worming?
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I am so sorry for your loss.
If you think your hen had worms then you need to worm the whole flock. Some will act sick and some won't.
You have received very good advice from dawg53, ysaville and others regarding worming.
My healthy flock was taken down by worms (in health) recently. Some were acting depressed and some weren't. But they are all eating the same worm eggs off the ground.
Routine worming is a very good idea anyway to keep the worm load down, and I must say that I treated my hens with Wazine because I saw roundworms in the poo. But you don't always see worms in the poo. In fact, there has to be quite a heavy infestation I have read before you will see them in the poo.
If you can pay for a vet and don't want to worm without proof, more power to you! I am always telling folks to get a fecal test for worms if they can.
I cannot spend that kind of money on my chickens for vet bills or my family will not be happy. So it is better for me to just put them on a worming schedule. They were not previously on a schedule, and now I am paying for it because I found a wiggling worm in an egg, and now my family won't even eat the eggs forever and ever.
I will now be selling off my large fowl now that I have wormed them (twice), and the bantams will now be pets only, and I will be the only one eating the eggs.
To each their own, definitely, but I thought I would share my humble experience with all. If only I had had them on a worming schedule, my chickens would not be lawn ornaments only.
I am so sorry for your loss.
If you think your hen had worms then you need to worm the whole flock. Some will act sick and some won't.
You have received very good advice from dawg53, ysaville and others regarding worming.
My healthy flock was taken down by worms (in health) recently. Some were acting depressed and some weren't. But they are all eating the same worm eggs off the ground.
Routine worming is a very good idea anyway to keep the worm load down, and I must say that I treated my hens with Wazine because I saw roundworms in the poo. But you don't always see worms in the poo. In fact, there has to be quite a heavy infestation I have read before you will see them in the poo.
If you can pay for a vet and don't want to worm without proof, more power to you! I am always telling folks to get a fecal test for worms if they can.
I cannot spend that kind of money on my chickens for vet bills or my family will not be happy. So it is better for me to just put them on a worming schedule. They were not previously on a schedule, and now I am paying for it because I found a wiggling worm in an egg, and now my family won't even eat the eggs forever and ever.
I will now be selling off my large fowl now that I have wormed them (twice), and the bantams will now be pets only, and I will be the only one eating the eggs.
To each their own, definitely, but I thought I would share my humble experience with all. If only I had had them on a worming schedule, my chickens would not be lawn ornaments only.
I have found round worms in my chickens poop and today I gave them Wazine I was wondering if I should still get some valbazen and if so how do you use it
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Yes, it's best to use a broad spectrum wormer because wazine only gets rid of roundworms and chickens can carry different types of worms. Valbazen(albendazole) and safeguard(fenbendazole) are what I recommend and use for my birds, sometimes zimectrin gold. You administer these wormers orally, not in water. That way you know they got properly wormed with no guesswork.
Yes, it's best to use a broad spectrum wormer because wazine only gets rid of roundworms and chickens can carry different types of worms. Valbazen(albendazole) and safeguard(fenbendazole) are what I recommend and use for my birds, sometimes zimectrin gold. You administer these wormers orally, not in water. That way you know they got properly wormed with no guesswork.
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This might be related? Backstory....I've been renovating my coop. So I've been out there alot! Several hours a day. Anyway...today I noticed a bloody poo, with roundworm in it, on the perch. I cleaned it up, and put wazine in the waterer. (Haven't wormed anyone this yr., and brought in a few new pullets awhile back) Later in the day, after lunch, I noticed my 6 month old barred rock pullet(been laying for a bit) seemed off. She has her back hunched, and her vent is contracting alot. Checked her all over.(hasn't laid in days because of remodel i assume) I did not feel an egg, as in eggbound. Could her symptoms be related to the roundworm poo I found hours earlier? (Everyone else seems fine?)
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It's possible she could have roundworms if she's been on the same soil as the others. I first suspected eggbound but you stated that you couldnt feel an egg. It's possible she may have cocci. I recommend that you purchase corid (amprolium) 9.6% liquid solution or corid 20% soluable powder. Dosage for the 9.6% liquid solution is 9.5cc per gallon of water for 5 days. The dosage for the 20% soluable powder is 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water for 5 days. Make a fresh mixture for either corid daily. Withdraw a syringeful from the mixture and dose her orally, she might be too sick to drink the mixture on her own. Pull her wattles down and squirt a little in her mouth and release her wattles so she can swallow it. Repeat til the syringe is empty. Dose her like this at least 5 times a day til she's able to drink on her own. Dont add anything else in the treated water. Provide her with scrambled egg mixed with buttermilk and let her eat it. Scrambled egg provides extra protein for strength and buttermilk as a probiotic for her immune system. Buttermilk is a better probiotic than yogurt, it tends to pass through the digestive tract whereas the buttermilk coats the intestinal lining. Once she gains her strength, consider worming her 2 weeks after the corid treatment. Then repeat with the scrambled egg and buttermilk after worming.
It's possible she could have roundworms if she's been on the same soil as the others. I first suspected eggbound but you stated that you couldnt feel an egg. It's possible she may have cocci. I recommend that you purchase corid (amprolium) 9.6% liquid solution or corid 20% soluable powder. Dosage for the 9.6% liquid solution is 9.5cc per gallon of water for 5 days. The dosage for the 20% soluable powder is 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water for 5 days. Make a fresh mixture for either corid daily. Withdraw a syringeful from the mixture and dose her orally, she might be too sick to drink the mixture on her own. Pull her wattles down and squirt a little in her mouth and release her wattles so she can swallow it. Repeat til the syringe is empty. Dose her like this at least 5 times a day til she's able to drink on her own. Dont add anything else in the treated water. Provide her with scrambled egg mixed with buttermilk and let her eat it. Scrambled egg provides extra protein for strength and buttermilk as a probiotic for her immune system. Buttermilk is a better probiotic than yogurt, it tends to pass through the digestive tract whereas the buttermilk coats the intestinal lining. Once she gains her strength, consider worming her 2 weeks after the corid treatment. Then repeat with the scrambled egg and buttermilk after worming.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
If you think your hen had worms then you need to worm the whole flock. Some will act sick and some won't.
You have received very good advice from dawg53, ysaville and others regarding worming.
My healthy flock was taken down by worms (in health) recently. Some were acting depressed and some weren't. But they are all eating the same worm eggs off the ground.
Routine worming is a very good idea anyway to keep the worm load down, and I must say that I treated my hens with Wazine because I saw roundworms in the poo. But you don't always see worms in the poo. In fact, there has to be quite a heavy infestation I have read before you will see them in the poo.
If you can pay for a vet and don't want to worm without proof, more power to you! I am always telling folks to get a fecal test for worms if they can.
I cannot spend that kind of money on my chickens for vet bills or my family will not be happy. So it is better for me to just put them on a worming schedule. They were not previously on a schedule, and now I am paying for it because I found a wiggling worm in an egg, and now my family won't even eat the eggs forever and ever.
I will now be selling off my large fowl now that I have wormed them (twice), and the bantams will now be pets only, and I will be the only one eating the eggs.
To each their own, definitely, but I thought I would share my humble experience with all. If only I had had them on a worming schedule, my chickens would not be lawn ornaments only.
Hi Chickens are sweet! I understand how your family feels about eggs! That happened once to us also. We saw the worm in the egg. Ick That was when I decided to get a fecal check done each year. It was $13 at the time and I didn't have to bring the chicken in. We lived in a rural area but the vet confirmed roundworms and we bought the Safeguard from the feed store. After that I routinely checked my chickens and luckily have just had two other times when I have had to treat them for worms. That is not bad for 11years of chickens in the yard. We love our bantams and they do lay really good for us so I hope you continue to enjoy your flock and even the eggs again soon. I put my chickens on a worm check schedule! I wouldn't know what wormer to use unless I checked with a fecal test first. There are so many worms and other intestinal parasites and so instead of just giving them something every year, I like to know what kind of parasite they have so that I can be sure that the wormer I choose will take care of it. God bless.
I am so sorry for your loss.
If you think your hen had worms then you need to worm the whole flock. Some will act sick and some won't.
You have received very good advice from dawg53, ysaville and others regarding worming.
My healthy flock was taken down by worms (in health) recently. Some were acting depressed and some weren't. But they are all eating the same worm eggs off the ground.
Routine worming is a very good idea anyway to keep the worm load down, and I must say that I treated my hens with Wazine because I saw roundworms in the poo. But you don't always see worms in the poo. In fact, there has to be quite a heavy infestation I have read before you will see them in the poo.
If you can pay for a vet and don't want to worm without proof, more power to you! I am always telling folks to get a fecal test for worms if they can.
I cannot spend that kind of money on my chickens for vet bills or my family will not be happy. So it is better for me to just put them on a worming schedule. They were not previously on a schedule, and now I am paying for it because I found a wiggling worm in an egg, and now my family won't even eat the eggs forever and ever.
I will now be selling off my large fowl now that I have wormed them (twice), and the bantams will now be pets only, and I will be the only one eating the eggs.
To each their own, definitely, but I thought I would share my humble experience with all. If only I had had them on a worming schedule, my chickens would not be lawn ornaments only.
Hi Chickens are sweet! I understand how your family feels about eggs! That happened once to us also. We saw the worm in the egg. Ick That was when I decided to get a fecal check done each year. It was $13 at the time and I didn't have to bring the chicken in. We lived in a rural area but the vet confirmed roundworms and we bought the Safeguard from the feed store. After that I routinely checked my chickens and luckily have just had two other times when I have had to treat them for worms. That is not bad for 11years of chickens in the yard. We love our bantams and they do lay really good for us so I hope you continue to enjoy your flock and even the eggs again soon. I put my chickens on a worm check schedule! I wouldn't know what wormer to use unless I checked with a fecal test first. There are so many worms and other intestinal parasites and so instead of just giving them something every year, I like to know what kind of parasite they have so that I can be sure that the wormer I choose will take care of it. God bless.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
If you think your hen had worms then you need to worm the whole flock. Some will act sick and some won't.
You have received very good advice from dawg53, ysaville and others regarding worming.
My healthy flock was taken down by worms (in health) recently. Some were acting depressed and some weren't. But they are all eating the same worm eggs off the ground.
Routine worming is a very good idea anyway to keep the worm load down, and I must say that I treated my hens with Wazine because I saw roundworms in the poo. But you don't always see worms in the poo. In fact, there has to be quite a heavy infestation I have read before you will see them in the poo.
If you can pay for a vet and don't want to worm without proof, more power to you! I am always telling folks to get a fecal test for worms if they can.
I cannot spend that kind of money on my chickens for vet bills or my family will not be happy. So it is better for me to just put them on a worming schedule. They were not previously on a schedule, and now I am paying for it because I found a wiggling worm in an egg, and now my family won't even eat the eggs forever and ever.
I will now be selling off my large fowl now that I have wormed them (twice), and the bantams will now be pets only, and I will be the only one eating the eggs.
To each their own, definitely, but I thought I would share my humble experience with all. If only I had had them on a worming schedule, my chickens would not be lawn ornaments only.
Hi Chickens are sweet! I understand how your family feels about eggs! That happened once to us also. We saw the worm in the egg. Ick That was when I decided to get a fecal check done each year. It was $13 at the time and I didn't have to bring the chicken in. We lived in a rural area but the vet confirmed roundworms and we bought the Safeguard from the feed store. After that I routinely checked my chickens and luckily have just had two other times when I have had to treat them for worms. That is not bad for 11years of chickens in the yard. We love our bantams and they do lay really good for us so I hope you continue to enjoy your flock and even the eggs again soon. I put my chickens on a worm check schedule! I wouldn't know what wormer to use unless I checked with a fecal test first. There are so many worms and other intestinal parasites and so instead of just giving them something every year, I like to know what kind of parasite they have so that I can be sure that the wormer I choose will take care of it. God bless.
I am so amazed at how many folks are saying that they found a worm in an egg!
There have been a few threads on it, and I was surely taken aback when it happened to me. I am so glad your family recovered. Mine will not, as my husband is a cancer survivor with a weakened immune system. He and my children will definitely not eat the eggs again, he has said. And I certainly cannot blame him...it is his body and health. But I will certainly be eating the eggs again.
Thank you for mentioning your experience, as it will surely help others note that this is a real possibility and check or treat for worms accordingly.
I am so sorry for your loss.
If you think your hen had worms then you need to worm the whole flock. Some will act sick and some won't.
You have received very good advice from dawg53, ysaville and others regarding worming.
My healthy flock was taken down by worms (in health) recently. Some were acting depressed and some weren't. But they are all eating the same worm eggs off the ground.
Routine worming is a very good idea anyway to keep the worm load down, and I must say that I treated my hens with Wazine because I saw roundworms in the poo. But you don't always see worms in the poo. In fact, there has to be quite a heavy infestation I have read before you will see them in the poo.
If you can pay for a vet and don't want to worm without proof, more power to you! I am always telling folks to get a fecal test for worms if they can.
I cannot spend that kind of money on my chickens for vet bills or my family will not be happy. So it is better for me to just put them on a worming schedule. They were not previously on a schedule, and now I am paying for it because I found a wiggling worm in an egg, and now my family won't even eat the eggs forever and ever.
I will now be selling off my large fowl now that I have wormed them (twice), and the bantams will now be pets only, and I will be the only one eating the eggs.
To each their own, definitely, but I thought I would share my humble experience with all. If only I had had them on a worming schedule, my chickens would not be lawn ornaments only.
Hi Chickens are sweet! I understand how your family feels about eggs! That happened once to us also. We saw the worm in the egg. Ick That was when I decided to get a fecal check done each year. It was $13 at the time and I didn't have to bring the chicken in. We lived in a rural area but the vet confirmed roundworms and we bought the Safeguard from the feed store. After that I routinely checked my chickens and luckily have just had two other times when I have had to treat them for worms. That is not bad for 11years of chickens in the yard. We love our bantams and they do lay really good for us so I hope you continue to enjoy your flock and even the eggs again soon. I put my chickens on a worm check schedule! I wouldn't know what wormer to use unless I checked with a fecal test first. There are so many worms and other intestinal parasites and so instead of just giving them something every year, I like to know what kind of parasite they have so that I can be sure that the wormer I choose will take care of it. God bless.
I am so amazed at how many folks are saying that they found a worm in an egg!
There have been a few threads on it, and I was surely taken aback when it happened to me. I am so glad your family recovered. Mine will not, as my husband is a cancer survivor with a weakened immune system. He and my children will definitely not eat the eggs again, he has said. And I certainly cannot blame him...it is his body and health. But I will certainly be eating the eggs again.
Thank you for mentioning your experience, as it will surely help others note that this is a real possibility and check or treat for worms accordingly.
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