Worming Chickens

[Chicks Galore3]

I wormed my chickens 10 days ago - I read somewhere to reworm after 10 days for the best effect. However, my chickens look so much more healthy, they've gained weight, grown knew feathers, quit pecking on each other, glossier feathers, it's amazing. My question is - should I worm them again even though they all look so much better?

 

[earthfriendlyfarm]

I have no real idea about the reworming but if you dont mind I would like to ask you what you use for a dewormer? I use natural ways, and have found several hens with long thing white worms. One is currently expelling them sort of one by one and it takes a while, but hope she will recover. She is soo weak. I was considering deworming everyone as this has recently happened to a couple other hens, and one died. And with your note about just deworming and your chooks looking so much healthier etc. it is hard to resist wanting this for my babies too.

I read wazine is a good dewormer. But it is a chemical and I also read you must discard their eggs for a period of time. How long, do you know? and could we actually feed the yolks back to the chooks?

I apologize for not knowing the answer to your question and querring you on this, but you are more knowledgeable then I at this point. Thank you, Kelley

 

[dawg53]

I wormed my chickens 10 days ago - I read somewhere to reworm after 10 days for the best effect. However, my chickens look so much more healthy, they've gained weight, grown knew feathers, quit pecking on each other, glossier feathers, it's amazing. My question is - should I worm them again even though they all look so much better?

The reason that you should reworm is that there are larva hatched from eggs since the initial worming. Wormers will not kill worm eggs, but will kill larva and adult worms. You dont want to reworm greater than 14 days beyond the initial worming. Worms will be adults and laying eggs to be deposited onto the soil to be picked up by your chickens again, completing the worms lifecycle. Reworming at about the tenth day will effectively end their lifecycle.

 

[dawg53]

I have no real idea about the reworming but if you dont mind I would like to ask you what you use for a dewormer? I use natural ways, and have found several hens with long thing white worms. One is currently expelling them sort of one by one and it takes a while, but hope she will recover. She is soo weak. I was considering deworming everyone as this has recently happened to a couple other hens, and one died. And with your note about just deworming and your chooks looking so much healthier etc. it is hard to resist wanting this for my babies too.

I read wazine is a good dewormer. But it is a chemical and I also read you must discard their eggs for a period of time. How long, do you know? and could we actually feed the yolks back to the chooks?

I apologize for not knowing the answer to your question and querring you on this, but you are more knowledgeable then I at this point. Thank you, Kelley

There's a 14 day slaughter withdrawal after using wazine. If the chicken is good to eat after 14 days, so are the eggs. I'm still here typing.
I dont recommend giving the eggs back to your chickens to eat. It could possibly extend the withdrawal period due to residue in the eggs (however slight) and more importantly, the residue in the eggs could possibly cause worm resistance to the wormer the next time it's used.

 

[Chicks Galore3]

I have no real idea about the reworming but if you dont mind I would like to ask you what you use for a dewormer? I use natural ways, and have found several hens with long thing white worms. One is currently expelling them sort of one by one and it takes a while, but hope she will recover. She is soo weak. I was considering deworming everyone as this has recently happened to a couple other hens, and one died. And with your note about just deworming and your chooks looking so much healthier etc. it is hard to resist wanting this for my babies too.

I read wazine is a good dewormer. But it is a chemical and I also read you must discard their eggs for a period of time. How long, do you know? and could we actually feed the yolks back to the chooks?

I apologize for not knowing the answer to your question and querring you on this, but you are more knowledgeable then I at this point. Thank you, Kelley

I hear you about natural ways - but they got so bad I didn't want them to suffer any more. I used Ivermectic pour-on for cattle by Durvet. I drip 3-4 drops on the base of their neck and tail. /can't eat the eggs for one week, and...deworm them again after 10 days.