They free range, but it occurred before i started letting them out to greener pastures. I do have two compost bins in the run, which i've now taken out. And i did see the bird in question checking it out via a hole in the bin...eek. They are strange things these "threads", doing my head in.. they look like worms but not direct evidence...they are all thin and long in consistency, at times looking flat and other times looking round. The head usually seems to have a round tip with a bit of a hook shape but it could be just intestinal lining ...ahhh who knows!
Thanks for that, I shall look into it further. It would be easier to dose them with the Wormout , as it doesn't require fasting for 24 hours and one tablet does 2kg chicken weight!! My chickens are around 1.5kgs at the moment at 18weeks of age...a bit thin I think for their age. Otherwise I'll have to use the Avitrol Plus which requires up to 3 tablets each bird.
I think this chicken ate some fish recently.
it ate frozen tiny whiting fish just before the poops started (two days before)...not sure if it was that or the feed at the time.(I changed it to medicated feed next day)..maybe it had mold spores as i hear it can irritate gut also. I suspect it the whiting as the one most affected is the one who ate the most, non stop actually. The others still not showing signs of infection in poop or physically though.
