Another chicken worming thread. Which med should I chose?

[Beaglegal]

Do they roost?
Grab them off the roost early in the morning while it's still dark and dose them - no need for wrangling LOL

They are cooped up at night but they still make a scene and fly all over the coop once I snatch one... the cockerel is the biggest baby of them all.... just because I culled all his brothers... I’ll never live that down apparently

 

[Beaglegal]

That fun 5am wake-up, or maybe the 11pm coop visit instead.
Mary

staying up to 11 sounds harder than waking up at 5 am... now getting my husband up to help at 5 am is a different story

 

[Wyorp Rock]

They are cooped up at night but they still make a scene and fly all over the coop once I snatch one... the cockerel is the biggest baby of them all.... just because I culled all his brothers... I’ll never live that down apparently

Hmmm...is yours a walk-in coop?
Maybe wear a head lamp with a red lens or light?
I usually don't light up the place that much but even if I do, they usually just sit and look at me. Mine are used to being handled off the roost quite a bit though.
Roosters/cockerels, I grab and dose them first, they get put on the floor, then I dose the girls. One by one, put them on the floor.
I also have my meds measured out and in individual syringes, marked for each bird if necessary since dosing can be different, this way I'm not fiddling with trying to measure inside the coop.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...er-construction-check-back-for-updates.73335/

 

[Beaglegal]

Hmmm...is yours a walk-in coop?
Maybe wear a head lamp with a red lens or light?
I usually don't light up the place that much but even if I do, they usually just sit and look at me. Mine are used to being handled off the roost quite a bit though.
Roosters/cockerels, I grab and dose them first, they get put on the floor, then I dose the girls. One by one, put them on the floor.
I also have my meds measured out and in individual syringes, marked for each bird if necessary since dosing can be different, this way I'm not fiddling with trying to measure inside the coop.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...er-construction-check-back-for-updates.73335/

That sounds like a good plan. I’m going to let each one out of the coop once I dose them. They will get all riled up but it won’t be the end of the world. I don’t handle mine a lot but I have needed to in the past, they get over it.