{"id":39074,"date":"2024-09-30T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39074"},"modified":"2024-09-30T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:54:35","slug":"worming-the-flock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39074","title":{"rendered":"Worming the flock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I worm the flock twice a year in March and September. I am a bit late this time. I have been waiting for Sugar to get through her broody spell before starting as she eats very little when broody. She came through it a few days ago and I started worming yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use flubenvet mixed in dishes of mash for seven consecutive days. This has always worked well for me and makes it easy for each girl to get a share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-first-day-of-worming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-first-day-of-worming.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-first-day-of-worming.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-first-day-of-worming-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/the-first-day-of-worming-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The first day of worming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dishes-of-mash-with-flubenvet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dishes-of-mash-with-flubenvet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dishes-of-mash-with-flubenvet.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dishes-of-mash-with-flubenvet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dishes-of-mash-with-flubenvet-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dishes of mash with flubenvet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the day the dishes are always empty. So far I haven&#8217;t found any worms but it&#8217;s always best to be on the safe side. It&#8217;s also a good chance to get a couple of group photos.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worm the flock twice a year in March and September. I am a bit late this time. I have been waiting for Sugar to get through her broody spell before starting as she eats very little when broody. She &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39074\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39074"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39102,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39074\/revisions\/39102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}