So upset out WS lost the fight, sad lesson learnt :0(

I posted here just over a week ago re worms. I had noticed some red bits in my Welsummers' poop which was bowel lining. I know this as it was photographed and detailed on the poop thread on here (so helpful thankyou) it's normal to have some from time to time. However this was followed with a fairly large worm in her poop 

I spoke to people here and consulted our vet and commenced worming with 1% Flubenvet. She wasn't eating and I was having to put it in porrige which she liked and also having to physically (forcefully) feed her medicated mixed corn and pellets dampened so the powder would stick. Initially she passed other small worms and soon perked up.

She wasn't her normal flighty self with her tail down and seemed disinterested in food apart from porrige but didn't appear too bad either, I thought/hoped she was going to make it as it wasn't all doom and gloom, but sadly I was wrong. I wanted to worm the hens after reading and learning about it on here but my DH didn't, he didn't feel they were at risk really.  :blink:

Lesson learnt at the cost of our young hens as we lost our GL Orpie just a couple of weeks ago prob. the same thing, bith under 1 year  we now need to source some friends for our lonely, lost and forlorn young hen, she's only about 11 weeks old or so, not having much luck so far today 

So sorry to hear about your losses Rosie, 
I do hope you find some companions for your lonely only soon.
Good luck and keep us posted.

Really sorry to hear about you losing your hens - I can imagine how upset you are.

I think it is worth worming hens 2 or 3 times a year as a standard practice. If your girls were anything like mine then they probably enjoyed eating slugs, snails and worms - which, if I am correct can all carry worms themselves which will be passed onto your hens.

Inbetween worming keep an eye on their droppings for any worms as if you think about it, you can finish worming them 1 day and they in theory could then pick some up the next day

Sure I read on here somewhere that the worms dogs and hens get are different.  Sure someone will correct this (mis)-information if I am wrong!  Don't know about guinea pigs and rabbits.

Great news about your new girl, hope that they will become great pals. 

I've just adopted a 'rescue' with questionable health so worming starts tomorrow - you've reassured me it's the right thing to do.
Wishing you all the best.