katiew7103 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Hi all, your advice would be much appreciated. I lost one of my chooks last week for no apparent reason. I last wormed them in early October would it do any harm to worm them again just to be sure. They are in a WIR and do not come out so they are foraging on the same earth all the time and possibly reinfecting themselves what do you think ladies and gentlemen? Also they are used to treats if they are only getting the medicated feed for a week in this weather will they be alright? Am I just fussing? Edited December 20, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Sorry to hear about your girl . My girls are in a fairly small walk in run so I use Stalosan F and garden lime to keep the ground from becoming nasty . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I think ANH is right you can treat the birds but if you do not treat the ground they will reinfect so either dig it out and replace the earth or put down stalosanf or garden lime to sweeten the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiew7103 Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 I have never heard of garden lime what is it and where can I buy it, do I need to use both or will one do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 only one and garden lime is bought from garden centres. http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10777729&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C%7B9372012%7D/categories%3C%7B9372020%7D/categories%3C%7B9372095%7D/specificationsProductType=plant_care/specificationsSpecificProductType=plant___vegetable_food&tmcampid=4&tmad=c&ecamp=cse_go&CAWELAID=482681500 so brush back any bedding material you may have on the ground and sprinkle and dig into earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 There is no harm in worming your chickens again. If you used Flubenvet as per the instructions however, it is unlikely (although not impossible) that they would have enough worms of sufficient size to have caused death in such a short time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
