Worms!

[Tsagirl]

Hey everyone I really need some help here.......


In the past I have had some unknown deaths in my flock and the rest are just fine. This year though its been a breeze with my girls and they are so happy and freerange with all the fixings. I went out today to check on them and my RIR hen eyes were just little slits where you could barley see the eye and her comb was white on the edges and looking very very lethargic. I broke out the antibiotics, because that is what saved some of mine last year. As I was putting it into the 2nd waterer, I saw a white flat worm on the waterer!!!! I am thinking tape worm, and it was about as big as my finger. OH GOOD GOD...what am I to do?? I have wazine but is it ok to give them the antibiotic and the wormer together?

Please anyone with vet experience give me advice. My RIR was going to be shown this year!!

 

[katharinad]

Carrots!!! Grate the fresh carrots and have them eat it. You may still need conventional treatment, but this works about 80% of the time. Remember to give them carrots of one whole week to get the eggs etc.
Katharina

 

[Tsagirl]

what do carrots do? I have never heard of this treatment? please let me know.. I am kind of beside myself

 

[lil'chicken]

I'd wait for them to drink all the antibiotic and then deworm

 

[katharinad]

It kills the tape worms. It's an old remedy and has been used in Germany for hundreds of years. There is something in the carrot that kills them. Not sure what. My family was using this trick when I lived on a farm as a child. It's cheap, effective, plus it keeps chemicals out of the birds and eggs. Just try it, if not you can always to back to the conventional way of treating it.
BTW it also works in children with tape worms.
Katharina

 

[Tsagirl]

ok gonna do the carrots and then after they are done with the antibiotics if the carrots don't do it, then they will be dewormed.

cool, thanks!

 

[halo]

Did a quick google search and found this:

http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/disparas.htm

And this:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=242585

 

[Pine Grove]

Hey Theresa,
I've got you covered on the chicks, just let me know when you get settled in.....For Tapeworms I reccomend Valbazen(Albendazole) It works, You don't have to worry if i'ts doing i'ts job or not..

 

[Tsagirl]

Halo, Thanks those were great sites!!! William thank you so much, I will let you know!

Ok will be going tomorrow to the feed store, they have lots of worming treatments and will find what you are saying is good.

I hope she will be ok, her name is "ruby" and she is from Pine Grove's eggs I hatched out. Gosh she is just a beauty!!

I love this site and I appriciate all of what you do!

Theresa and the kids

 

[tnchickenut]

go to firststatevetsupply.com and then email this question to the vet. He will respond quickly and is a VET. Very helpful guy. He loves chickens... I have turned to him in the past and he lives 500 miles away from me.