I have dosed my girls' water as per the instructions on the Kilverm: 100mls of Kilverm to 2litres of water. There's nothing that says how many birds this is supposed to be for, and nothing to say how much of it they should drink for it to work.
It basically says take away their access to water at 3pm the day before, give them only the medicated water the next morning, dry food only, no vege scraps, grass etc that they can get moisture from. Then give them fresh water once the medicated stuff is gone, or after 8 hours if there's still some left.
So...... I only have three chooks - the water has been there since just after 6am (it's now 1:15pm, so they've had it in there for around 7 hours) and they've hardly touched it. It's a warm day here, and they all had a good long drink of it when I put the medicated water in there this morning, but have only sipped at it sporadically since. They've been locked int eh run all day so they're not getting water elsewhere. 2 litres for three chooks is more than they usually get through in a day normally. I have to throw this lot out in another hour or so whether or not they've had enough.
SO my question is..... HOW do I know if they've had enough????
(Also, one of the girls vomited today and they all raced over and drank it up!!! YUK!!! They obviously are still thirsty despite not drinking much)
It basically says take away their access to water at 3pm the day before, give them only the medicated water the next morning, dry food only, no vege scraps, grass etc that they can get moisture from. Then give them fresh water once the medicated stuff is gone, or after 8 hours if there's still some left.
So...... I only have three chooks - the water has been there since just after 6am (it's now 1:15pm, so they've had it in there for around 7 hours) and they've hardly touched it. It's a warm day here, and they all had a good long drink of it when I put the medicated water in there this morning, but have only sipped at it sporadically since. They've been locked int eh run all day so they're not getting water elsewhere. 2 litres for three chooks is more than they usually get through in a day normally. I have to throw this lot out in another hour or so whether or not they've had enough.
SO my question is..... HOW do I know if they've had enough????
(Also, one of the girls vomited today and they all raced over and drank it up!!! YUK!!! They obviously are still thirsty despite not drinking much)