Chicken Memorials

[Dinkychick]

ok i have a question... can chicken worms get into children? Mine always seems to have her fingers in her mouth even tho i try to stop her... she is on the other hand (lol) thank goodness, very good at washing her hands after playing with the chucks, going to the loo etc.

 

maybe i should be more worried about the child germs getting into the chucks!

[The Dogmother]

It's hard to stop them when they are little isn't it? But instilling in them the need to keep hands out of mouths and a good hand washing routine is always a good idea.

 

Children will usually pick up worms at school or nursery, so it's best to dose them with Ovex or something similar every now and then.

[Yorkshire Pudding]

I worm my children whenever I worm my chickens.

 

But not with the same product!

[..lay a little egg for me]

Not sure about worms, but other infections can be passed from chooks to people, including, it seems, campylobacter, so hand washing after visiting the chooks is essential in my book.

[ajm200]

My two year old is always walking around with his fingers and toys in his mouth. It drives me mad but I don't know how to stop him

 

He is very good at washing his hands though, we've always washed his hands before meals and whenever he's been outside but now he takes himself off to the bathroom at regular intervals, climbs up to the sink and washes his hands. Sometimes, the first I know of it is when I hear the bathroom door close behind him.

 

I just wish he'd learn to turn the taps off and hadn't flooded the bathroom and hallway a few months ago.

[Dinkychick]

lurving all your replies

Worming the kids with the chucks is a great idea! Shame they dont make an all in one product eh? lol

[BeckyBoo]

Now you see I don't worm my children, it's never even occurred to me, and my lad sucks two fingers on his right hand instead of sucking his thumb. He does wash his hands but not with any reliability and his very favourite thing is to get covered in as much mud as he can, better would be to get covred in compost, and he thinks nothing of going in the hen house barefoot

But touch wood, he's a healthy boy as are my girls. Not advocating they eat the stuff but I think a little bit of dirt does them good, builds up their immune systems, too much hand washing means their bodies never get to tackle the germs and learn to fight them. Just my opinion obviously

 

Mrs B

[rachel19]

I was never wormed as a child and dont think it was really ever an issue - i was always playing in the mud and running around getting dirty and it was never a problem - i agree dirt and pets are a good way to build up a healthy immune system

[BarbaraJ]

Never wormed my kids, wouldn't have dreamt of doing it unless they caught them which they never did.

the only thing i fought with youngest daughter was nits other than that all healthy kids and now adults.

Too much cleanliness usually makes for kids that can't fight germs themselves, a friend with 3 girls and totally obcessed with cleanliness had 3 girls who were always ill

[The Dogmother]

Don't get me wrong girls, I'm all for a speck of dirt as the old saying goes.... I was brought up on my grandparents smallholding and have the strongest immune system going as a result. My uncle is a medic (well, half my family are ) and I was always brought up on the idea of worming the children twice a year or so. Stops them getting itchy bots if nothing else.

[chickencam]

I would be worried about the risk of superworms like you get superbugs from to many antibiotics, I have only had course to give Ovex to mine twice when they were small and ED got them, so I gave them all a dose.

[Dinkychick]

yeah i agree a bit of dirt does ya good, i guess im not so keen on a bit of poop does ya good tho haha... I guess worms can be treated to. I was just curious as to weather chuck worms could live in human bodies. The things that go thru my mind eh?