[Wildeone]

I'm just dosing my girls with verm-X (monthly like it says on the pack) and notice one chook jetting water out of her backside!!!  :shock:  is that a normal side effect?  and do i need to withdraw eggs?

[happychickens]

Not an expert, but occasionally when my hens are not laying they will sometimes poop out what I would consider to be the clear part of the egg and then do a more normal one!! :?

[Wildeone]

certainly didn't look like egg white!  :? and all 3 chooks have laid an egg today so nobodies off lay! :!:

[Aunt Sally]

I've never used verm-x which is herbal (some herbal gut medications can be rather .....  severe  :shock:

Is it only one hen who has reacted like this  you could try contacting the manufacturer

Philip Ghazala
Paddocks Farm Partnership
Tel: +44 (0)870 850 2313
pg@verm-x.com
www.verm-x.com


You can read more about Verm-X Here

[Bodger]

There's absolutely no reason to worm chickens on a monthly basis. When you cleanse the system so frequently, you are getting rid of good and essential things as well. If I knew that I was going to get a good purging every month, I'd be bricking it as well. :shock:

If its not broken why fix it ?

[Aunt Sally]

I do have to agree with you thi time Bodger  :shock:

You have to assess the risks.  

Many birds, intensivly farmed on the same land for years, particularly free range = high risk of worms

Few birds, clean land, even free range = low fisk of worms.

Having said that they can pick up gut worms from wild birds and gape worm from birds, worms, slugs and snails.  For the owner new to hen keeping it is a good idea to worm regularly (I recomend flubenvet every 6 months) but for an experienced keeper who is confident enough to spot the signs when worm burdens get too high, worming as and when symptoms may show is fine.

[Wildeone]

OK so i don't need to do it then.....  :?  I thought VermX was like a herbal preventative and gentle wormer - they make it sound like that on the pack!

Live and learn i suppose  :roll:  Hope i haven't done them any harm! It was the first time i'd used it.

[Aunt Sally]

No one is saying you have done wrong.  And I would think the poo problem is something else.  People doo equate herbal with gentle but it is sometimes no the case.  Anyone who has had too much rhubarbs will agree.  

I would continue to worm them as you are.  I'm 3 years up the hen keeping road and I can assess the health of my birds very accuratly and I've not bothered to worm them for about a year and they are fit al fleas, but I will know if they need worming and I'll use flubenvet.  You need to be confident that you are doing your best for them and you are !!!!

[Wildeone]

I fired off an email to vermX and they replied really quickly - it can sometimes cause a watery movement but not normally -  :?  - They did get back to me within 10 mins tho' - good service!

[Aunt Sally]

Great service Wildeone.  I knew who to contact for you so it was obviously the right person to target for the information.

I hope your mind has been put at rest  

[Wildeone]

Sort of! I'm sure it's just one of those things but i'll keep an eye on her for a few days!

[Aunt Sally]

Good idea.  I'm sure it will settle down fine.  You could give her some bio yoghurt to replace the good bacteria that the squits may have removed  :idea: