Thank you so much for this! I have 3 chickens and this year I'm getting 4 more chicks. I have had them 3 yrs and I thought I better worm my hens before I have new ones. I have never seen worms. So I think I will just monitor their droppings, watch their behavior and only worm when necessary. I didn't give my children antibiotics for sniffles because of resistance and they are grown and healthy,lol and I am gonna treat my very pampered flock of kids the same!

Omg! So informative!

We haven't had eggs in our year with our girls. I did give them pumpkins from the garden last fall, winter and in the spring. I know that no formal study has been done on the effectiveness of pumpkin seeds on worms. I thought "What the heck." Whether it worked, or not, they loved chowing on the pumpkins! Cheers!

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Wait you haven’t gotten eggs in a year?! Oh my gosh!!!! Nooooooo

@TheOldSwedesFarm

3 жыл бұрын

I was too tired when I was typing. We haven't had worms in the year we've had the girls. We've had thousands of eggs....but no worms!!

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Lol oh ok I like that answer much better 😃

Very interesting thanks

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Just use diatomaceous earth. Mix DE in with the feed a few times a year and voilà! You can eat the eggs during "treatment" too.

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

I know people who use DE but I personally am leery about it due to respiratory risks.

@ASmileAdayful

3 жыл бұрын

Hi e underwood how much De would you put in feed pls, I have 2 bantams and 1 full size all 11 weeks old. Thank you.

@ASmileAdayful

3 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama hi Sarah me again! It sounds like ivermectin is hard to obtain, and I'm a bit nervous. Question is it possible that the de food grade I put in the coop may have already killed the worms and that's why she's pooped them out?

@thomashogan9196

Жыл бұрын

DE is deactivated when it gets wet, and a chicken's digestive tract is nothing if not wet. There are no clinical studies showing DE is effective. Fenbendazole (Safeguard) and Ivermectin are proven safe and kill worms.

@cattfishing

Жыл бұрын

@@ASmileAdayful no. De will not cure your animals of worms and parasites. De is really not safe to use around your animals at all. It can and will cause severe respiratory illness. Anyone who swears by the use of de has only seen results due to the other actions they took while treating their animals. Which includes changing environment, changing their bedding more often and keeping things more clean. Changing or adding to their diet, all of which helps boost the animals immune systems, helping them better fight off any illnesses and parasites. It was never the de. Please do not use de around your animals.

Hello, I lost of 1 my hens I think to worm shebecame super skiny, and poop diarrea, I now have the other ones skiny 1silkie always have diarrea, 2 of the open their mouth yawning and coughing, I have use safeguard, now I bougth invocmectin but is a paste horse dewormer, I really need some help, I addit lime to the coop surrounds they said that may help. Do you pour the drops in the chicken? Or orally give them the drops? Ad where did you find that one please.

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I’m so sorry about this. The pour on Ivermax I got at Tractor Supply. You apply it to their skin on their shoulder blades/back and it absorbs through the skin into the blood. I would also look up gapeworms since you’re talking about yawning and coughing.

I put DE in there feed. And put it on there roost and in there nest.

Happy you did this video. I've had a small flock for 1 year and only used DE, ACV, Oregano oil, pumpkin seeds, Red Chili pepperflakes, everything that everyone recommends holistically. However once we hatched our own chicks, the flock has had worms and those methods aren't working any longer. Thank you!!!!

@realsimplemama

Жыл бұрын

Hey! You’re exactly right - you have lots of great ideas to prevent worms. I’d treat every chicken just in case and keep track of it - you can consider treating once every six to twelve months as a precaution if you so choose. Good luck! I’m here for you. ✌🏻❤️🐓

Will this work for mites as well? Or what can I use for mites? I need to deworm my flock and treat for mites as well

@realsimplemama

Жыл бұрын

This can help with mites, yes. I would also deep clean the coop (I have a video on this), and use poultry dust in the coop and on the chickens. ✌🏻❤️🐓

Can you deworm, when they are molting?

@realsimplemama

Жыл бұрын

Hi! That’s a good question. Technically yes the medicine will still be just as effective. But remember that their bodies go into “just the basics” mode. The med works by being absorbed by the skin into the bloodstream (at least the topical ones do) so that’s not an issue. 🤞🏼❤️🐓

I use DE and herbs and my chicken had gapeworm and was on safeguard and ivermedian and now got it again and was on safeguard for 3 days but he died today :( now I will have to treat everyone again with safeguard. he was tested for poop worms and mites and got nothing etc

@realsimplemama

9 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness. I am so sorry. Yes treat everyone and I hope they all stay healthy too. ✌🏻❤️🐓

Thanks so much, can you do a video on lash eggs? These chicken groups smh

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

At this point I wouldn’t be comfortable doing a video on lash eggs as I have no experience dealing with it. 😬 Do you have a chicken vet you can ask?

@nadiajames3883

3 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama it’s not something that’s happened to my ladies just wanted more info because of how often it’s coming up in these groups. I do have a chicken expert that I can ask.

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh ok. It’s basically a weird malfunction where an egg does not keep moving down through the oviduct as normal, so it sits in accumulates and ends up basically being mostly pus. But it should be a one time thing, there is an actual condition if it keeps recurring and I believe there is nothing you can do except either cull the hen or just let them continue to lay lash eggs.

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

The-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/ is an article I just found. I trust The Chicken Chick. To clarify my previous comment, it seems like the prognosis is very bad if a hen ever starts laying lash eggs. 😢

I never been one , I never wanna be one. May be you are one already because of all the practical experience . We can count on you. How about being a dietician of chickens ?

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

To help with what chickens eat? 😇 I can try! Did you have a question?

If the medicine comes out into the chickens eggs wouldn't feeding the chickens eggs in the last cycle put it back into the new eggs?

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

I understand your point - the concept is that no one has done the testing and research to be sure. But if any gets into the eggs it would be a minute amount and not enough to count as another full dose.

@PikaChu-eb9qi

3 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama so maybe just let them have the eggs for the first 2 weeks,then throw them out for the second 2 weeks?that would be ok, to be on the safe side.btw you have a great set up for your birds.i have one hen laying and i was blessed with a couple of roosters,which I keep seperate.lol 🙂 so I'm more of a rooster parent now!

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

You could certainly do that if you’re more comfortable. 👍🏼 Mine were in a molt so not laying anyway! And thank you so much for being a haven for those two roosters, unfortunately a lot of people would just dispose of them. ❤️

@parmbirdhaliwal6311

3 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama Can you make chicken go to molt mode the time suits you best so that molt doesn't happen at times when you need eggs the most .

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no. You cannot control when they molt, but it is usually around their birthday so every year around the time that they originally hatched. So at least you can normally plan!