Worming the girls

It’s that time of year again. I worm the girls twice a year, in March and September. I thought it best to do this while the new girls are separated as it makes it easier to be sure they get their share.

I worm the main flock by mixing the flubenvet powder with fish as this means  that they all get their share. The new girls haven’t yet tried fish but they like mash so I decided to mix theirs in a little dish of mash and remove the dish of pellets. When the mash is all gone I will replace the pellets.

Dandelion and Cinnamon keep Apricot away from the food dish. She has to eat when they have moved away so I made up two dishes and gave Apricot hers on the top of the little coop. She is used to me helping her to get her share so this worked like a dream.

Apricot gets a dish to herself

Dandelion has some

Cinnamon has some

I do the same thing with Rusty and Freckles to be sure that they get their share.

Rusty and Freckles have their own dish

It all happens so quickly that I didn’t get a shot of them actually eating theirs. This was because I was trying fend off Emerald who obviously thought their dish must be better than hers.

The rest of the girls have their dishes on the patio

Freckles has now joined the main flock but that’s fine. Emerald is still trying to see if the dish on top of the little coop is a better dish but that’s fine too. At this point I put the other dish on the patio too. As long as I can see that all the girls have had some that is all that matters. I may not need to give Rusty and Freckles theirs separately from now on as they are probably able to get their share.

This regime will continue for seven consecutive days.