First experience with worms - Advice appreciated

[Sammster]

@Sammster You are correct. There are two large roundworms present. One is to the left of the toothpick. The other is at the lower right of the toothpick.
The one at the top right of the toothpick is tubular shed intestinal lining.
It would be best to worm all your birds orally with the Safeguard liquid wormer using a syringe without a needle. Use the dosage as stated by Eggcessive above in post #2, an average weight is all that is needed.

Safeguard is a Benzimidazole. Benzimidazoles are poorly absorbed into the bloodstream and are mostly excreted. However, there is still minute residue in the eggs.
We eat the eggs after using Safeguard and I'm still here typing.
If you suspect that you or a family member might have a reaction to the residue, toss the eggs in the garbage for 2 weeks after the 5th day. Do not give away or sell eggs to be eaten, nor give the eggs to your chickens to be eaten.

Thank you. I will weigh one of the 17 month Olds and one of the pullets. That should be fun! I have a baby scale. Maybe wrap them in a light cloth and put them on it?
I have lots of tiny syringes without needles because my dogs get ivermectin, monthly, as their heartworm preventative.

So - pretty much, we will be a month + without eggs, because they get a second round of Safeguard later, correct? That's ok. Just wanting to make sure I'm correct. I appreciate your help very much!

 

[Sammster]

@Eggcessive
@dawg53

Omgosh, I have such good girls! They stayed right on the baby scale for me without fussing. ♡

My girls are all RIRs.
I weighed 1 pullet. She was 5.4#
I weighed 2 hens. They were 5.2# and 5.1#
The worms were on the side where the older girls roost. Perhaps that's why they weigh slightly less. Or maybe they "just do".

All together I have 9 girls. I will dose them as though they all weigh 5# ~ so 1.25ml. each, 5 days in a row.

Now ~ the link theoldchick shared said, .2ml per pound, rather than .25ml per pound. And it also says to repeat, 10 days after finishing the first round. Would that mean 5 more days of dosing?

 

[Eggcessive]

The exact dose is 0.23 ml per pound, but I round it off to 0.25. No, it does not need to be repeated after 10 days.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

No one is molting right? Safeguard isn't a good wormer to use if anyone is regrowing feathers...

 

[Sammster]

The exact dose is 0.23 ml per pound, but I round it off to 0.25. No, it does not need to be repeated after 10 days.

Oh, great! Thank you so much!