Beaglegal
Songster
Yesterday I found what, after looking at pictures that creeped me out, looks to be a round worm on my poop board. I know that the ideal is to have a fecal test done, but I live in a Covid hot area so things like this have become more difficult. I have 2 worm medications on hand, I have safeguard for goats (never used) and ivermectin cattle pour on, that I used to treat a chicken that I thought had depluming mites. Both can apparently be used for worms.
Which one should I use? This is my pullet coop, so they are currently producing most of my eggs, I’ve read invermectin has a egg withdrawal of 7 days where safeguard has a withdrawal of 2 weeks. So if I redose after 2 weeks like I have seen, it’s a whole month with no eggs from the coop? With the invermectin, would I also redose in 2 weeks?
My last consideration is my cockrel, he is not used to being handled and I am a little nervous to try and medicate him, the invermectin seems like it might be easier?
Which one should I use? This is my pullet coop, so they are currently producing most of my eggs, I’ve read invermectin has a egg withdrawal of 7 days where safeguard has a withdrawal of 2 weeks. So if I redose after 2 weeks like I have seen, it’s a whole month with no eggs from the coop? With the invermectin, would I also redose in 2 weeks?
My last consideration is my cockrel, he is not used to being handled and I am a little nervous to try and medicate him, the invermectin seems like it might be easier?