NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

I wormed because of what I found in the poop BEFORE worming. When I say 6" worms, that is on the very low end. I laid one out using a stick and it was EASILY 10" long and it was ALIVE. I read up a bit online on roundworms, and after seeing they will kill the chickens, I decided to worm. I can live with a few bugs here and there. This was downright NASTY.
My daughter would totally agree with you. She has an "I love bacon" bumper sticker on our fridge.
I'm complaining, too, after taking the first graders out for recess every day.

then the question you need to ask yourself is what do you need to change in your set up to avoid worms like that again. I'm betting you have already done that so this doesn't happen again.

 

[brahmapapa]

Cliff

jump

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

jump

How high

 

[stonykill]

Cliff

Clavin

 

[cheeka]

hey everybody! it's been a long time since I've had "time" to relax at byc and catch up... work is heavy, for which I am grateful, yet tired. the gang is doing great, the December chicks have grown out and have joined them in the dome. it's a little chaotic as they rearrange their social order, but all in all, it's been a smooth winter.
my little bantam cochin EE turned broody, hatched 1 out of 3 eggs, beautiful little BR x EE chick.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Well I might get a few. At least I can used it to dust the coop when rigger sets in if it dies.

I guess the neck would make a great ergonomic-design handle while you dust....

I seen this picture and just had to share with Rancher, because I know you don't have Facebook. It was posted by Chicken Chat, which is P. Allen Smith sponsored by Purina (just to clarify where it came from). Naked Neck Silkie!!!

Cute in a very odd sort of way...but cute nevertheless!

TOB

 

[Tough Old Bird]

FWIW...I have been using Walmart cider vinegar without "mother" for years and it works fine. Somewhere on the internet, is a study that disproves the mother theory. All mother is, is solids/residue that didn't dissolve in the vinegar process. It has no "magical" properties. Like sludge actually.

Not trying to start an argument, if anyone wants to pay large sums for "organic vinegar" with mother in it, that's fine with me. For the rest of us, just know plain old Walmart cheap vinegar works just as well.

What vinegar does for chicks is makes their poop more solid. Vinegar also acts as a mild disinfectant. So it helps to keep their water a little cleaner longer. They also say that chickens ph is more on the acidic side, so it might help maintain that as well.

About worming with Ivermectin, whatever form you use. Doctors have been using Ivemectin on humans for years in 3rd world countries. So there is no concern really about eating eggs from hens just wormed with it. If it does get into the egg, the amount is so small that it won't do any harm.

I always appreciate to get real-life info like this from people, to know what works or what doesn't for them. Thanks, Marquisella.

TOB

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Wow, Cheeka .... those are some super looking birds. That little gray chick is very handsome!

TOB

 

[AQHAchick22]

So I had an interesting evening. I was in Rochester since yesterday afternoon, come home today, let out the chickens to free range while I can be outside doing chores and such. I went inside, grabbed a bag of food, went back out with the dogs and my sebright rooster flew right over the fence right in front of me and the dogs

So of course the dogs go after him, I'm yelling my darn head off running after them...well eventually my great pyr/chow mix who had Ringo in his mouth dropped him. I picked Ringo up, brought him inside and the darn rooster is fine. Not a scratch on the guy, just a few missing feathers....I don't know how he survived that. I put him back in the coop about 10 minutes later and he was standing in there crowing away like nothing happened. I'm sure he was telling all the hens about what a brave and tough guy he is...geeze louise I'm telling you, what a homecoming...
I guess the dogs just thought he was a new toy to play with or something.

 

[ChickPrincess]

So I had an interesting evening. I was in Rochester since yesterday afternoon, come home today, let out the chickens to free range while I can be outside doing chores and such. I went inside, grabbed a bag of food, went back out with the dogs and my sebright rooster flew right over the fence right in front of me and the dogs

So of course the dogs go after him, I'm yelling my darn head off running after them...well eventually my great pyr/chow mix who had Ringo in his mouth dropped him. I picked Ringo up, brought him inside and the darn rooster is fine. Not a scratch on the guy, just a few missing feathers....I don't know how he survived that. I put him back in the coop about 10 minutes later and he was standing in there crowing away like nothing happened. I'm sure he was telling all the hens about what a brave and tough guy he is...geeze louise I'm telling you, what a homecoming...
I guess the dogs just thought he was a new toy to play with or something.

Awwwww! My MIL used to have a dog (black lab) that had such a light bite, they could send her into the swampy area to retrieve hens that flew the fence. She would always bring them back screaming and kicking, but held them so gently in her mouth she would never hurt them.