Should they all be treated for tapeworm?

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gotro17 said:
@casportpony How can I use (should I even?) the fish tape to treat my mixed age flock of 30?
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When I used the fish tape I had the capsule form of the pill. I broke the caps open and dumped out the powder, then I put some olive oil on a little bit of bread and scooped the powder with that and fed the dose to each individual bird. I forget the dosage- it is probably somewhere in this thread.
It is a lot of work, because you have to catch each chicken, take them somewhere private where the other birds won't snatch their treat, and wait for them to eat it. I did discover that if you do this as soon as you let them out of the coop in the morning and have the feeders taken up so they can't eat while waiting their turn, they will gobble it up no problem. You do this once, then another dose 10 days later and you should be good. I had a fecal test done on the flock afterwards and they were all clear, so it's worth the effort if you know you have tapeworms.
 

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