Can a chicken overdose on dewormer?

[guest226]

Just about to deworm my chickens for the first time. I was wondering if chickens can die or get ill from a too much dewormer?

 

[nuthatched]

What dewormer are you using, what dose and how are you administering it?

 

[guest226]

What dewormer are you using, what dose and how are you administering it?

Safeguard goat dewormer. I'm thinking of putting the dosage in a bread ball and giving one to each. They are different weights so I will have to figure out the dosage for each of them.

 

[nuthatched]

Safeguard goat dewormer. I'm thinking of putting the dosage in a bread ball and giving one to each. They are different weights so I will have to figure out the dosage for each of them.

No, they won't. If they're all around the same weight, you can round to the nearest dose.

 

[Eggcessive]

SafeGuard dosage is 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) per pound of weight given orally for 5 consecutive days which treats most chicken worms except tapeworms. Give it once and in 10 days to treat for roundworms only.

 

[guest226]

SafeGuard dosage is 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) per pound of weight given orally for 5 consecutive days which treats most chicken worms except tapeworms. Give it once and in 10 days to treat for roundworms only.

Ok, thank you. So I give them with the same amount of dewormer once a day for 5 consecutive days if I would like to treat all worms (minus tapeworms) but if I would like to treat for roundworms, just once?

 

[Eggcessive]

Ok, thank you. So I give them with the same amount of dewormer once a day for 5 consecutive days if I would like to treat all worms (minus tapeworms) but if I would like to treat for roundworms, just once?

For round worms use once, then repeat it in 10 days to get the eggs that hatch.