Compare De-Wormers

[ryansmom]

I have not yet dewormed my flock and need educated. We sell our eggs so would prefer a product without withdrawl time but also would prefer a well rounded one and my hens overall health is priority. I would like to do it before winter but am a new chicken keeper and don't have lots of info. I don;t see any worms but havent given them anything except squash and pumpkin as a natural dewormer. half of the flock is over a year old laying hens 22 and the other half 30 are young pullets that almost 5 months old. they are not laying yet......5 are roosters......3 bantam and 2 standard
I appreciate any information

 

[chicknmania]

I like Strike 3 (Dumor) as a preventative. You can mix with their feed, and I understand there's no withdrawal for egg consumption...although the bottle says there's a three day withdrawal for meat consumption, so you might want to make sure if you're selling the eggs.

 

[ryansmom]

Can that be purchased at Tractor Supply? I don't have any other resources closer to me.
Is it like a pellet?

It would be great to have a list of products with dosages that don't require egg disposal

Anywhere that resource is available?

 

[bigcountry82]

Can that be purchased at Tractor Supply? I don't have any other resources closer to me.
Is it like a pellet?

It would be great to have a list of products with dosages that don't require egg disposal

Anywhere that resource is available?

I would love to have that resource as well.

 

[casportpony]

I have not yet dewormed my flock and need educated. We sell our eggs so would prefer a product without withdrawl time but also would prefer a well rounded one and my hens overall health is priority. I would like to do it before winter but am a new chicken keeper and don't have lots of info. I don;t see any worms but havent given them anything except squash and pumpkin as a natural dewormer. half of the flock is over a year old laying hens 22 and the other half 30 are young pullets that almost 5 months old. they are not laying yet......5 are roosters......3 bantam and 2 standard
I appreciate any information

The only worms that can be easily seen are the large roundworm and tapeworms, all others are too small. If you can, collect a bunch of fresh poop from as many birds as possible, place in bag, stir well, take to vet and have a fecal float done.

-Kathy

 

[chicknmania]

Can that be purchased at Tractor Supply? I don't have any other resources closer to me.
Is it like a pellet?

It would be great to have a list of products with dosages that don't require egg disposal

Anywhere that resource is available?

A fecal is always best, like Kathy said. But yes you can get Strike 3 at TSC. It's a pellet but I like it as opposed to the kind Rooster Booster makes, because the Strike 3 has more corn in it, I guess that's why they seem to like it better, and it's softer, so the pellet crumbles fairly easily or you can even crumble it up a bit. As I think I said earlier, I like it as a preventative, although if there's an actual worm issue, I'd probably opt for something where they'd be more likely to ingest enough dewormer quickly to fix the problem.