katiew7103 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 could you give me your advice. I have had my hens since October. I wormed them with flubenvet when I got them to be sure. They are happy hens and are good layers even in this cold weather. My question is if they need to be wormed 3 monthly it is due now. As I understand no other food is to be offered with the flubenvet treatment, seeings as the weather is cold and I have been supplementing their diet with porridge and other general snacks will it be detrimental to worm them now when I won't be able to offer them any extras, should I wait a little for it to warm up. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I too was going to worm my girls as it has been 3 months, but as most people say to do it every 3 - 4 months, I have decided to wait a while and hope the weather gets even just a few degrees warmer as I think the warm porridge and little extras they are getting at the moment to keep them warm are better for the moment. I wont leave it any longer than 4 months though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I am sure "our" resident worm experts will come alog soon, but I THINK that due to the cycle of breeding they need an intermediary host. (worms/slugs/snails) as very few are available in this weather, that will help. many people NEVER worm, I thought 6 monthly was the recommendation Unless like me you know or seem to have a high worm count in your soil. If your girls are healthy at the moment I would def wait till the weather warms up, as you are giving extras to help them stay /keep warm. There are loads of threads on this supjject and lots of us use the grape method. Just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Don't know about the rights and wrongs but if you are giving them porridge just add some extra flubenvet to it or use pellets/mash already mixed with flubenvet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Just what I was going to suggest Plum I mix up extra flubenvetted pellets to make their daily pellet porridge up. That way they don't miss out - would never hear the end of it, if they didn't get their porridge and sweetcorn I worm mine every 4 months now, as they are free ranging on the same piece of land. I don't wait for evidence of worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiew7103 Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Well thanks for all your advice. I'm not sure what the grape method of worming is! But anyhow I think i will hang on and wait til it gets just a little warmer. Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 It won't hurt to wait a bit, the key is to do it regularly, say 3 or 4 times a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
