Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[L-plate chicken mum]

This is a UK lab that will do avian fecal tests.
https://www.parasitevet.co.uk/

Westgate labs do tests, various chicken supply shops stock them or you can get them direct. Cheapest I’ve found are £10.50 each plus £2.60 p&p for up to 2 test kits (from Westgate they are £15 each + £3.90 p&p
https://www.claretaylor.com/product-page/westgate-labs-faecal-worm-count-kit

 

[Molpet]

No. I never saw that thread. Probably a search could dig it up.
Centuries (OK, decades) ago I was taught to do fecal float tests. It isn’t that hard if you can access a microscope.
I confess though that I don’t do my own and have probably forgotten how to do it.
I have a vet do a flock test (pooled poop sample) now and then. I believe there are mail-in services available too.

Yeah my parents raised dogs when I was a kid and did their own. I was shown but that was over 50 years ago . I might still have the microscope.

 

[Molpet]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fecal-testing-for-poultry.78206/

 

[RoyalChick]

It doesn’t say anything about worms and costs over £55 .

The Avian comprehensive fecal test includes the McMasters flotation which is the name given to the test that vets do for parasite (worm and coccidia) eggs.
I see the price as £45.69. They are certainly not giving it away, but that is less than two trips to a vet by a long way.
I am not trying to persuade anyone to use it, just sharing that it is available.

Looks like L-Plate knows of ones that are less comprehensive (just worms and Eimeria/Coccidiosis) but a lot cheaper.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fecal-testing-for-poultry.78206/

That's a good find.

I might've been thinking of @Sue Gremlin, who doesn't seem to be frequenting BYC anymore, unfortunately.

Here's their 3-part series on fecal floats:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fecal-examination-in-backyard-chickens-101-part-1.75459/

The articles are so well written that it's almost tempting to get a microscope, but...pooh slurry

 

[Shadrach]

Two hours of sunshine. Almost warm at 11C.
Henry had his first worming dose today. He looked better when I got to the field; tail up, head out, he even mated Tull and got it right. Droppings look good and my feeling is he doesn't have worms. His legs have improved due to the last couple of treatments.
Tull's legs on the other hand still require a lot of work. Toes and lower leg are better but the back of her legs like Sylph's have a lot of crap on them.

 

[no fly zone]

Pinecone & Laserbeak baby

 

[Molpet]

Pinecone & Laserbeak baby
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Another cutie

 

[Shadrach]

One and a half hours today. 50mph wind gusts, rain, around 9C.
Two laying now; Tull and Sylph I think. We spent most of the time in the coop extention. Tull dashed out a couple of times and I followed so I could keep an eye on her.

 

[Shadrach]

The thread in the link below is a heart warming story.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/got-us-some-ex-commercial-hens-3.1652152/