thanks for the input...I will be getting pics of the legs in a bit...call me paranoid but I don't want bugs on my birds....or even the possibility of them....im new at the bird thing and I might be overacting but better to be safe then sorry and have a problem get worse....seems like when you fix something and then something else happens...its ben a pain...I havnt ben able to work on the coops....grrr....I also have found that most of the bird breeders I have been talking to don't really use an effective wormer...and some don't even worm at all...weird huh...but very true...I guess its what people can find by them and they don't feel as if they should do the research on worming meds or meds for that fact...I go overboard on when it comes to a problem...if you didn't notice already....but the birds are only as good as what you provide them.....my thoughts anyways...well be back in a flash with some pics
I have found out that you only treat them for what they have not what they might get except for ivomec, seven, etc. For worming you start with a trip to the vet to have a mixture of their poop tested. If it test clear for worms and eggs don't worm them! Test them again in about 6 mo. If anything shows up then worm them and agian in 10 days to get the eggs. Their are exceptions to every rule like when you get a new bird quartine and give it the works! If it is clear (according to testing by your vet) then it can be integrated with the rear of the flock. This is not from me but the avian vet at Oklahoma State University of which I am lucky enough to have fairly close by!