Worming??????

[shangri-lafarms]

How often do you need to worm your flock??? What do you do if you worm laying hens, do you wait a certain time to eat the eggs????

 

[MsBentleyboy]

If it's not all natural, yes you have to wait. Usually the bottle will tell you what the wait time is. What I've used before was a 30 wait time and then it was recommended to repeat after 30 days. Well, obviously that wasn't going to work for me or I would never get to eat the eggs. So, I use an all natural dewormer. Murray McMurray or Meyer Hatchery will sell it. They also send free color catalogs of their birds.

 

[tvtaber]

I don't, and it seems many folks don't. If there is not a problem, why medicate for one?

 

[greyfields]

Piperazine is generally used. But, I wouldn't deworm chickens unless you confirmed you haev parasites through a fecal exam.

 

[greenapple]

One of the chicken reference books we have said to put a little tobacco in the nest box to help control insects, and that if the chickens were to eat any of the tobacco, it would take care of worms too. I mix a pinch of tobacco with the hay in the nest boxes, and my girls all seem happy and healthy now, had an issue with mites for a bit.

 

[MsBentleyboy]

Ha ha. I can see it now... chickens high on nicotine.

 

[brahma-momma]

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it does work. i've used it for years. works on dogs too.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

hmm... My mom gives me liquid herbs for any parasites that I might have in my body. Its from Nature's Sunshine (?). The herb mixture is called Mugwort and Wormseed. Every heard of it? It tastes bitter so I don't know how it will affect the eggs or chickens. Also my mom said that the best time to deworm (or any other parasite) is during a full moon because that is when parasites are most active. And I believe it is a full moon now, atleast here it is... (yes i'm in the US

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[SundownWaterfowl]

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I dont either.

 

[shangri-lafarms]

Thanks, everyone for your input