Worming chickens?

[pfields]

I understand and know what you're going through. You gotta do what you gotta do to keep your birds cool. Excessive heat stress can kill birds, worming can wait unless it's an emergency.

Yes, thank you for understanding. It's been very hot here even with the wind that blows here most days.

I have a question, if you worm your chickens can you still use those eggs for hatching in an incubator?

 

[dawg53]

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I dont see any reason why not.

 

[pfields]

Thanks, that's good news, I wouldn't have to throw away dozens of eggs.

 

[enola]

I have hatched eggs gathered after worming my hens. Hatch rates were just as good using edible eggs.

 

[Skyfeathers]

Enola, what did you worm your hens with before hatching their eggs?

 

[enola]

Safeguard for worms. Then the next week I pulled out two hens and treated them with EPRINEX for leg mites. The eggs still hatched. Healthy chicks, too.

 

[Skyfeathers]

Is it the Safeguard for goats? How much do you give, and do you discard the eggs? Thank you!

 

[Lyranonamous]

Hi all

How and where do we test the chicken poop for worms?

 

[enola]

Take a fecal sample to your vet.

Take a plastic bag and put 5-6 different samples and moosh them all together.

 

[Julia62]

Hi all

How and where do we test the chicken poop for worms?

From my experience (which is not much), I took some to my vet which was really expensive. Won't do that again! The next time, I took it to our Nevada Dept of Agriculture. They will do a fecal for $9.00.

I just gathered some fresh poop up, put it in zip lock bags and took it in. I will test once a year and only treat if needed. Mine (two of them, the others were just 6 weeks old at the time) did have a mild case of tape worm so I treated for that. Hated tossing the eggs. That's why going forward, only if needed.