This is why I love this community.

How do I know if my chickens have worms?

You will have poopy eggs a worm free chick will have clean eggs😊I hope this helped have a wonderful day with your chicken friends😂!!

@@yourah-drunk-cow6993 Thanks for your information

I wanted to see the study but my system gave me an "unsafe link" message because of the site's certificate. Can you please list the name and author of the study here so that I can try to find it on a different site? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for info

Pumpkins are out of season here in WV right now. I bought raw pumpkin seeds from Amazon..will that work?

Thanks for the tip!!

The chicken drama is real!!

NICE!

Dimataceous Earth and vinegar... thanks David FR

David Fr is it safe for all critters birds and squirrels and opossums please ty all my critters eat the same food pretty much lol

Could you please tell me the ratio of DE to feed and the ratio of acv to water ? Thank you 😊

I do this and I’m grateful for these great utube channels.

Haha Thank you!

Yep, tobacco is what we we always used in all our animals!! Along with DE, black walnut hulls, Pau d Arco, flax seed (for the birds only) etc etc. Oh and ACV in their water and food.

I love this comment so much!

How much apple cider

Yay!! I'm so glad you are here!

what i've come to understand is the pumpkin seed shell will rip worms apart in the intestines.

Wormwood is so underestimated. It’s powerful!

@@WelcometoChickenlandia if the chicken eats wormwood by themselves does that mean they have parasites?

Where do you get wormwood

@@mariesmith1814at Etsy

Wow, thank YOU so much for such an awesome comment. Means a lot to me. 🐔🐔🐔

Haha you’re like me, always adding things to the schedule! You won’t regret it. ❤️🐔

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Thanks so much!!

You're so welcome!

Stress is such a huge factor!

I have a problem with the chicken math too. The birds are so cute and little but they grow up. I have 6 chickens and 7 ducks.

It took me like two hours to make that 🤣🤣🤣

Love you too! 🐔❤️🐔

Yes!!

You too! Thank you!

try cooked pumpkin first, preferably one you roasted yourself

Yay, thank you!!

I genuinely hope so 🤣❤️

Yes. Mine said the same. He said it works for dogs too. The dogs devour it. I have to parse it out to the cats by mixing it a little at a time into wet canned cat food. 😂 I give it to all of them and the chickens once a month.

Thank you! ❤️🐔❤️

I believe I always have an honorary chickenology degree. 🐔🤣❤️

Yes! They love it!

They do love eating them!

Thanks for sharing!

Do you still like it?

Yay!! I'm so glad.

That makes sense. I had no idea! It's a really good product.

Where do you get Your wormwood

What is the ratio please ?

So true. Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot of clear cut information for small chicken keepers, as most studies are geared toward factory farms.

The DE actually destroys the "exoskeletons" of the bugs so that they die.

Hey there!! I love pigeons. My dad used to raise them in Guatemala. I don't consider myself a pigeon expert, though, since I have never raised them and they are different from chickens. My guess is these techniques could work with them but I can't say for sure because I really don't know.

Thanks!!!! 😊

Juvenile chickens do molt though it’s usually much milder than an adult molt. I think it’s a great idea to give them your own herbs! :)

LOL thank you!

Thank you so much!

Haha yes! Also here in the US our naturopath suggested it. But we also got some proven herbs to help with the process!

@@WelcometoChickenlandia Yes I was given paico tea , I think is what Mexican call epazote. The Cure was a sugar cube fallowed by Paico tea. Not sure why the sugar was necessary.

LOL!!! That darn megaphone!

Yes!

It’s great stuff!

Haha can you make that happen? Because I would love that LOL.

Welcome to Chickenlandia I would if I could 😂

I buy the kind that is white powder. Won't hurt human to eat it.

@@JacquelineJaroffaith yes food grade I eat it 😊 you can use it to treat fleas and other bugs too

@@JacquelineJaroffaith unless you are allergic to dust mites,,I had a allergic reaction 🤧

@@PikaChu-eb9qi I am allergy to all kinds of mites. I take medicine cream to help me keep them off of me.

Some people can have a bad reaction to it.did you ever see really cranky kids at the beach? Some people are allergic, or sensitive to sand.they feel horrible, don't know why and get cranky. Not every one can safely eat it.

I will check that out!

Did you find anything?

It will definitely work ON chickens as an external parasite pesticide but as far as internal parasites, the jury is still out on that one. Which doesn't mean it doesn't work, it's just that there isn't a lot of science on it. I do know of one promising study that shows there to be benefit in feeding it to them regarding parasite load. And some people really swear by it: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119420300

@@WelcometoChickenlandia My great grandpa has a poultry farm. Many many moons ago! Lol Back before many of the federal regulations and before many of the chemical "solutions" for things, such as parasites and worms. He always used DE. And once every six months, he gave the cats and dogs a copper bead. Which if you research, copper is one of the main ingredients that kill worms. DE kills worms and parasites, by causing injury to the worm/parasite. DE have microscopic points on them. Covered with very sharp points. These points cause tears and cuts on the worm/bug/parasite. It also has a very drying affect. Between these two things, it is very good at causing the death of anything that will be cut by the sharp DE. Inside or out, it works the same way. Of course, just like anything else, that won't make millions, there will never be any research to determine its affectiveness. But, as my Grandma always said, the proof is in the pudding...or in the chicken, in this case! Of all the chickens that my family has harvested and eaten, we have never found any infested with worms. Nor have we lost any to parasites. We use it in dust baths, around the coop, in ALL of our animals water, INCLUDING OUR OWN! I highly recommend it! It has yet to fail THREE GENERATIONS of chicken keepers here! And best part, NO SIDE AFFECTS! No worries about over dosing. No worries about children accidently getting into it! And just in case if anyone is interested, copper itself does not kill worms. But the gases it puts off when patina, does kill worms. Well, I think it only kills them at a certain stage. Which is why you have to dose more than once. The old "penny" kills worms, invaded on this. It's not a PENNY that kills worms. It is COPPER that kills them. And here in USA, our pennies are no longer copper. And they contain metals that can cause a huge nutritional swing of certain minerals in dogs and cats, which can actually kill your animal. I forget the exact metal that causes this. Seems it was nickel maybe. I forget. So if you hear someone say, "give your dog a penny", NO! But a copper bead will do the job! And without all the extra chemicals of worm medicines! But just give them the DE and don't worry about it! The times my dogs have been tested for worms, they didn't have any! And we live in the country! And the only thing I use is DE. I give a new pup a copper bead. But only to clear the system so DE can do it's job. And so the pup wont get sick.

I don’t recommend using them exclusively for parasites at this point. We just don’t have enough information as far as dosing and concentration. That being said, pumpkins are full of great nutrition. During pumpkin season, I usually keep one in the run that they can nibble on. :)

You're so welcome!

I do videos once a week so don't worry!

Is she possibly too cold? Or is she lonely?

Either way is fine but as I say in the video, I wouldn't rely on only pumpkin seeds for deworming at this point. We just don't have enough research to know what the proper dosage is. :-)

@@WelcometoChickenlandia thanks!!

Sometimes!

I think that is very smart. We don't have Flubendaloze here in the US, but we do have Fenbendazole.

@@WelcometoChickenlandia it will be from the same group under a different name. Chickens can have some impressive parasites! I’ve rescued some ex-commercial hens and it isn’t financially viable for the farmers to treat their hens (they are only kept for 18 months) so when I get them I do treat them and the worms (ascaridia galli) are huge and there’s a lot of them! They can be up to 4.5inches long so you don’t want your little chooks with them

Oof! Thank you so much for saving them. ❤️