Got Worms ?

[Banty Bob]

Was out feeding and watering hens awhile ago. Noticed what looked like skinny worms in their water drum( 3 of them). The hens (30 of them )were ordered from Ideal Poultry last July, they are all laying very well. They are Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites and Domineckers. The water vessel is a 55 gallon plastic drum cut long ways..I don't change it everyday just when it gets dirty, usually every two or three days..I don't think an earthworm would crawl up and into it so.. I guess my chickens may be wormy..What should I do ? I have a state boy coming next Monday for NPIP Certify..Is it safe to eat the eggs?? Never had this to happen to me before and I've had chickens on and off for a few years now.. Never seen this.. Any advice would be so appreicated. Thanks ...

[Bresis]

What did the worms look like? Color, length, etc.

[Banty Bob]

they were at the bottom of the water pan, they looked kinda pale, short no more than a couple of inches. Since my last post I went on internet, found one kind of worm that chickens get but they looked way longer and skinner than what i found in the water pan...

[Glenda L Heywood]

They are probably round worms
so y some wazine or peperzine and worm them first

then in 1-=15 days you could use Ivermectin 1% pr oil ivermectin 5%

Nathalie Ross
First, despite what people advise, any pour on
ivermectin product shouldn't be used in
water. It's designed to be weatherproof for cattle
and soak into external skin. It also needs to be
given in a precise dosage so that you're getting what
you pay for. Both Ivermectin pour on (5%)and Eprinex-
Ivomec pour on are used the same, tho some people use
Eprinex at a higher dosage with sucess. Eprinex of
course is the 0 withdrawal product by Ivomec.

If you go with Ivermectin injectable,(1%) you'll also need
to buy propylene glycol to use with the injectable.
By the time you do this, you've spent the same amount
of money as the pour on with what I feel isn't the
same level of effectiveness honestly, but some
people have access to injectable and not pour on so
it's an option.

For the pour on Ivermectin (5%) (not Eprinex) the dosage I
use is as follows:
1 drop - OEGB sized small bantam female
2 drops - OEGB sized small bantam male
3 drops - average bantams
4 drops - large bantams, small commercial fowl
5 drops - most commercial fowl, small giant hens
6 drops - giant breeds of chicken

I always use a 3 cc syringe that I just fill to about
2 cc's with a 20 gauge needle. The needle WON'T be
injected into the chicken, but does make it easier to
dispense a controlled correct sized drop. It also is
easier to get in there between the feathers.

For location, you'll want to find an easy to reach
spot with as little fluff as possible. I've had the
best luck with the back of the neck when I am by
myself. I just pick up the chicken in my left
hand, ruffle around the feathers with my right hand
until I find a nice clear spot, then rotate the
syringe around to dispense the drops exactly on the
skin. If you hit the fluff, it will soak in before
you can do anything and will be wasted. That stuff
soaks in like lightening (which I discovered to my
horror when I accidently got about 1 cc of it on me
from the bottle - I'm worm free now!)

While you have the bird up, look them over. This is a
great opportunity to nip things in the bud! Take

Thanks to Nathalie Ross for this good information

when all done you really need to feed ther natural probiotic
email me at
frizzlebird5@yahoo.com for the recipe
Glenda L Heywood
http://www.gkpet.com
click on pet forum

[Glenda L Heywood]

Bob did you ever figure out what kind of worms your poultry had?
hopefully you got them dewormed

after worming
I always used the
wet mash probiotics
1 gallon of dry crumbles
2 gallon of milk sweet, sour, buttewrmilk
1 cup of non flavored yogurt
mix good and feed 3 tbsp to adult chickens per time
to chicks 2 weeks and older 2 tsp per time
only feed what they clean up in 20-30 minutes
then clean wet feeders and restock the dry crumbles
feed this once a week till you feel they are on the road again with good gut flora to fight diseases
Glenda L Heywood
http://www.gkpet.com
click on pet forum

[ultasol]

When people say pour-on ivermectin, I assume they mean the cattle formulation? I have not seen ivermectin labeled for use in chickens, so I am assuming it is an off-label application of the product?

I have seen people recommend a specific website/vendor for those with poultry health issues in small flocks. I can't find the information now, but apparently one of the owners is quite knowledgeable about poultry health. Can someone jog my memory and tell me who I might be thinking of?

[Glenda L Heywood]

I think it may be Dr Peter Brown at First state vet

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he carries a big ad in Poultry Press

and no the ivermectin is for cattle etc
but there is not enough money to pay a drug company to use it on chickens
but those measurements were from a vet that I posted
I have Dr Geary also and Pam hogan has a vet in the west that prescribed ivermectin
Glenda L Heywood
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click on pet forum

[ultasol]

Thank you. I would presume the pre-harvest interval (well, that is the plant term, can't remember what it is for animals) is the same as otherwise indicated on the label?

What about still eating eggs?