Please help Chicken has worms!

[Kiki]

What state are you in?

 

[Pcreel72]

That sounds like a good reason to continue. Viruses do not respond to antibiotics suchas Tylan, but foamy eyes and puss in eyes could be mycoplasma (MG) and the foul odor can be from coryza or other secondary diseases. If you would lose this particular hen, I would save and refrigerate her body, and send it off to your state poultry lab for a necropsy and testing. Here is some contact info for state labs and how to send a bird for necropsy:
http://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

Thank you I will

 

[Pcreel72]

Oh no...sounds like your neighbor has something like MG in his flock and it is highly likely your birds are getting it now too.
I am so sorry.
Continue the antibiotic.


Are you willing to have some testing done to know what you are dealing with?
If it is MG your birds will be carriers for life and you should probably keep a closed flock, for sure not sell birds.

Yes I would test. If I can get ahold of his last two even if I have to buy thEm from him I’ll send them also. The facility is in Kissimmee near a place I visit often.
All of His have passed but two he had 12
I’m angry cause he opened our gate one day and let my sheep and a coupe chickens in his yard to eat grass. Idiot!
I don’t sell my girls but I would say it’s an expensive lesson learned and won’t buy anymore so not to infect others.
Is this where most people cull all the chickens to start over?
I’ll have to research this.

 

[Pcreel72]

What state are you in?

FL

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you I’ll give the two doses a day I think she’s sick also with the worm infestation

I just corrected an error in my Tylan 50 post above. The twice a day dosage is 0.3 ml per pound, not just 0.3 ml. Sorry if I confused you.

 

[Kiki]

Yes I would test. If I can get ahold of his last two even if I have to buy thEm from him I’ll send them also. The facility is in Kissimmee near a place I visit often.
All of His have passed but two he had 12
I’m angry cause he opened our gate one day and let my sheep and a coupe chickens in his yard to eat grass. Idiot!
I don’t sell my girls but I would say it’s an expensive lesson learned and won’t buy anymore so not to infect others.
Is this where most people cull all the chickens to start over?
I’ll have to research this.

Everyone is different. Some people don't mind nursing sick birds all the time and other just won't.
It's a very personal choice.

 

[Eggcessive]

Some do cull their flocks if they have a diagnosis of MG or coryza. But some will close their flocks to any new birds or hatching chicks, and when all birds are eventually gone, they can wait several weeks to get new healthy baby chicks from a hatchery. MG and coryza bacteria only remain allive for 3 days on shoes, clothing, equipment, etc. once birds are gone, do a good cleaning of equipment, pick up droppings, and within a few weeks or months, you should be safe. MG is fairly common in backyard flocks. Some birds may get sick whenever they are stressed in cold wesrher or during molting, while some may be fairly healthy. There are different strains of the disease, some more mild or more severe. Coryza supposedly is fairly nasty, and I would probably cull birds who had symptoms.

 

[Saaniya]

It does not treat eggs too. You have to reworm them all in with in 10 days so that the eggs that hatched don't get to laying egg stage.

I have this it has mentioned about eggs too lol

 

[coach723]

Albomar has the same medication as the Valbazen we buy in the US, albendazole. It's a very good wormer, but it won't kill the unhatched eggs, so you still need to retreat in 10 days to get those that hatch after the first treatment.

 

[Eggcessive]

I have this it has mentioned about eggs too lol

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Albendazole works on different worms, and may kill all of a certain worm, preventing reproduction of larvae, but in other hard to treat worms may need a second or more application. I was reading about it’s use in both humans and different types of animals, including ruminents, and the dosage can be once, or for up to 10 days to a month for certain worms in humans.

Generally in chickens, we give it once, and again in 10-14 days, just to be safe, to get all of the larvae. With tapeworms, several days in a row treatment may be necessary. One treatment may be fine for roundworms, since it tends to destroy the larvae with one treatment.