[R66VEY]

can any1 recormend a good poultry and waterfowl wormer???

[poultrygeist]

Flubenvet.

See here for details....

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=4348

rob  

[chookiepaula]

Hello there, Flubenvet is the most commonly used in birds as previous post said.

An old fashioned way to worm them is to keep a clove of garlic in the water. I do that and have not had worms in any of the birds for 3 years, but that may be good luck!

[purplebat]

rhubarb leaves

[GrannieAnnie]

rhubarb leaves

Really?  I thought they were poisonous??

[purplebat]

apparently not for chickens; they're a natural wormer this has previously been discussed, have a look
http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=18088

[GrannieAnnie]

Thanks Purple, thought I'd read something about it on here, but couldn't remember what the outcome was!!!!

Also in that post, someone said their chooks had also eaten foxgloves to no ill effect, but a couple who had some of my first lot of Amberlinks said one of them died recently, but they only got to POL in January, but they thought it may have been the foxgloves?  What do you think?

[purplebat]

I couldn't honestly say about foxgloves as mine have never been near them-so I really wouldn't want the responsibility of giving a yes or no to that, mine have eaten rhubarb and been fine. Foxgloves are considered to be poisonous to all animals so it's probably wise to avoid

[GrannieAnnie]

So it could have been the foxgloves then?  They didn't give them to the chickens, they just free ranged around the garden and ate the foxgloves without the owners realising!!

[purplebat]

sounds like it could have been! so sad, usually chickens are so clever at knowing what they can and can't eat, the only reason mine have still got any green in tehir run is becvause it's things they will not eat (asparagus and horseradish!)

[poultrygeist]

It may that a small amount has little effect but eat a lot and they just fall over. Some things have a limit which, once passed, there's no going back !  :?
Bit like paracetomol, etc.

Rob  

[Aunt Sally]

An old fashioned way to worm them is to keep a clove of garlic in the water. I do that and have not had worms in any of the birds for 3 years, but that may be good luck!

Just luck I'd say.  Garlic is very good for the digestive system but I'd not recommend relying on it as a wormer  :!:

[Aunt Sally]

rhubarb leaves

 Anything which is a purgative will flush out worms and lower the worm burden.  It won't get rid of them all of cause and neither garlic or rhubarb will treat lung worm (gape worm).

I prefer to know hens are treated effectively so I always recommend flubenvet  :!:

My hens are checked for worms every 6 months (I keep a tame parasitologist in the barn) and there has never been any evidence of worms.  A few hens kept in the back garden are really at very little risk.  The chooks who are at greatest risk are commercial free range hens who are on land which has had chooks on for a long time.

[blulagoo]

I treat mine with Flubenvet on a grape - was it on here that someone said a pinch per chicken(?)

Mine ate so manyof my rhubarb leaves that the plant has nearly died! I was worried as I'd read that it was poisonous but def didn't have any ill effects on my hens.