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[emach0301]

Usually an egg bound hen will walk practally upright or she will sit upright from the pain. If a worm infestation is bad enough it will usually cause the hen to stop laying altogether.

If the hen does continue to lay it can create a lot of reproductive problems due to the swollen intestines pushing the other organs out of place.

I do think that a good worming of the flock is in order though. Start by worming with Wazine which is usually sold where you buy feed. then in 14 days hit them with Wazine again. then after another 14 days use Ivermectin.

The reason for the Wazine at first is that it only kills adult round worms and if the infestation is heavy it will miss quite a few of them which is a good thing. If you were to kill all of the worms at once they could block the intestines and set up a deadly toxin as they decay. The Ivermec at the last will kill all parastes, internal and external.

While going through the course of worming be sure to wait for two weeks after stoppnig treatment to eat the eggs from the hens, what I do is to boil up the eggs and feed them back to the hens because at this time they need the extra boost.

Thank you for the advice! So do I stop eating the eggs for the entire duration of while the Wazine is in their waterer? I have about 40 or so hens. I am usually treating them with Wazine every so often, but now that I think about it, I have missed a while. During the necropsy, I didn't find very many worms. I was actually surprised. Although, when I cut her open, she was very swollen around her reproduction tract. But did not find an egg. Although I wasn't quite sure what to look for, so I may have missed it. The majority, if not all, of the worms were in the Duodenum. Is that usual for them to all be there and no where else? And the worms weren't moving? I thought they would be alive and moving? Thank you again for the advice!
Emily

 

[ceocka]

I am loving my new silkies and showgirl! Think I am going to name my showgirl Eva Gabor off of Green Acres! I love that show. Bestyok thank you so much I am in love!

 

[NanaKat]

POOPS was wonderful! So many friends old and new and so many birds! Pictures to come.
Amy and Christi and those who helped get the event together did a great job!
A Big Thank You to the Newcastle Auction folks too for allowing us to use the facility.

At the next Newcastle Auction May 18,
here is some information on how we can help
benefit the Junior Oklahoma Poultry Show in December 8 - 9 at the Shawnee Expo Center.
To encourage those young people, Scoots and Modernman want to
help raise funds to give money prizes to those who place.
In the past these young folks have received a certificate and a ribbon.
Any eggs, birds, equipment we donate will be sold without a commission and
all the proceeds will be added to the fund.
Let's all think about donating and bring or send items to the auction in two weeks.
If we want to encourage young people to stay with chicken keeping/breeding,
we need to do as other shows do and offer nice prizes.
These young people are the future for poultry keeping.​

 

[miohippus]

finally checking in, had a wonderful time at poops, have a tiny little one, any guesses as to breed?



tomorrow she will get the spa treatment, her back is bare and her tail in sad shape, but a sweet personality

am really tired, came home to hatching ducklings- so far there are 5, will get pics tomorow

thanks everyone for your hard work putting it together this year, great job!

could be an old english game bantam she look a little like mine

 

[WhiskeyTango]

I have one egg that pipped 24 hours ago and no progress since then. 2 eggs that pipped last night and no progress on them either and one that pipped sometime during the night. I don't know what to do about the first eggs. I don't want to ruin the other eggs that have pipped by opening the incubator and I have 17 more eggs waiting to pip. My temp and humidity are good. I'm just not sure how or if I screwed this up. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I have one egg that pipped 24 hours ago and no progress since then. 2 eggs that pipped last night and no progress on them either and one that pipped sometime during the night. I don't know what to do about the first eggs. I don't want to ruin the other eggs that have pipped by opening the incubator and I have 17 more eggs waiting to pip. My temp and humidity are good. I'm just not sure how or if I screwed this up. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hard thing to choose. What day were they due? If they are 24 hours past due I would take out the pipped ones and see if they got "glued" into their egg from humidity problems? Do the eggs have at least 1/3 of the egg as air cell? Are you sure they are on time- is your thermometer calibrated? Otherwise I would just sit on my hands and wait (impatiently).

Thank you for the advice! So do I stop eating the eggs for the entire duration of while the Wazine is in their waterer? I have about 40 or so hens. I am usually treating them with Wazine every so often, but now that I think about it, I have missed a while. During the necropsy, I didn't find very many worms. I was actually surprised. Although, when I cut her open, she was very swollen around her reproduction tract. But did not find an egg. Although I wasn't quite sure what to look for, so I may have missed it. The majority, if not all, of the worms were in the Duodenum. Is that usual for them to all be there and no where else? And the worms weren't moving? I thought they would be alive and moving? Thank you again for the advice!
Emily

Given the size of those worms yes I would worm the whole flock. Natural remedies are GREAT for prevention, whether you use peppers, DE, whatever, but are often not enough once there is an infestion. You cannot eat the eggs during the withdrawal period stated on the package.

 

[NanaKat]

Pictures from POOPS...will put these into two replies so slow browsers can pick them up faster...
And I know there were some folks I missed because these were taken during our lunch....some folks went out to eat and some stayed in the back to keep an eye on the birds and ate later. Wish I had names for all these great people!

 

[NanaKat]

And a few more....

 

[artsyrobin]

I have one egg that pipped 24 hours ago and no progress since then. 2 eggs that pipped last night and no progress on them either and one that pipped sometime during the night. I don't know what to do about the first eggs. I don't want to ruin the other eggs that have pipped by opening the incubator and I have 17 more eggs waiting to pip. My temp and humidity are good. I'm just not sure how or if I screwed this up. Any advice would be appreciated.

it generally takes 24-48 hours, can you hear them chirping?

 

[artsyrobin]

here is my new girl during her 'spa' treatment, she totally relaxed and is back in isolation preening and cooing






and so far 5 duckling and more hatching