I have a large flock of chickens, about 75 of them, of assorted ages & sizes. I also have 2 Embden geese, 17 ducks, and 1 guinea. Plus a bunch of chicks & ducklings. They live in a row of coops & pens in the same corner of the yard, and free-range together every afternoon. So I figure what ails one bird is affecting the rest, and treatment should include all the birds, right?
Today I noticed a year-old Cuckoo Marans hen who was reluctant to stand & walk out of her coop. She & another Marans live in a little coop with a big Buff Rock rooster. They get out in the afternoon to free-range with the rest. The hen was just sitting down on the floor of the coop and didn't come out when I opened the door. I left her there until I could finish tending to the rest of the flock.
About 45 minutes later I was ready to pick her up to put her in the hospital pen. She had moved over to the feeder, but was still sitting on the ground, not standing up. Her color is good and her eyes are bright. She felt a bit light when I lifted her.
As I checked her over, I noticed a glop of poop on her back, probably from the hen who roosted above her. And there were 2 long white roundworms in that poop.
The other hen & rooster seem fine, no worms evident in any of their other poops, no worms evident in anyone else's poop. But I'm assuming they are present, at least in other guts, and I'll need to treat the whole flock with de-wormer. Right?
I plan to remove everyone's water dishes tonight, and give them water treated with Wazine 17 all day tomorrow. And not eat the eggs they lay for 96 hours afterwards. (But I'll feed them back to the chickens.) Does that sound like a good plan?
My main concern is the geese & the ducks. Is it all right for them to drink the Wazine-treated water? It is possible to keep the geese confined to their pen for the day, and maybe the Pekins, but the Khakis will fly over their fence if they're kept confined. Plus, there are a lot of bantams who have little regard for fences & hop in & out of everyone's pens all day. I'd like for all the available water to be treated with de-wormer.
Thank you for your imput & help!
Today I noticed a year-old Cuckoo Marans hen who was reluctant to stand & walk out of her coop. She & another Marans live in a little coop with a big Buff Rock rooster. They get out in the afternoon to free-range with the rest. The hen was just sitting down on the floor of the coop and didn't come out when I opened the door. I left her there until I could finish tending to the rest of the flock.
About 45 minutes later I was ready to pick her up to put her in the hospital pen. She had moved over to the feeder, but was still sitting on the ground, not standing up. Her color is good and her eyes are bright. She felt a bit light when I lifted her.
As I checked her over, I noticed a glop of poop on her back, probably from the hen who roosted above her. And there were 2 long white roundworms in that poop.
The other hen & rooster seem fine, no worms evident in any of their other poops, no worms evident in anyone else's poop. But I'm assuming they are present, at least in other guts, and I'll need to treat the whole flock with de-wormer. Right?
I plan to remove everyone's water dishes tonight, and give them water treated with Wazine 17 all day tomorrow. And not eat the eggs they lay for 96 hours afterwards. (But I'll feed them back to the chickens.) Does that sound like a good plan?
My main concern is the geese & the ducks. Is it all right for them to drink the Wazine-treated water? It is possible to keep the geese confined to their pen for the day, and maybe the Pekins, but the Khakis will fly over their fence if they're kept confined. Plus, there are a lot of bantams who have little regard for fences & hop in & out of everyone's pens all day. I'd like for all the available water to be treated with de-wormer.
Thank you for your imput & help!
