Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Chickabee]

It's worming week. I'm about in the middle of it. The girls who normally free range are not happy, but that's just the way it has to be. I have 3 bantams who live together. They are not eating the pellets. I thought of making a warm mash. Do you think this might help. Any other ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks Sonya

[Daphne]

Definitely worth a try, my birds would always wolf down anything made into a porridge I presume they aren't being given anything else to eat - chickens won't starve themselves unless ill so you may find that they will start to eat them in any case.

[Chickabee]

No treats at all. Will give give warm mash a try

[Cat tails]

Have no experience with Flubenvet, but can imagine the compounds not working well, when being heated... I would be very careful with the temperature of the water your adding. Some chemical compounds will easily alter when exposes to heat.

[Beantree]

When we have eating issues we make a cold mash just by soaking the pellets. It has never failed yet. We use a cat feed bowl so it doesn't get spilled in the rush!

[Chickabee]

Success. I did think about the heat thing. They dived into their bowl of mash

[Lewis]

Glad to hear it worked as a mash but generally persistence is key - they won't go hungry if food is available, even if it wouldn't normally be their first choice

[Chickabee]

I know lwescott I've never seen this happen before. You could actually tell from their droppings tray, as their were none. I wonder how long they can go before they give in. Should've seen them, they were covered in mash. Absolutely loved it. Wonder if it's because they're normally on fancy feed. The pellets are about half the size

[chickanne]

I followed someone on this forums advice and used cod liver oil to stick the Flubenvet to the pellets.

I have since used it on pellets at moulting time and the girlies think this is super tasty.

[gavclojak]

I followed someone on this forums advice and used cod liver oil to stick the Flubenvet to the pellets.

I have since used it on pellets at moulting time and the girlies think this is super tasty.

 

I think they are talking about the marriages pellets that are pre dosed with flubenvet.... I too make a mash out of it but was told not to use hot or boiling water so used tepid and they still devoured it. trying to get the new girls off mash and on to pellets at the moment and they are not happy!!

[Old Speckled Hen]

Mine would never eat food laced with anything. When I had only three very tame hens I could get by with feeding them each a grape with a speck of flubenvet inside.

Now they all get spot-on Eprinex. Husband with torch, pick each bird off the perch/out of Cube and spot. So easy.

[The Dogmother]

Glad to hear it worked as a mash but generally persistence is key - they won't go hungry if food is available, even if it wouldn't normally be their first choice

 

I agree, mine eat the pellets or starve luckily they quite like them.

 

OSH, be aware that Ivomec Eprinex isn't a very broad spectrum wormer; my vet recommends to back it up with Flubenvet.

[Old Speckled Hen]

Yes, I've heard resistance is reported in the USA.

I do a worm count twice yearly after I treat them and all has been negative so far.