Some comb shrinkage normal during egglaying off season...right?

[DianeB]

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This hen just went to the vet a few weeks ago. She had a through going over including a fecal sample for worms. The vet gave her a clean bill of health. To the best of my knowledge none of my hens have neither worms nor mites.

 

[DianeB]

Also, wanted to add not all nematodes are parasites. Like bacteria, most are benign or even beneficial. Only a very small amount can be parasitic to chickens.

 

[speckledhen]

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I would do it maybe two to three times a week, in small amounts. I have six Delawares in one breeding coop and I get one of the tall cans of salmon and give half the can to them one day and a few days later, give the rest of the can. Sometimes I wait till the next week.

 

[DianeB]

I did give them some. Quite a bit came out in their poop. Can I mash it or combine it with yogurt of something else to make it more digestable?

 

[speckledhen]

Hmm, it should be very digestible, actually. I sometimes make thin oatmeal and cool it with yogurt then mix in the fish. Never saw any come out in their poop.

 

[DianeB]

Probably, if I combine it as a mash with yogurt or oatmeal, it won't come out the other end. I am not sure how much was digested. There was a few chunks in their poop but less than what they ate.