Deworming hens with Safeguard

[Sylvrfox]

Do I dose 3 days in a row with a pea size paste of Safeguard and repeat in 10 days? Can I eat the eggs while treating or can I feed them back to the hens?! I’m desling with round worms in my flock of 4.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

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Fenbendazole is dose by weight.

For Roundworms Only, Fenbendazole (Safeguard) dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days.

To treat other worms including Roundworms, but not Tapeworms then give the Safeguard at the same dose for 5 days in a row, no repeat.

Egg withdrawal period is 14 days after the last treatment.

 

[Kiki]

Not a pea size. That is not correct and if you do not use enough of the med it is the same as not deworming at all.

It is very safe to round up to .25ml per pound to make the math slightly easier.

Measure out 1 whole ml...what's your need for a small 4 pound bird next to a pea size amount so you can see the difference.

 

[Primchick88]

Not a pea size. That is not correct and if you do not use enough of the med it is the same as not deworming at all.

It is very safe to round up to .25ml per pound to make the math slightly easier.

Measure out 1 whole ml...what's your need for a small 4 pound bird next to a pea size amount so you can see the difference.

Chickenchick.com says that her vet doctor says a P size dosage. I personally have had success with that amount in 10 years of use, but it scares me to death to think about using any more than that because the same vet says it’s toxic if given too much.
Coincidentally, I just dewormed with safeguard paste using a pea size dot six days ago and found one of my healthy less than one year layers dead on the coop floor.
Now I’m paranoid. I had only seen approximately one worm per stool, so I can’t imagine that she would’ve been severely overloaded and very healthy looking otherwise. ?