Topic of the Week - Deworming chickens

[jheasley]

I'll do my best job possible taking notes, I will also inquire around to find somebody that might volunteer to tape the seminar.

 

[jheasley]

Updated!

I confirmed the below information with the appropriate people at Purdue University within the last hour.

Out of Bluffton Indiana you have a company called veterinarian poultry supply that will open the program up to let poultry owners know the products they carry and there is a farmer 3 miles east of converse Indiana by the name of John Boyer that's doing some real interesting things with non-GMO grains for livestock feed.

Poultry Seminar & Bio Security Lecture 5PM December 6th at Eastbrook high school-east of Marion Indiana

Dr. Wakenell headed of the ADDL at Purdue university, Dr Alexandria Holloway, DVM Purdue university resident: ADDL at Purdue and Dr Jeff Lossie ADDL at Purdue will becoming to Eastbrook high school east of Marion, several veterinarian interns & animal science majors from Purdue University will be accompanying her. Topics covered will be internal & external parasite identification in poultry, treatments and medications to use and there's a chance there will be a live demo and individual tutorial sessions instructing how to properly identify parasites under a microscope by observing fresh stool samples from chickens.

If your considering attending, please contact me with numbers in your party, this way we can ensure area seminar is held in is big enough to handle our crowd.

James Heasley
765-661-4597

 

[casportpony]

Have you posted here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/730582/indiana-bycers-here

-Kathy

 

[jheasley]

I attempted the poster minutes ago in that forum, I'm not sure if my attempt was successful. Never posted in that area before

 

[Isay Willow]

Thanks much.

 

[Isay Willow]

no

 

[Isay Willow]

Lots of information to absorb, Thanks for the post. Will consider into it further as time permits. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

 

[DuckyGaze]

We care for cats when our spca needs a foster home and we use diatomaceous earth for deworming and it works marvelously. A few hours after they ingest it mixed in canned cat food, we need to wash all the blankets and bedding because we can see all the dead worms, so we know it does work on cats.

However, I am a bit confused as to why it would not work on ducks, geese and chickens. What makes it "useless" after having been ingested? I thought that since it works great on cats and even on dogs, that it would be good for fowl also.

I want to give all my geese, ducks and chickens a deworming treatment. Would be the first time in 4 years that I do it but there is so much conflicting information that I really do not know what to do now.

I would love to be able to treat all my ducks, geese, mucovies, chickens and quails with just 1 product.

Something simple yet effective and also something that I can control. I don't want 1 duck eating or drinking 10 times the amount of another and getting too much medication. A drop on the skin of a product to deworm sounds like the perfect solution.

What product is the BEST to use and that will not cause any harm?

 

[casportpony]

We care for cats when our spca needs a foster home and we use diatomaceous earth for deworming and it works marvelously.  A few hours after they ingest it mixed in canned cat food, we need to wash all the blankets and bedding because we can see all the dead worms, so we know it does work on cats. 

However, I am a bit confused as to why it would not work on ducks, geese and chickens.  What makes it "useless" after having been ingested?   I thought that since it works great on cats and even on dogs, that it would be good for fowl also. 

I want to give all my geese, ducks and chickens a deworming treatment.  Would be the first time in 4 years that I do it but there is so much conflicting information that I really do not know what to do now.   

I would love to be able to treat all my ducks, geese, mucovies, chickens and quails with just 1 product.   

Something simple yet effective and also something that I can control.  I don't want 1 duck eating or drinking 10 times the amount of another and getting too much medication.  A drop on the skin of a product to deworm sounds like the perfect solution.

What product is the BEST to use and that will not cause any harm?

Do you or a vet do fecals on the cats before and after giving them DE?

-Kathy

 

[DuckyGaze]

Do you or a vet do fecals on the cats before and after giving them DE?

-Kathy

In the beginning we did do the fecals to make sure it was working but after testing poop on 6 cats before and after, the vet told us to continue to use DE internally once a month for deworming and externally twice a week for any flea or tick infestations and also to use once a week just as prevention of fleas. We do use DE in the pens but have never tried to get them to ingest it. Just seems pretty difficult trying to get that into a duck or goose.

I just called the MasterFeed store and they only have "Piperazine" which we add to water. This is for sheep...could it actually be safe for our feathered friends?
And how do we make sure each bird has taken in enough of the product? I imagine that to just mix it in the water would result in chickens only taking in a small portion and the ducks would be taking in a very large portion. Or do we need to give each bird a precise amount, and do this one at a time? That will take forever. We have 60 birds to treat. But I am willing to do it if that is what needs to be done.