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Eastling

  • Joined Oct 2010
Worming 5 week old chicks
« on: August 24, 2011, 12:21:27 am »
What age to worm and what is the best wormer to use.
Thanks
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Worming 5 week old chicks
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2011, 08:09:14 am »
I don't worm this young, on the grounds that they haven't really had chance to pick up many worms yet.

Once they're onto layers pellets, I worm them with the rest of the flock, which i do every 6 months. So they get done when the rest are due.

I use flubenvet, which is mixed into the food for a week. I have started to buy Marriage's ready-mixed food and just feed that for a week as it makes life much easier.

Eastling

  • Joined Oct 2010
Re: Worming 5 week old chicks
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2011, 08:37:28 am »
Thanks for the info
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