Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[L-plate chicken mum]

This is a UK lab that will do avian fecal tests.
https://www.parasitevet.co.uk/

Westgate labs do tests, various chicken supply shops stock them or you can get them direct. Cheapest I’ve found are £10.50 each plus £2.60 p&p for up to 2 test kits (from Westgate they are £15 each + £3.90 p&p
https://www.claretaylor.com/product-page/westgate-labs-faecal-worm-count-kit

 

[Molpet]

No. I never saw that thread. Probably a search could dig it up.
Centuries (OK, decades) ago I was taught to do fecal float tests. It isn’t that hard if you can access a microscope.
I confess though that I don’t do my own and have probably forgotten how to do it.
I have a vet do a flock test (pooled poop sample) now and then. I believe there are mail-in services available too.

Yeah my parents raised dogs when I was a kid and did their own. I was shown but that was over 50 years ago . I might still have the microscope.

 

[Molpet]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fecal-testing-for-poultry.78206/

 

[RoyalChick]

It doesn’t say anything about worms and costs over £55 .

The Avian comprehensive fecal test includes the McMasters flotation which is the name given to the test that vets do for parasite (worm and coccidia) eggs.
I see the price as £45.69. They are certainly not giving it away, but that is less than two trips to a vet by a long way.
I am not trying to persuade anyone to use it, just sharing that it is available.

Looks like L-Plate knows of ones that are less comprehensive (just worms and Eimeria/Coccidiosis) but a lot cheaper.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fecal-testing-for-poultry.78206/

That's a good find.

I might've been thinking of @Sue Gremlin, who doesn't seem to be frequenting BYC anymore, unfortunately.

Here's their 3-part series on fecal floats:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fecal-examination-in-backyard-chickens-101-part-1.75459/

The articles are so well written that it's almost tempting to get a microscope, but...pooh slurry