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    Equixmax for Tapeworm Dosage

    Agree!
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    Equixmax for Tapeworm Dosage

    Those darn mice! My bird was running around with one dangling from her beak By the time I caught up with her she ate the head off... could certainly be a source. I leave my food in an enclosed run at night and have not seen mice there but it makes sense that would attract them! They do throw the...
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    Equixmax for Tapeworm Dosage

    It would be interesting to know where the areas are that have this tapeworm problem. Sounds like it is quite widespread. I am in the mountain area of Colorado and someone 60 miles north of us also had this problem.
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    Equixmax for Tapeworm Dosage

    Withhold food the night before, wrap chicken in a towel. I make a little snug scarf around the neck and open the beak and squirt it in. Put food back down an hour or so later. Scoop all poop as it will have dead worm segments and eggs in it. Good luck!
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    Tapeworm Hell

    How's it going? Did we talk about withholding food before medicating? See Sara's reply in #17!
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    Tapeworm Hell

    thank you!
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    Tapeworm Hell

    Thank you. Can my infected birds stay with the others after the first day or so of medication without infecting them?
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    Tapeworm Hell

    Question, chickens can also be the host if they eat the tapeworm eggs off the ground or off plants? How long after first medication are tapeworm, eggs still produced and shed into the soil?
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    Tapeworm Hell

    =AZVJthrxwpsFWYpchUabi87yadlvnhf8JCZQJcF45qG4BHfkNULCZJNSZk7lcTO9c2vsbxkWBLHyIN9kmYMIdNNohAlCFvjzmzy4KEoPtJRjMPwL925yxbHY6oNRMKTODzlm_df0yHFSv1LbzwjheTPnONTqZ7yzpixMjH6-K8H8hg31AV4vIC4LxBTuRIyr_rZg4mHShMFuFASgS9DFRvQK&__tn__=R]-R']Sara Franklin All-star contributor Tapeworms are resistant to...
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    Tapeworm Hell

    Ok, my three ladies that had the tapeworm have it again. The last day I medicated was the 20th of September. Here is my thinking... Only the three birds that had it have it again so I don't think it is a reinfection. I think the wormer did not completely finish it off. Last year I had to do a...
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    Tapeworm Hell

    Good Job! I tried all of that also. I did find that 12 days apart of the second dose still found just a few worms so then I did it 10 days apart and that was it. Good luck! Scoop that poop and keep the faith!
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    Tapeworm Hell

    I have used the 8 lb dosage even on the smaller birds. I think some of the paste stays in the syringe. Also there are air bubbles so I push some out and pull in some to make sure it is solid. if you had a second area fenced off for the offenders you could probably watch easier. 16 bird would due...
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    Tapeworm Hell

    I have a predator proof run the coop is in then just a four foot high roll of welded wire tied to those little metal poles you pound in for a chicken yard. Seem to keep them in. The first time we saw tapeworm we completely moved the coop to avoid ground contamination! That was hard! You...
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    Tapeworm Hell

    Tapeworm eggs can stay in the soil for a long time. It could be the flies also. Any host that eats the worm eggs, beetles, flies, earthworms etc. may be a host your chickens eat especially if they are free ranging. I get it, it is hell! This is my second time in two years and one of the birds...
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    Can’t get rid of tapeworm! Please help!

    keep the poop scooped so you have less contamination. Those worm eggs stay in the soil so the more cleaning, the better!
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