alice
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Worming a few hens.What is the best way to worm a very small number of very free ranging hens? Last time I wormed them I used a water additive and confined them to a run - I don't have a run any more, they wander at will so I don't have any control over their access to water. I do feed layers pellets in the morning and barley in the evening but they don't eat much of either, preferring to forage. Is there a 'spot-on' product or have I imagined it? And another thing - can a Jack Russell pick up the same worms if she regards chicken poo as a tasty snack? 
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Treacodactyl
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For a few fussy hens, like mine, I use Flubenvet powder and dip something they like to eat in it and feed them it for the seven day course. The downside of it is you have to buy a large tub that will worm hundreds of hens so ideal if you can share it with someone.
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Chez
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I believe that you can use orally administered panacur - someone I am corresponding with has just been telling me that that was what her vet recommended and what the vet uses on their own birds.
BUT. I don't know the legalities of it etc. etc., consult your own vet and all that stuff.
I've been using Vermex in with the pellets and I've just swapped to flubenvet.
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Northern_Lad
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Mother's just wormed hers with the same stuff as you're given for cats. Get them while they're roosting and it's much easier.
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vanessa
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I use vermex at the moment - put it on bread, soak bread in "just enough" water to make it soggy ... and they go wild for it 
Depends what your chooks like, really ...
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alice
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Thanks for all those suggestions. I only have 4 hens and a cockerel and I like the idea of dosing each of them with a tasty titbit apiece. I was a bit worried about just dressing the feed which would be a bit hit and miss with my set-up.
Thanks again.
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RichardW
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Why does everyone use products that are for other animal groups when they have different worms to the group of animals you are trying to worm, without checking with the vet first? At best its ineffective & a waste of money at worst you could be causeing problems & are breaking laws if you are supplying (remember thats there definition of supply not yours) eggs / meat.
I dont use dog wormer for the cats or cat wormer for the sheep (but do use sheep wormer for the goats as they do have the same worm types).
Do all wormers kill all worms?
If so why do horsey types pay a fortune to worm the horse?
Richard
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vanessa
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I can't answer your question ... except to say that I only use poultry wormers for my chooks / ducks. That way, I know that they (and I) are safe, AND what the recommended withdrawal period is for eggs and meat.
Too much at stake for me to just "play" at it 
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Treacodactyl
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| RichardW wrote: | | Why does everyone use products that are for other animal groups when they have different worms to the group of animals you are trying to worm, without checking with the vet first? |
Everyone? Flubenvet is a poultry wormer, the only one licensed for poultry when I bought it and recommended by a vet. Effective against gapeworm, large roundworm, caecal worm, hairworm and gizzard worm in chickens, turkeys, geese, partridges and pheasants.
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Northern_Lad
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| RichardW wrote: | | Why does everyone use products that are for other animal groups when they have different worms to the group of animals you are trying to worm, without checking with the vet first? At best its ineffective & a waste of money at worst you could be causeing problems & are breaking laws if you are supplying (remember thats there definition of supply not yours) eggs / meat. |
You're quite right, I should have been clearer. The wormer was supplied by the vet as the one she uses on her chickens. She also said the mother should withdraw the eggs for the next week, although the vet's perfectly happy to bake with them.
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TAVASCAROW
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| RichardW wrote: | Why does everyone use products that are for other animal groups when they have different worms to the group of animals you are trying to worm, without checking with the vet first? At best its ineffective & a waste of money at worst you could be causeing problems & are breaking laws if you are supplying (remember thats there definition of supply not yours) eggs / meat.
I dont use dog wormer for the cats or cat wormer for the sheep (but do use sheep wormer for the goats as they do have the same worm types).
Do all wormers kill all worms?
If so why do horsey types pay a fortune to worm the horse?
Richard |
I've heard from a well known poultry supplies company that panacur is ok for poultry but they don't sell it as they are agents for fluvenvet.
So I imagine its a broad spectrum wormer as long as you have the dose right.
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TAVASCAROW
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Should also add there's a fortnight withdrawl of eggs with most wormers, vermex has none as its herbal & organic.
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vanessa
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I also understand that Flubenvet has no withdrawal period. Personally, I prefer Vermex as it's natural and organic ... but if my hens showed signs of worms despite using it, I'd use Flubenvet as a "one off".
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