nin-chicken Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Looking for some advice please... My girls were last wormed in may so are due to be done again. I was going to do it a couple of weeks ago but then one chicken was ill & not eating so I waited... Then she got better so I was going to do it but then I noticed piles of feathers everywhere and the same chicken is now moulting! The other two don't seem to have started their moult. So should I wait? Or flubenvet them anyway? I'm worried if I wait for all 3 to finish moulting that the worming will be long overdue! What to do???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I would wait. It won't do them any harm to delay the worming until they've finished. I say this because I lost Jet during worming when she was having a particularly heavy moult and my theory is that she just couldn't cope with two things stressing her system at the same time. Just my opinion, others may have a more scientific explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The children's petting zoo, where my chickens were in boarding, only worms once a year and he has loads of fowl running around. So waiting a bit longer will most likely be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I'd wait - it's not urgent that they are wormed, but moulting in itself is enough of a burden on their systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nin-chicken Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thank you all so much for your replies. I will wait to worm. Hopefully there will be a gap before another one starts moulting! Alice x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
