[nuzuki]

I have been feeding my chicks medicated food but other than DE powder and mite powder they have had nothing in the way of infection/disease/worming control. What methods are there to do this?

Thanks

[kegs]

Assuming these are chickens not chicks the easiest method is to my some pellets with Flubenvet already added.  Marriages sell it and you can buy it online if you can't get hold of it locally.

[nuzuki]

Thanks for the reply Kegs. I believe the pellets I use have stuff mixed in but I shall double check. Is there a tablet available?

[symonep]

I use flubevent (i think that is how it is spelt) that i got of Amazon, mix it with their food as per instructions and feed it to them, easy as that 

[kegs]

How old are they Nuzuki?

[Anndee]

Hi. As I only have three, I mix cold boiled rice with a drop of veg or olive oil added, which they love. I mix this up and then split into 3 small portions (small tablespoon) on a longish tray spaced out. Like a plant pot drip tray but the long ones .  I then add a pinch of Flubenvet to each portion and they have this for breakfast before they get anything else. That way they eat it all up, then they can have their pellets ad lib. I do this for 7 consecutive days and I find it works well for mine.
Maybe one might get a bit more than another but on the whole over 7 days it seems to work out.

[nuzuki]

Sorry for the late reply. They are 12weeks and 17weeks old all in the same run/coop. I shall grab some of this flubenvet stuff although I think the chick crumb or layers pellets are medicated it doesnt say whether it helps with worming.

[kegs]

I'm confused Nuzuki.    (It doesn't take much  )

What are they eating at the moment?   The 12 week old should be on growers pellets by now rather than chick crumb and the 17 week olds if they are already laying should be on layers.  The medication you mention which you can buy in chick crumb is probably coccidiostat (ACS) to help prevent against coccidiosis.   So if you want to treat them with Flubenvet to prevent worms then buy either pellets or medication and use this for one week two or three times a year and make sure you withhold treats so they consume the correct amount of medicated food.   I hope that makes sense. 

[nuzuki]

Hi Kegs, the older chickens are on layers pellets now and the younger lot are on growers pellets. I was putting a pinch of chick crumb mixed in with the growers just to get rid of the vast amount I have left over but have stopped now. I wasnt mixing it in with the layers pellets. I bought some cider apple vinegar a couple of days so shall be using that shortly to get their immunity up for the winter

[kegs]

Ah I see.  It's Marriages pellets that has the Flubenvet already added and if you can't get hold of it locally then try on line.  I get mine from farmandpetplace.co.uk

[JaneS]

That website is out of stock

[nuzuki]

Ive added apple cider vinegar to all their drinkers today so that should help sort them out. Im using haygates pellets and they all seem really healthy or maybe ive just been lucky so far. Im off to wilkos tomorrow so shall see what I can buy to keep my chicks n chickens in top shape over winter.

[B_hibbert]

Hi Nuzuki,

I'm new to having chickens, what is the apple cider vinegar for?

How is it given?

Hope to hear back.

[GrannieAnnie]

Just answered your other post on this subject Ben!