Round worm treatment...

Is there a difference (and different treatment) between large round worms and small round worms? I took a fecal sample to my vet and she said results were small ring worm and cockidia (obviously spelled wrong). She suggested mesavamile for the worms but I was told this was a treatment for large animals. So ...go with a piperasine? What is this about not eating the eggs for two weeks??
 
I think any wormer for round worms would be fine. I don't know what mesavamile is and cannot id it, so no idea on that.
I use Albendazole (Valbazen) and fenbendazole (Safeguard goat wormer), both usually easy to locate, and both will treat most types of worms. You worm twice, second treatment 10 days following the first treatment, this covers the entire worm cycle. Standard practice is to dump eggs for 2 weeks following treatment. Precautionary in case there is cross over of the meds to the eggs. Honestly, some people ignore this in eggs for their own use, and some feed the eggs (cooked) back to their chickens. I'm not advising you do either, just saying what I know happens. Both of these are large animal wormers, dosage is by weight, so you use very little for a chicken.
Ring worm is a fungal infection, which I'm not sure chickens can get (?), so maybe that was a typo?
For coccidiosis, the treatment I use is Corid (amprolium). Coccidia are a protozoa type organism and regular wormers do not kill them.
There is no egg withdrawl period for Corid and you can do both treatments at the same time.
You can find dosage instructions for all of these here, just do a search for the specific med you are looking for.
 
Yes, a typo. I meant "round" not "ring" Just saw all Rxs say for "large" round worm and wondered if "small" was something different. Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume they are the same variety. My hubby brought home Wazine but it says on the label "Do not use in chickens producing eggs for consumption." Sounds serious but if a little of this stuff won't kill a chicken how can an even smaller amount "leaking" into an egg be so harmful to big ol' humans? I think I earlier read that there was a Purina brand that didn't affect eggs. I'll review this thread. Thanks.
 
Hello!
We have a few chickens and when we took some poo samples in for testing we found round worms and Coccidia. We noticed some symptoms such as occasional lethargic disposition, nasty vent but no visible worms in droppings.
I read over all the good information and i plan on a twice a year worming while rotating the de wormer used.
I have bought
Wazine 17
Valbazen
Durvet Safeguard

I plan on using the Valbazen first because it seems to cover more parasites.
But...Its the dosing i am not sure about.

Our chicken weights are
Dixie- 1.5 pounds. Born this past spring

Rest are 3 years old
Teacup - 2.2 pounds
Butters - 5.4 pounds
Flowers - 5.13 pounds
Loren the Rooster - 5.9 pounds

With the varying weights of the chickens, my first time administering any type of meds and the the bottle not listing chickens but rather cattle i am at a lose as to what dose i should give!
Thanks!
 
The correct dosing for Valbazen is by weight, the formula is (there is a post here somewhere that shows getting to the math): weight in lbs / 2.2 X 20mg / 113.6 = dose
So for your 1.5 lb bird it would be .12cc, a 6 lb bird would be .48 cc (I would round up to the next most easily measurable amount, so for .48 I would measure .5 for simplicities sake). And you repeat dose in 10 days. Hope that helps, I will post a link to the original post if I can find it.
 
I haven't found the original post, yet, but basically you dose .08 ml per pound, if that math is easier. 6lb X .08 = .48. 1ml = 1cc for measuring. Make sure you shake up the bottle of valbazen well before measuring.
 
I haven't found the original post, yet, but basically you dose .08 ml per pound, if that math is easier. 6lb X .08 = .48. 1ml = 1cc for measuring. Make sure you shake up the bottle of valbazen well before measuring.

Thank you.
I used for formula and figured out the doses so thats a load off my mind.
I ordered probiotics and vitamins as well
 
Welcome to BYC!
Why thank you!
An update.
Wormed them and within 2 days they were back to their old greedy selves! Demanding hens for sure. I did not notice anything in their droppings but they sure act better, more alert, active and more hungry.
I also treated them for the Coccidia as well.
Their droppings are no longer loose and watery but more like , well, poo.
I retreat for worms on the 15th
Thanks for everything!
 
Why thank you!
An update.
Wormed them and within 2 days they were back to their old greedy selves! Demanding hens for sure. I did not notice anything in their droppings but they sure act better, more alert, active and more hungry.
I also treated them for the Coccidia as well.
Their droppings are no longer loose and watery but more like , well, poo.
I retreat for worms on the 15th
Thanks for everything!
You're welcome, and thank you for the update. Good to hear they are better. :)
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom