i am learning about such things and any wise advice is welcome ,a wormy skillshare on line could be good
i came across a reference to garlic in trusted lit
and pumpkin with the seeds
As proprietry wormers are so expensive, and I only have a few birds, I try everything natural. No idea if any of it really works though! It could be they've never had worms anyway. How can you tell a parasite afflicted one from a poor doer?
Garlic, pumpkin seeds, didn't know about raw carrot before, but they've had some of that too, also going to try rhubarb leaves when my plant recovers form scorching (I hope that is all it was, it seems to be recovering.)
Edit: Ahh errm you did mean the chooks parasites didn't you ? Not human ones?
As proprietry wormers are so expensive, and I only have a few birds, I try everything natural. No idea if any of it really works though! It could be they've never had worms anyway. How can you tell a parasite afflicted one from a poor doer?
You test using a method known as a Feacal Egg Count. Many vets offer the service but single tests are not really much use as you need to know what it is 'normal' for your own animals, as not all herds/flocks have the same thresholds for a 'healthy' parasite population. Therefore it tends to be less economical for small/hobby scales of livestock & better (financially) to just use an anthelmintic treatment regardless. dpack & I are hoping to assess some of the 'natural' treatments.