Cecal Poop or Worms?

[Kiki]

Can you mix the Safeguard in with their water or do you have to give it orally full strength via syringe?

Straight to the beak.

They do sell a version of Safeguard that can be mixed with water. It sells for a few hundred dollars.

 

[Helicopter Mom]

Straight to the beak.

They do sell a version of Safeguard that can be mixed with water. It sells for a few hundred dollars.

Thanks! I'll probably use that for my 2nd round of deworming.

 

[Kiki]

Thanks! I'll probably use that for my 2nd round of deworming.

It's called Safe-Guard Aquasol

https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/product/poultry/Safe-Guard-AquaSol/1

 

[Kiki]

Here is a link to buy it.
https://www.qcsupply.com/safeguard-aquasol-poultry.html

 

[Helicopter Mom]

It's called Safe-Guard Aquasol

https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/product/poultry/Safe-Guard-AquaSol/1

Yeah, my vet mentioned that one. I was looking at a Safeguard for goats in a 10% suspension liquid. I have 17 birds so having to catch and orally give each bird a dose for 5 days isn't the most convenient. From a previous thread, I found that you give this product for 3 days at 3 cc/mL per gallon of water. Just need to keep it mixed up because the fenbendazole is heavy and tends to settle in the water.

 

[dawg53]

Aquasol is too expensive.
There's nothing saying that you have to worm all 17 birds in one day. Split your flock in half and worm 9 birds 5 days in a row. Then worm the other 8 on the 6th day for 5 days in a row.
Start early each morning before letting them out of the coop, just before sunup. Just snatch them off the roost one at a time and worm them one at a time. Easy peasy.
You can use a black magic marker and mark the combs of the ones you wormed.

Your other option is to buy a bottle of Valbazen and dose your birds orally 1/2cc, then redose again in 10 days. Done.

I forgot to add that mixing wormers in water is a guessing game whether or not your birds drank enough of the treated water in order to be effective.
Also birds drink less water in cooler or cold temps. Sick birds wont drink at all or very little.

 

[Helicopter Mom]

Aquasol is too expensive.
There's nothing saying that you have to worm all 17 birds in one day. Split your flock in half and worm 9 birds 5 days in a row. Then worm the other 8 on the 6th day for 5 days in a row.
Start early each morning before letting them out of the coop, just before sunup. Just snatch them off the roost one at a time and worm them one at a time. Easy peasy.
You can use a black magic marker and mark the combs of the ones you wormed.

Your other option is to buy a bottle of Valbazen and dose your birds orally 1/2cc, then redose again in 10 days. Done.

I forgot to add that mixing wormers in water is a guessing game whether or not your birds drank enough of the treated water in order to be effective.
Also birds drink less water in cooler or cold temps. Sick birds wont drink at all or very little.

Dawg53 - you bring up some very valid points. How many days would you dose if using the Valbazen? I've dosed with Wazine 17 (in their water) 4 days ago. Can I dose again with the Safeguard or Valbazen now (since I'm not sure how much of the Wazen 17 they ingested)?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Dawg53 - you bring up some very valid points. How many days would you dose if using the Valbazen? I've dosed with Wazine 17 (in their water) 4 days ago. Can I dose again with the Safeguard or Valbazen now (since I'm not sure how much of the Wazen 17 they ingested)?

Dawg gives the dosage in his previous post.

Yes, you can give the Safeguard or Valbazen now.

 

[dawg53]

Dawg53 - you bring up some very valid points. How many days would you dose if using the Valbazen? I've dosed with Wazine 17 (in their water) 4 days ago. Can I dose again with the Safeguard or Valbazen now (since I'm not sure how much of the Wazen 17 they ingested)?

@Helicopter Mom I saw your other post regarding ascarids. Ascarids can mean any type of roundworm (nematode) that a chicken can get. Generally, large roundworms (galli) are the most common.
Wazine specifically treats large roundworms and no other type of roundworm in poultry. Wazine acts as a large roundworm flush. As I mentioned, it's impossible to tell if your chickens drank enough of the wazine/water mixture to be effective, especially since you live in cold Wisconsin.
Safeguard or Valbazen will take care of large roundworms and many other types of nematodes in chickens. It would be best to go ahead and worm them now with one or the other products as Wyorp Rock mentioned. It's best to worm them in the early morning before they eat.
Each day after you worm your birds, provide them boiled plain white rice mixed with buttermilk in their feed to eat. Buttermilk is a better probiotic than yogurt and is easily absorbed. Yogurt tends to pass through them. This mixture should also clear up the diarrhea you're seeing.
Keep in mind that there's a good chance of reinfection especially if your birds are on the same soil all the time due to worm eggs contaminating the soil. Wet or damp soil doesnt help neither. A monthly worming schedule would be best as well as adding sand in the pen will help keep it dry.

 

[Helicopter Mom]

Thanks! I ordered Valbazen yesterday and will start to dose everyone as soon as it arrives. Should I dose 1/day? Also, how many days should I treat my flock?