plus worms them. In fact, I have never found any on my birds.
I wouldn't worry too much about the chickens. Like I said, they will probably gross you out at times...to see what they eat, etc. It drives me crazy when I give them nice clean water, and I see them outside drinking out of puddles with horse poop in it, or their own run if it rains a lot....ugh
Thanks for the clarification and for the reassurance that chickens will do what chickens will do and (most of the time) it doesn't kill them! My horse has me scratching my head many times, too, when I see him doing something (often) grossly unsanitary and (occasionally) downright dumb and dangerous!
I suppose recently completing the hair-raising chapter on chicken ailments, injuries and illnesses just fed my anxiousness!
TOB