When do I de-worm chicks?

[Serbian Cowboy]

Hi all,

I am kinda new at this chicken stuff so I got a question. We purchased 40 chicks from a good hatchery and lost 9 within 14 days. Now we got that taken care of with antibiotics but it seems that we might have a worm problem. I found what appeared to be a worm segment in one of the chicks poop? Is it possible that they have worms even though they have not been exposed to the outside yet. Sorry but I really do not know. They are about 4 weeks now and if they have worms when can I treat them and with what?

thanks.

 

[speckledhen]

They probably don't have worms and probably didn't need antibiotics. Lots of hatchery shipments result in deaths the first few days. Who told you to give them antibiotics? I would never advise that.

For the record, I didn't worm my flock until they were two years old and only because I saw an actual roundworm in one rooster's poop. Four weeks old is WAY too young to be worming chicks, generally. Are you sure it was a worm and not something else?



ETA: Just noticed you are in Serbia. Did you get them from a hatchery in the U.S.?