Cecal worms

[jennaveewhit]

My chickens have had poopy butt for a while now and so I ran a stool-sample to the vet for analysis. They have cecal worms. I have questions and would be thankful for any advice. I am going to get abendazol on Monday from the vet.
What keeps the chickens from
re-infestation? Is this something that I’ll always have to battle with them? Should we not eat the eggs during treatment? Should I treat their water on a regular basis to keep the worms at bay? What advice can you give me?

 

[Eggcessive]

Cecal worms are a type of parasite that don’t bother chickens so much, but can cause blackhead disease in turkeys. You can also get SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer, and use 1/4 ml per pound once given orally to each chicken and repeat that again in 10 days. To treat for capillary and gapeworms, as well as the cecal and large roundworms, you can dose them for 5 days in a row.

I have used Valbazen (albendazole) 1/2 ml and I like that it treats most worms with a dose on day 1 and again on day 10. It seems like there has been a shortage of Valbazen recently in feed stores and online. With either wormer, shake the bottle very well before drawing up the doses. I found this generic albendazole, which is identical to Valbazen, and can be given at the dosage above:
https://horseprerace.com/albendazole-dewormer-500ml/

Here is a good article about cecal worms and how chickens get them:
https://poultrydvm.com/condition/cecal-worms

 

[jennaveewhit]

Cecal worms are a type of parasite that don’t bother chickens so much, but can cause blackhead disease in turkeys. You can also get SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer, and use 1/4 ml per pound once given orally to each chicken and repeat that again in 10 days. To treat for capillary and gapeworms, as well as the cecal and large roundworms, you can dose them for 5 days in a row.

I have used Valbazen (albendazole) 1/2 ml and I like that it treats most worms with a dose on day 1 and again on day 10. It seems like there has been a shortage of Valbazen recently in feed stores and online. With either wormer, shake the bottle very well before drawing up the doses. I found this generic albendazole, which is identical to Valbazen, and can be given at the dosage above:
https://horseprerace.com/albendazole-dewormer-500ml/

Here is a good article about cecal worms and how chickens get them:
https://poultrydvm.com/condition/cecal-worms

I really appreciate this information! Thank you!

 

[jennaveewhit]

Cecal worms are a type of parasite that don’t bother chickens so much, but can cause blackhead disease in turkeys. You can also get SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer, and use 1/4 ml per pound once given orally to each chicken and repeat that again in 10 days. To treat for capillary and gapeworms, as well as the cecal and large roundworms, you can dose them for 5 days in a row.

I have used Valbazen (albendazole) 1/2 ml and I like that it treats most worms with a dose on day 1 and again on day 10. It seems like there has been a shortage of Valbazen recently in feed stores and online. With either wormer, shake the bottle very well before drawing up the doses. I found this generic albendazole, which is identical to Valbazen, and can be given at the dosage above:
https://horseprerace.com/albendazole-dewormer-500ml/

Here is a good article about cecal worms and how chickens get them:
https://poultrydvm.com/condition/cecal-worms

One more question I forgot. Should we wait to eat the eggs during the period of treatment?

 

[Eggcessive]

There is a 14 day egg withdrawal time with either SafeGuard or Valbazen/albendazole since there would be a small trace of the wormer present. Some people ignore the egg withdrawal time, but sell or give away eggs during the withdrawal time.