Poop pictures and WORMS!

[casportpony]

If you want to treat for cecal worms you can give Safeguard (fenbendazole) @ 0.23 ml per pound orally and repeat in 10 days, or Valbazen (albendazole) @ 0.08 ml per pound orally and repeat in 10 days.

 

[Chickenkeepr]

If you want to treat for cecal worms you can give Safeguard (fenbendazole) @ 0.23 ml per pound orally and repeat in 10 days, or Valbazen (albendazole) @ 0.08 ml per pound orally and repeat in 10 days.

So, not treating for 5 straight days?

 

[casportpony]

You think they'd cooperate? Nope. The worms I saw were round, about 1/2" long and very very thin (not flat). I'm hoping they aren't tapes. I'll do 5 days of Safeguard with probiotics in the water every day and see how they're doing. Most of the poop is normal, it seems like just a few younger hens are affected. How should I treat the coop/run? The poop boards are cleaned daily and the sand in the coop is raked out and poop picked up every other day.

That *might* work.

 

[casportpony]

So, not treating for 5 straight days?

What worms do you want to treat?

 

[Chickenkeepr]

Cecal and rounds. I haven't seen anything that looks like tapeworm segments, no evidence of gape worms. All birds are incredibly active with a healthy appetite. Most poop I see looks completely normal, just a few here and there that looked quite off. I've got 30 birds including the ducks in the coop. They free range during the day. I have a 4 year old gen who's laying daily, two 2 year olds, and the rest including the ducks are all March hatches.

 

[Gardener Cruz]

I would treat the ducks too. Would they take it in a treat? Other than keeping the coop clean dry, and stir up the bedding frequently, you can't completely get rids of worms, just control them. They are in the soil. Most chickens can tolerate worms unless they get a large load or are immune compromised, or they are the harmful kind, such as capillary worms.

Will clorox kill the worms? I have a sprayer and want to spray 50/50 of clorox and water. Will that hurt my chickens?

 

[Eggcessive]

Will clorox kill the worms? I have a sprayer and want to spray 50/50 of clorox and water. Will that hurt my chickens?

That is pretty dangerous, and I would not do it. It would,burn their feet and be harmful. To just clean equipment and disinfect it, 10% bleach solution will do the trick. I would not even use that or bleach to kill worms. But you cannot sterilize soil or your coop bedding. How much and what exactly are you wanting to treat? What kind
d of bedding do you have in your coop and run? By cleaning out your coop bedding, and replacing it with new, you can help prevent worm reinfestation. Add new bedding as needed, and keep things bone dry if possible. Clean up droppings regularly. In my run, I use sand which can be swept or sifted with a cat litter shovel daily.