illinoishiker
Chirping
- Oct 25, 2019
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A few days ago I wormed my chickens with safe-guard for goats. 100mg/mL. 10% suspension. I wormed them last fall with it in water and they are wormy with round worms so decided the water method was ineffective. I actually saw and removed 2 living roundworms right outside the run. They free range most days. I read 1/2 cc per bird orally, wait 10 days repeat, and then after 24 days start to finish ok to eat the eggs. The treatment was a Friday evening. Things were ok but on Sat a week I only got three eggs and there was a broken egg. Usually getting 8 to 12 (lately some hens broody) so 8 is a good day lately. But then today, Sunday, there are several eggs but three were under the roost. They were broken with a soft barely formed thin shell. I went to pick up an egg in a nest and it collapsed in my fingers. The wormer apparently has caused the hens to lay eggs prematurely and also what are laid in the nest have soft thin shells. Well, tomorrow is day 10 and time for second round. I want to get rid of the worms but should I go through with the second worming orally? I'm assuming this will self correct as the wormer gets out of their systems in the next 14 days. ??