I have just finished worming the girls and they loved it. The last time I did this by coating some sunflower hearts in olive oil then sprinkling on the flubinvet powder. It worked but was a bit messy. This time I put the powder in a dish of treats each day and it was so easy. The first day I put it in live yogurt, I used mash in between days but one day put it in scrambled egg (made with olive oil and water) and one day in fish in olive oil.
Scrambled egg is their very top favourite treat of all. I use two eggs between the five girls and they can’t wait for me to put the dish down. They fall on it and it is gone in less then a minute. They are so fast that there is no time for squabbles and they all get an equal share. It is so fast that I reeled off a quick set of photos as soon as the dish was down but there were only three without at least one blurred face because of the speed of their pecking.
We love scrambled egg
This is going fast
This is so good
Fish is the second favourite treat and goes fast but not as fast as the egg. Yogurt is third favourite and mash is fourth favourite and goes down more sedately.
We love fish too
We are really enjoying this
That was good
There couldn’t be an easier way to worm the girls. it’s quick, easy, they all get an equal share and they enjoy it. I now use this method for anything that I want all the girls to have such as occasionally poultry spice or limestone flour. It’s such a fun way of giving them anything they need.
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Isn’t it great that they all on the whole get on so well. I am going to try your idea when I worm my girls next . I always mix limestone in their treats .
I think in order my girls love scrambled eggs , tuna in oil , sweet corn and anything in their food bowls of course. If it is anything that is a bit big like fish flakes then Annie runs down the path with it in her beak out of the way and thinks she is hiding .
You do take great pictures though .
Honey in particular will run off with a grape or bit of tomato. They do get on pretty well though most of the time apart from the odd bit of bullying from Bluebell. The bantys don’t seem bothered by it though.
I clicked away as quickly as possible and each time only three photos didn’t have a blurred face. The speed their heads go up and down is ridiculous!