2015 Peafowl Hatching Support Group - Eggs and Chicks!

[KsKingBee]

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The biggest difference in using Valbazen or Safeguard is that you need to be much more precise with Valbazen. With Safeguard there is little worry about overdosing, but then again it is given for five days and repeated in ten. If you are going to drench anyway Valbazen is a good choice, if you are going to add it to the feed Safeguard is the better choice. If you are planning to put it in the water, don't bother doing it at all.

 

[RubyNala97]

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The biggest difference in using Valbazen or Safeguard is that you need to be much more precise with Valbazen. With Safeguard there is little worry about overdosing, but then again it is given for five days and repeated in ten. If you are going to drench anyway Valbazen is a good choice, if you are going to add it to the feed Safeguard is the better choice. If you are planning to put it in the water, don't bother doing it at all.

I was planning on putting it in a small cc medicine syringe and just squirting it down throat. Will that work? Also, how/where do I find directions for how to administer it?

 

[KsKingBee]

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That is an excellent way to administer meds, just make sure it does not go down the windpipe. I believe this thread has dosing information for Valbazen. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818879/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing

 

[KsKingBee]

I would use this.

 

[RubyNala97]

I would use this.

Can you explain this picture for me? What is it called, if I wanted to goggle it to purchase one? And where do the bandages go? Thank you.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Those bandages are what @KsKingBee was using to straighten his chick's toes!

I think that if you do a search, you'll find plenty of info about the type of syringe/tubing these guys recommend for oral medication dosing.
Also, have you looked at this thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818879/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing

 

[casportpony]

I'm planning on worming my chickens but I only want to by one bottle for both chickens and the peafowl. I've been reading that Valbazen is preferred over safeguard. Can I use this on the peas? Any preferences here out of the two?

You can use Valbazen on chickens, turkeys, ducks, guineas, geese, peas, etc., but you cannot on pigeons or doves. A small one day oral dose will treat all but gapeworms, for gapes you would have to give 3 days, I think.

Bang for the buck, Valbazen is a very good wormer.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

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LOL, my bad. Yes, ignore the bandages, it is the syringe and the catheter I was referring to. As in @Casportpony avitar it is used to give medications and emergency feeding. The size of the catheter will depend on the age of the bird. Tiny chicks will need about a size 8 Fr. (French), a full size bird may need up to a 30Fr. The amount of feed in the formulae will also dictate a larger size to be used.

 

[connerhills]

K BEE I would like the info on putting safeguard or valbazen in water and to know more about it. thanks connerhills

 

[KsKingBee]

K BEE I would like the info on putting safeguard or valbazen in water and to know more about it. thanks connerhills

George, I do not advocate putting medications in water unless it is totally used in the amount of time prescribed. All medications whether it is for humans or animals are prescribed by the weight of the person or animal per day. Diluting medications by putting it in water dilutes it to the point of being ineffective.

An average sized peacock should get three cc/ml per day for five days, repeat in ten. A peahen two cc/ml, I would have to calculate smaller birds, but I think it is 0.50 mg per 1000 grams of body weight, and Valbazen is 0.20mg per kg.

The easiest way I have found to treat a pen of birds is to put it in their food, but first you must know how much they are going to eat in a days time. Wet mash is the easiest for me, but I have also heard of a powdered Safeguard @Frenchblackcopper mention once that can be added to crumbles.