Heading to store quick, need advice

[speckledhen]

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The safeguard paste would be easier to administer and cheaper for you.

Agreed. That's all I used before I started with the pour on.

 

[unix_micki]

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The safeguard paste would be easier to administer and cheaper for you.

How would you administer it?? Going to be a busy night, leg mites and worms

oh yippee!!

 

[unix_micki]

ok, going to the store now....please let me know how would be the easiest to give it to them.

Thx

 

[TexasToucan]

I have a coop with a people door and a side chicken door that goes into their run. I will go out at first light before the chickens are off their roosts. If you have help, it makes it easier. Grab a chicken off the roost, take it out the people door to my waiting helper. Wrap the chicken up in a towel so the holder doesn't get scratched and the chicken is calmer. The other person puts a pea size dollop of safeguard (I have larger birds, so I used just slightly more) on a finger. Then either the holder or the other one opens the chicken's mouth and puts the safeguard on the chicken's tongue. I usually hold the beak shut for a second to make sure it goes down. Then just release the medicated chicken into the run. Repeat for all the birds. When done, open up the chicken door into the run, and you are done. If you do it this way, you won't get confused which birds are already done, and which still need to be done.

 

[unix_micki]

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perfect, will take me a while but needs to be done.

going to see if I put some on bread if it works??

 

[unix_micki]

Will I also need to do this again in 10 days?

thx

 

[TexasToucan]

You can put it on a piece of bread. You just need to make sure that each bird eats its own piece of bread, and each bird gets the correct amount. Also, I know not every one of my birds will take treats from my hand. If one of them won't, you will need to be prepared to do something else.

And, yes, repeat in 10 days.

 

[turtlebird]

Thanks for all the helpful tips re: administering proper dosage of safeguard. Do eggs need to be tossed during treatment with safeguard paste?

 

[TexasToucan]

Eggs should be tossed for 14 days after the second treatment. I give them to my dogs. They wish I would worm more often