Best effective wormer out there?

[kevm2017]

Hello chicken friends! any idea or suggestions if to use fenbendanzole safeguard paste or albendazen like valbazene on my pullets whats better to treat coccidia and all worms in one?? How many times a year? And dosage and easiest way thankyou.. Btw show off a picture of your alpha hen or roo of your flock. Have a great evening

 

[Eggcessive]

I like Valbazen myself, but it costs more, and there is a lot of it in a bottle. One dose followed in 10-14 days will get all chicken worms. Dosage is about 0.1 ml per pound. SafeGuard is good too, but to get some of the harder to treat worms, it takes 3-5 doses on consecutive days. Dosage is 1/4 ml per pound per chicken given orally. Give for 3-5 consecutive days. To treat roundworm give once and repeat in 10 days.

Some people never worm their chickens unless they have a problem, while others worm once or twice a year. In tropical regions some may do it even more often.

It can help to rotate different wormers to help prevent resistance. A vet may be of help to test fresh droppings with a fecal float to tell what what if any worms are there, and to look for an excess of coccidia. No drug treats both worms and coccidiosis. Corid (amprollium, coxoid) is the most frequently used drug for an outbreak of coccidiosis. This will help you with dosage of Corid: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing.818879/

 

[kevm2017]

I like Valbazen myself, but it costs more, and there is a lot of it in a bottle. One dose followed in 10-14 days will get all chicken worms. Dosage is about 0.1 ml per pound. SafeGuard is good too, but to get some of the harder to treat worms, it takes 3-5 doses on consecutive days. Dosage is 1/4 ml per pound per chicken given orally. Give for 3-5 consecutive days. To treat roundworm give once and repeat in 10 days.

Some people never worm their chickens unless they have a problem, while others worm once or twice a year. In tropical regions some may do it even more often.

It can help to rotate different wormers to help prevent resistance. A vet may be of help to test fresh droppings with a fecal float to tell what what if any worms are there, and to look for an excess of coccidia. No drug treats both worms and coccidiosis. Corid (amprollium, coxoid) is the most frequently used drug for an outbreak of coccidiosis. This will help you with dosage of Corid: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing.818879/

Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge. I called a local vet this morning to see if they were able to perform a fecal test, they do for $12. I have a male roo with 9 pullets and hens in a dog kennel. Should I just take the roo stool sample or from a hen too. I am panicking since I heard worms can make there way to the eggs. I also have like 12 weeks chicks btw

 

[Eggcessive]

I would take a variety of fresh droppings from the different groups, and let them combine them to spin down and test. Usually when one has worms, the others will have them too. $12 is pretty good-- my vet charges more like $40 for my dogs.