Do chickens get worms? The answer to that question is yes chickens can and do get worms. Ever wondered why your favourite hen or rooster suddenly gets sick, loses weight then one morning you find them sadly having departed from the world. The answer to that is most likely the cause has been worms. We found that out here on our farm a couple of years ago when my middle daughter Inaya's pet chicken Maggie May suddenly became less than well, hardly eating and the weight on her had dropped off rapidly. Worse still she had the runs. One very sick little Black Astralorp hen was taken to the vets. Sounds crazy, but not just being any old chicken No was not an answer. I wrote a story for the Rural Living titled No Poultry Emotion. One very expensive lesson and I seriously should have known way better having bred birds for years chickens too needed to be wormed. You can get a product called Aviderm from your local vet centre the cost is under $25 and will last a while. Birds should be wormed every three months. A withholding period of ten days is advised before consuming any of the eggs the hens may have laid. Worth the wait to have healthy birds and no deaths from an infestation of worms. I'll putting in resources into the side bar of this blog if there are any queries on these sort of problems.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Do chickens get worms?
Do chickens get worms? The answer to that question is yes chickens can and do get worms. Ever wondered why your favourite hen or rooster suddenly gets sick, loses weight then one morning you find them sadly having departed from the world. The answer to that is most likely the cause has been worms. We found that out here on our farm a couple of years ago when my middle daughter Inaya's pet chicken Maggie May suddenly became less than well, hardly eating and the weight on her had dropped off rapidly. Worse still she had the runs. One very sick little Black Astralorp hen was taken to the vets. Sounds crazy, but not just being any old chicken No was not an answer. I wrote a story for the Rural Living titled No Poultry Emotion. One very expensive lesson and I seriously should have known way better having bred birds for years chickens too needed to be wormed. You can get a product called Aviderm from your local vet centre the cost is under $25 and will last a while. Birds should be wormed every three months. A withholding period of ten days is advised before consuming any of the eggs the hens may have laid. Worth the wait to have healthy birds and no deaths from an infestation of worms. I'll putting in resources into the side bar of this blog if there are any queries on these sort of problems.
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