Cobalt in wormer. Is it safe?

[MysteryChicken]

Did it look like one of these worms?
View attachment 1947349

Wish the picture was better. It looked sort of like that, but light pink, & about an inch long. I should've taken a picture of the worm, but I didn't think about it.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

Disgusting!

If the wormer is signed off on by the FDA and made where the US Marshals can get to, it should be safe _used as indicated_.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It looked more like these.

Image from internet.

 

[dawg53]

Wish the picture was better. It looked sort of like that, but light pink, & about an inch long. I should've taken a picture of the worm, but I didn't think about it.

Those were cecal worms in the pic, they get no longer than 1/2 inch.
Perhaps you saw an immature large roundworm. I've seen them up to 4 inches long in feces, but they can be smaller. Wazine will get rid of them. Dosage is one ounce per one gallon of water. Put it out for your chickens to drink before letting them out of the coop in the morning. Remove all other sources of water and only provide them the treated water to drink during the whole day. Remove it after birds go to roost for the evening. Done.
Repeat again in 3 weeks.

 

[dawg53]

It looked more like these.View attachment 1947352 Image from internet.

Okay. Just follow my instructions in the above post.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Those were cecal worms in the pic, they get no longer than 1/2 inch.
Perhaps you saw an immature large roundworm. I've seen them up to 4 inches long in feces, but they can be smaller. Wazine will get rid of them. Dosage is one ounce per one gallon of water. Put it out for your chickens to drink before letting them out of the coop in the morning. Remove all other sources of water and only provide them the treated water to drink during the whole day. Remove it after birds go to roost for the evening. Done.
Repeat again in 3 weeks.

Okay. Only one chicken has worms, she's been separated from the flock for a few months to treat a suspected vitamin deficiency, but I believe the worms maybe cause now that she pooped one out. Good thing she's not laying eggs yet, so I won't have to toss out her eggs. I haven't seen any worms in the other chickens poo, but will be treating them as a precaution.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Okay. Just follow my instructions in the above post.

How much do I add to a quart waterer? I just did a tiny dribble from a half tsp earlier today to be safe.

 

[dawg53]

Okay. Only one chicken has worms, she's been separated from the flock for a few months to treat a suspected vitamin deficiency, but I believe the worms maybe cause now that she pooped one out. Good thing she's not laying eggs yet, so I won't have to toss out her eggs. I haven't seen any worms in the other chickens poo, but will be treating them as a precaution.

Odds are they all have worms, it's good that you're treating all of them.
Birds are always thirsty and hungry after being cooped up all night. They'll readily drink the treated water. Then wait about 30 minutes when they start pooping, you might see worms excreted in their feces. They will be dead or dying, they cannot survive outside their host.. If you dont see worms, it's normal. They are usually absorbed as protein in the digestive tract.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Odds are they all have worms, it's good that you're treating all of them.
Birds are always thirsty and hungry after being cooped up all night. They'll readily drink the treated water. Then wait about 30 minutes when they start pooping, you might see worms excreted in their feces. They will be dead or dying, they cannot survive outside their host.. If you dont see worms, it's normal. They are usually absorbed as protein in the digestive tract.

Okay.

 

[dawg53]

How much do I add to a quart waterer? I just did a tiny dribble from a half tsp earlier today to be safe.

Make the one ounce wazine/one gallon water mixture, then draw your quart from it. It's much easier that way. Remember, there's 4 quarts to a gallon.