SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer is given orally for 5 consecutive days at a dosage of 0.23 ml per pound, which is about 1.25 ml orally for a 5 pound hen. It has to be shaken well before drawing up each dose, and it settles out in water, so it is not accurate to give it in the water. If a hen is not drinking well, you would not know if she has taken enough of the medication.
Makes sense. Thank you.
If you are using the Safeguard for chickens (aquasol) you 1/2 that dose because it’s 2x as strong. I mean 1/2 the dewormer for goats because Aquasol is stronger. I measured the liquid and ‘injected’ a cube of water melon. I have 4 chickens and I dosed them one at a time in my enclosed patio. Some chickens didn’t like watermelon w medicine so I soaked dried mealworms and some blueberries. It was a tedious process. Turns out Safeguard doesn’t work for tapeworms. I’m waiting a few more days to try Equimax (a paste for horses) which should work.
Problem is I'm guessing based on the Amprolium not working. Still has the diarrhea with the yellowish stuff. Thanks for the info!
The last time I had to dose individually, I would wrap the hen in a towel and sit with her between my legs. My legs controlled her moving while I had 2 free hands to open the beak and squirt. Still not ideal, but it worked for me.
