Go to Tractor Supply and get liquid Safeguard for goats and give you hen 0.23ml per pound orally for five days. Don't let them try to sell you Wazine, get the Safeguard and ignore the dosing directions, they're for goats, and goats get way less per pound than chickens do.
Quote: Yes, that's per pound of what they weigh, and I use a digital kitchen scale to weigh mine, but if you don't have one, just google the breed and go by what the wiki page has listed for that breed. For example, a RIR hen weighs 6.5 pounds, so it would get 1.5ml orally five days in a row.
First two pictures are from:http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm
The hole at the back of the tongue is the entrance to the trachea - Nothing should ever go in there!
- Get your supplies ready
- Catch and weigh your bird.
- Calculate dose and prepare one or more syringes. Please note that this method will work for those who use a 1cc/ml syringe. Anything larger is too big and IMNSHO, not safe!
Please note that I was the one holding the bird and taking the pictures, please use both hands!
- Hold bird - I like to sit with my thighs parallel to the ground, feet firmly on ground and the bird in my lap. I hold it gently, but firmly and grab the head.
- Open mouth and wait for bird to relax.
- Insert syringe - I like to insert from left to right, across the tongue, behind the trachea, into the oesophagus. Again, wait for the bird to relax.
- Give wormer
-Kathy
Yes, that's per pound of what they weigh, and I use a digital kitchen scale to weigh mine, but if you don't have one, just google the breed and go by what the wiki page has listed for that breed. For example, a RIR hen weighs 6.5 pounds, so it would get 1.5ml orally five days in a row. First two pictures are from:http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm The hole at the back of the tongue is the entrance to the trachea - Nothing should ever go in there!
- Get your supplies ready
- Catch and weigh your bird.
- Calculate dose and prepare one or more syringes. Please note that this method will work for those who use a 1cc/ml syringe. Anything larger is too big and IMNSHO, not safe!
Please note that I was the one holding the bird and taking the pictures, please use both hands!
- Hold bird - I like to sit with my thighs parallel to the ground, feet firmly on ground and the bird in my lap. I hold it gently, but firmly and grab the head.
- Open mouth and wait for bird to relax.
- Insert syringe - I like to insert from left to right, across the tongue, behind the trachea, into the oesophagus. Again, wait for the bird to relax.
- Give wormer
-Kathy
Thank you. This is extremely helpful!
