California - Northern

[casportpony]

I'm very anal about dosing, so I give all medications based on weight. Injectable ivermectin is 10 mg/ml. Most vets would probably tell you to use no more than 0.4 mg/kg, so for a five pound bird that's 0.09 ml.

That said, the amount I have been giving is 1 mg/kg, which is about 0.23 ml for a five pound bird. The 1 mg/kg dose is in some pigeon formularies, so it's probably perfectly safe for chickens.

I'll see if I can find some dosing info that some of you might find interesting.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: You might like this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1047614/doing-fecal-floats-at-home

-Kathy

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Ok, so when I went to the workshop in Oakland there was a talk by an entomologist who specializes in poultry parasites. She said that fipronil has not been approved for use on chickens and she recommended NEVER eating the eggs or the meat of a chicken that has had fipronil used on it.

She stated that for cattle, the withdrawal time for eating the meat or the milk is 200 days, so that's where I got that figure from. I also found on parasitipedia.net that the withdrawal time for cattle is "3-4 months."

I decided to go with the 200 days figure as far as eating the eggs, because based on this website, the effect on humans as far as chronic consumption of fipronil is not likely to cause any harm to us. It is far more likely to cause poisoning to the chicken, though, since chickens are super sensitive to this chemical, more sensitive than mammals.

So basically it shouldn't be used on chickens at all but since it's consumption is not likely to harm me I am not going to follow the advice to NEVER eat the eggs or meat again. I certainly will not be using fipronil again in the future though.

Here is the website; it's has lots of information: http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2686&Itemid=2991

Also see: http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3159&Itemid=2949

it does not go through the bloodstream . did they say why? or just that it has not ben tested in the meat or eggs?

 

[h2oratt]

You might like this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1047614/doing-fecal-floats-at-home

-Kathy

Omg. BYC has a thread on everything. From gourmet cooking to fecal floats. What a resource.

 

[ronott1]

Omg. BYC has a tread on everything. From gourmet cooking to fecal floats. What a resource.

It all depends on what thread someone wants to start. The home bakers thread is awesome!

Sumi keeps an index of the recipes and tips updated in the first post.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/921333/any-home-bakers-here

 

[Honora]

it does not go through the bloodstream . did they say why? or just that it has not ben tested in the meat or eggs?

It has not been tested, and also chickens are extremely sensitive to this particular chemical and it affects them more than other species. It stays in the their system for a really long time.

 

[casportpony]

 


it does not go through the bloodstream . did they say why? or just that it has not ben tested in the meat or eggs? 

It has not been tested, and also chickens are extremely sensitive to this particular chemical and it affects them more than other species. It stays in the their system for a really long time.

Probably not a good idea to use in on chickens... The LD50 for chickens is way too low for me to feel safe about using it.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Another fipronil link:
http://www.toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Fipronil

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

It has not been tested, and also chickens are extremely sensitive to this particular chemical and it affects them more than other species. It stays in the their system for a really long time.

Probably not a good idea to use in on chickens... The LD50 for chickens is way too low for me to feel safe about using it.

-Kathy

Another fipronil link:
http://www.toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Fipronil

-Kathy

Thanks for the link!

I have used it a couple of times but think it is too risky also.

 

[casportpony]

What medication is in Vectra 3D? My vet sold me some of that for a peacock and it worked really well. Probably not approved for poultry, but thought I'd mention it.

-Kathy