Assistance needed on next treatment for worms

Nksg75

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Living in South Texas (hot, humid, and very wet lately) has not been easy for my flock. We have been battling mosquitos(we didn't win!)
Anyway, starting June, I knoticed one of the younger flock members had worms.
I decided to start with Wazine.

2 weeks later I followed up with
valbazen.

Then about 3 weeks after Valbazen I knoticed that one of my girls seemed to have what I thought may be scaley leg mites, so I treated
everyone with Ivermectin.
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So this morning I was cleaning my poop boards and noticed 3 long skinny white worms in the poop.

After research I figured out that it is roundworms.
Ok, so what now?
What do I use now to get rid of these things?
I would have thought that in the last 2 1/2 months that I knocked out what they had.
I free-range them everyday, all day long.
They spend most days near the barn with the shade.(too darn hot!!)
We have 60 acres, with lots of trees, forest areas, so their is no telling the source of the worms, and yes they probably will return there again.
I want to knock this out fast, then work on a worming routine.
Any advice appreciated.
 
No, I read a thread that said if you start with wabazine then you could do the follow up with valbazen.
I did not weigh them. I just followed the dosage per Dawg53 threads. Large fowl 1/2 cc and I have silkies that I gave 1/4 cc to.
 
I forgot to mention that I started with wazine first because that is what I had on hand.
I had to order valbazen off the Internet.
 
That's where I get my valbazen too. It's always best to do a followup worming 10 days later. Dawg's recommendation works fine. I weigh mine because .. well... because I do :) If they were my birds, I would worm them, wait 10 days and do it again. With Valbazen. Where did you get the ivermectin pour on? I've been looking for that!
 
Agreed with @sbhkma. I saw a few worms once and treated everyone with valbazen. I kept thinking I would go out to the coop and find horror film level poops.
I never saw another worm. I still wormed them the recommended 10 days later. It's to catch the life cycle of new worms.
Also no wormer treats scaley leg mites. You need to coat their legs in oil or vasaline. Something that will smother those nasty buggers.
 
I just got a visual of someone dipping a chicken's legs in a vat of oil :eek:
Ha Ha Ha! You could do it that way but I'm guessing you'd wear as much as the chickens.
I got an old gal ice cream tub and toothbrush. Gave everyone a warmish leg soak and scub, dried them and used coconut oil on their legs and feet. With it being solid (for the most part) I thought I had better control of where is was going.
But I've heard of people putting oil in spray bottles and getting it on that way.
 
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Chickens will get worms from soil. One can try to control worms, but they can always go right back out and get more. Many never worm their chickens, while some use a schedule of once or twice a year, or more often in tropical warm or rainy areas.
As far as Dawg53's earlier posts to worm once with Wazine, then with Valbazen, in later posts, he always made it clear to use Valbazen once and a again in 10 days to get the newly hatched larvae. Wazine only treats roundworms, while Valbazen is useful in treating most chicken worms.
 
That's where I get my valbazen too. It's always best to do a followup worming 10 days later. Dawg's recommendation works fine. I weigh mine because .. well... because I do :) If they were my birds, I would worm them, wait 10 days and do it again. With Valbazen. Where did you get the ivermectin pour on? I've been looking for that!
I got the ivermectin at tractor supply.
I stocked up on meds awhile ago just in case.
If I can't find it at tractor supply, then I just look at the internet.
I found out through research, that even though you may need a script for certain things, there is always a alternative.
I.e.: baytril is script only for most animals except pet birds
 

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