mrsatroy Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Firstly sorry for the title! I noticed my blackrock Rosie had a dirty bum yesterday evening. I was immediately concerned as this was what I first noticed when I lost my bluebell. She is a very healthy hen normally, nice and pLump with lovely plummage but today she has no interest in eating despite trying numerous treats. Is there anything I can do to perk her up a bit - the poultry drops had little effect - I am going to worm everybody just to be sure. Has anyone any advice as I am so afraid of losing another girl - Rosie was one of my first girls and is 3 years old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 If she isn't eating the worming treatment will be ineffective Mrsatroy. When was she last done? So it could be worms, but lots of other things as well, including excessive heat. You say she is plump, but how fat is her abdomen and is it very firm, because all four of our Blackrocks succumbed to peritonitis before they reached 3 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsatroy Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 She would last have been wormed 6 months ago - I live in Ireland and I have to get my Flubenvet from the UK and only just received a new supply because there was a shortage and very few suppliers will ship to Ireland. It shouldn't be excessive heat as we haven't had the heatwave here that is in the UK - our daily temps haven't exceeded 21C on the best days and the girls have lots of shade from the apple trees. I wasn't able to catch her this morning to feel her abdomen - OH gave her the tonic. I've asked him to feel her abdomen when he gets home as when we lost our bluebell to being egg bound her abdomen was very firm and swollen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 It could well be worms then Mrsatroy. Everyone is struggling to get Flubenvet, so you've been lucky to get any at all. If she's not eating much you can put the powder into treats or mix it with olive oil and carefully feed by syringe. Both ways are difficult though. If you have the 1%, one scoop treats 2 hens for a week. I'd repeat the worming three weeks later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsatroy Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Rosie seems to have perked up from her bout of the runs - but I will worm them all in the coming days. I have 16 birds in total and was wondering does anyone have an easy way of administering the flubenvet other than just mixing it with layers pellets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Tried all sorts in that respect Mrsatroy. Problem is the digestive transit time is very low at 3 hours so if it is administered in a 'shot' (Flubenvet in Olive Oil) it must be done on a full crop to stand any chance of being effective. There is always a risk of them breathing it in as well. The easiest way is to give them Flubenvet premixed into Marriages layers pellets. We used to get that mail order but with so many chickens now it is cheapest for us to use the Flubenvet 2.5% powder; that's the one in the big tub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsatroy Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Unfortunately we can't get the Marriages Pellets here in Ireland so I think I will just have to persist with the powder and the pellets. I did see on another forum where someone actually made a paste with the flubenvet and olive oil before mixing it with the pellets - I might try that and see how we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Mrsatroy I am also in Ireland and I got them online. P&P was quite expensive if I remember but at the time Flubenvet was having supply probs so it was a necessity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I have 16 birds in total and was wondering does anyone have an easy way of administering the flubenvet other than just mixing it with layers pellets? Giving it in the layers pellets couldn't be simpler I know what you mean about mixing the pellets though, we mix the 2.5% into their feed with Cod Liver Oil. I'm not sure worms it would be worms if they were done 6 months ago but its all down to your situation. A better idea would be to get a Faecal Worm Egg Count done, you would send a sample from the whole flock not each animal and could save the cost of a wormer. I regularly test some of our birds but haven't wormed the chickens for a couple years as it's not been needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 it's not hard to mix I use an old 5kg bio dry bucket and a mixing bowl as a measure I know that it holds 1kg of pellets I put half a measure of pellets in the bucket plus one scoop of powder seal the bucket lid on and shake rattle and roll then add the COD and add more pellets up to the required amount for the one scoop of powder either all at ones or a part measure at a time takes 5 mins at most to make a batch you can use a good sized poly bag like a freezer bag but my hand grip isn't as good as it used to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
