I know very little but for one thing about this, so thats why I inquired! So heres the little bit i read somewhere, and perhaps you knew this already: pumpkin can be fed to the chickens to deworm..? I don't recall if it was the fruit, or the seeds. But we planted pumpkin yesterday because of this.
I just hit post and thought, I ought to ask: one of the ladies at church was wondering if anyone knew how to naturally deworm horses and dogs... any insight? I haven't steem searched it yet...
Hmm, I have no insight on that one. Never heard of pumpkin for deworming chickens, either--maybe @goldenoakfarm or @walkerland might have ideas. I've heard of periodically giving chickens a little apple cider vinegar in their water, and sprinkling diatomaceous earth on their food, to basically make their gut more inhospitable to worms, but whether it actually works or not seems to be disputed.
I have read from veterinarians that annual medicated de-worming is no is not longer recommended. Much like antibiotics they now say to only use it to treat a known case and not for preventative measures. A lot of people are ignoring this ...
When I remember to, I give the chickens ACV in their water and I give it to myself as well (lol). Pumpkins, ACV and all the natural remedies are of course heavily debated. None of it is BAD for a chicken and can only benefit their health so why not?
Hahaha!
I hope that she's doing okay now? Do you keep meds on hand for your hens?
She's completely fine now! No, I don't have any meds. Hasn't really occurred to me to look into what medications one should have for chickens 🤔
I know very little but for one thing about this, so that
s why I inquired! So heres the little bit i read somewhere, and perhaps you knew this already: pumpkin can be fed to the chickens to deworm..? I don't recall if it was the fruit, or the seeds. But we planted pumpkin yesterday because of this.I just hit post and thought, I ought to ask: one of the ladies at church was wondering if anyone knew how to naturally deworm horses and dogs... any insight? I haven't steem searched it yet...
Hmm, I have no insight on that one. Never heard of pumpkin for deworming chickens, either--maybe @goldenoakfarm or @walkerland might have ideas. I've heard of periodically giving chickens a little apple cider vinegar in their water, and sprinkling diatomaceous earth on their food, to basically make their gut more inhospitable to worms, but whether it actually works or not seems to be disputed.
I have read from veterinarians that annual medicated de-worming is no is not longer recommended. Much like antibiotics they now say to only use it to treat a known case and not for preventative measures. A lot of people are ignoring this ...
When I remember to, I give the chickens ACV in their water and I give it to myself as well (lol). Pumpkins, ACV and all the natural remedies are of course heavily debated. None of it is BAD for a chicken and can only benefit their health so why not?