Worming my flock..

[April’s Zoo]

I guess I don’t think of an occasional liquid stool as diarrhea. To me, to meet the threshold of being diarrhea, the poop needs to be liquid (or nearly so) and happen more than once in succession.... if there is a single liquidy poop and then they go back to normal, I just figure something caused a minor upset to their system and whatever it was is gone. Unless there’s ongoing trouble, it’s generally unlikely that there’s anything worth worrying about.

Others may have different thoughts.

 

[aart]

I guess I don’t think of an occasional liquid stool as diarrhea. To me, to meet the threshold of being diarrhea, the poop needs to be liquid (or nearly so) and happen more than once in succession.... if there is a single liquidy poop and then they go back to normal, I just figure something caused a minor upset to their system and whatever it was is gone. Unless there’s ongoing trouble, it’s generally unlikely that there’s anything worth worrying about.

Others may have different thoughts.

Agrees...especially if it's hot (they drink a ton and it goes right thru them to shed heat from the body) and/or they are eating lots of fruit...watermelon flesh, and even just the rinds, produces dramatically loose and colorful stools.

 

[WyandotteH]

There are some wormers that can be mixed in water, but they are pretty expensive and of course, they will only work if the birds drink enough medicated water.

Wormout Gel - Dose is 47 ml per gallon for two days, repeat in 10 days - $100 per liter
Safeguard AquaSol - $270 per liter

Some peafowl breeders worm their flocks by making a mash and adding the wormer to it and that seems to work well for them.

Yes I use a wormer diluting in drinking water. I have found if you remove the water and then introduce say 12-24 hours they