Chicken with very soft stool

[coach723]

You could worm her and see if it helps. If it does, then I would worm them all, since they've all been exposed. Or alternately you can just worm them all and be done. Up to you. When I worm mine I do the whole flock.

 

[photocrazy84]

You could worm her and see if it helps. If it does, then I would worm them all, since they've all been exposed. Or alternately you can just worm them all and be done. Up to you. When I worm mine I do the whole flock.

when you worm them all are you adding it to the water and if so whats the dose? or are you deworming each one at a time.?

 

[coach723]

when you worm them all are you adding it to the water and if so whats the dose? or are you deworming each one at a time.?

Most wormers do not mix in the water, they settle out, and they will not take in an adequate dose for treatment. So you dose each bird orally, by weight. Safeguard Aquasol can be mixed in the water, it's also very expensive. The downside to water solutions is that you have no idea if they take in the correct amount to be effective. Those doses are estimated based on what a bird drinks in an average day. If a bird isn't feeling well and isn't eating or drinking well, they may not take in enough. When you dose them orally, you know they got it all. I always dose orally.

 

[Farmgirl805]

Most wormers do not mix in the water, they settle out, and they will not take in an adequate dose for treatment. So you dose each bird orally, by weight. Safeguard Aquasol can be mixed in the water, it's also very expensive. The downside to water solutions is that you have no idea if they take in the correct amount to be effective. Those doses are estimated based on what a bird drinks in an average day. If a bird isn't feeling well and isn't eating or drinking well, they may not take in enough. When you dose them orally, you know they got it all. I always dose orally.

Hi I know I’m late to the party and this sounds like a dumb question, but when you say “dose them orally” - does it come as a powder or liquid? are you talking about adding to food do they eat it, force-feeding with a syringe (mix it with something?), I guess I’m asking how someone to tell me like I’m 5. I’ve syringe fed Rooster Booster before so I’m not opposed to doing it that way. I’m just not sure what to expect. And I have 10 birds to deworm so I’m also wondering what to expect about cost.

In my case, I’m worried that my birds have a heavy parasite load. I have two gals that are pretty lethargic the last few days. One started isolating this morning so I need to act fast.

Thanks for your help @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[Eggcessive]

@Farmgirl805 I use Valbazen and many use SafeGuard liquid goat wormer, or the horse paste. The liquids are suspensions and will settle out, so you have to shake them well before pulling up the dose with a needle-less syringe. The horse paste has to be put on a spoon or in a small cup, and you draw up the dose from there. The liquid wormer or the paste are given orally slowly, no more than 1/2 ml at a time, letting them swallow. Valabazen dosage is 0.08 ml per pound given once and again in 10 days. SafeGuard 10% liquid or paste is given 0.23 ml per pound for 5 consecutive days. If you give that one once and again in 10 days, it will only treat round and cecal worms.

 

[Farmgirl805]

@Farmgirl805 I use Valbazen and many use SafeGuard liquid goat wormer, or the horse paste. The liquids are suspensions and will settle out, so you have to shake them well before pulling up the dose with a needle-less syringe. The horse paste has to be put on a spoon or in a small cup, and you draw up the dose from there. The liquid wormer or the paste are given orally slowly, no more than 1/2 ml at a time, letting them swallow. Valabazen dosage is 0.08 ml per pound given once and again in 10 days. SafeGuard 10% liquid or paste is given 0.23 ml per pound for 5 consecutive days. If you give that one once and again in 10 days, it will only treat round and cecal worms.

Thank you so much. I’m not really sure what I’m dealing with, but based on their poop and their behavior, it’s looking pretty
parasite-y, worm-ish although I’ve seen none.
* I’ve fed them crickets once a weekend (100 crickets for 10 chickens) and a few super worms each (from petco) to supplement their bug protein recently, maybe 3 or 4 weekends in a row now. They have decimated my yard and there seems to be zero creepy crawly critter activity. Like none. No bugs. The dirt in their outdoor run is dry and dusty and they seem to be struggling to find ANY, that’s the reason I thought supplementing a little bit wouldn’t hurt, I thought the ratio wasn’t bad, measured even, given that they aren’t finding bugs on their own. Theyve just stripped it bare.

I also give them commercially prepared feed (Kelley’s layer pellets made by Star Milling. No antibiotics. Corn based 16% protein, 4%fat, 4.5% fiber, plus others) in the morning, before anything else so that the eat the food they’re supposed to eat. (Please don’t crucify me in the comments if this is a bad move. I genuinely thought I was doing the right thing. But if it’s not, I also want to know that too.
- doing my best.