Help! I am in Coccidias and Worm Hell!

[LoLoGarrett]

Update from Vet visit. Unfortunately, the vet could not get any further than I was able to, because there is too much tissue in front of her eye and is causing her too much pain whenever she tried to attack the situation. The only way to really get in there is to put her on anesthesia, which would be risky for her age. There is a slight possibility that the mass maybe a tumor, but Vet thinks she is too young for it to be that. Her advice was to give my girl a rest from messing with her eye, since she seems to be functioning well with everything else and hope that the mass goes down on its own. If it is still an issue or has gotten worse in the next couple of weeks, then we will see where to go from there.

In regards to possible respiratory problems... she needs to see those hens to determine if that is what is going on. I just cannot afford to keep bringing my girls in... So I am going to finish tackling the treatment for the Coccidias and Worms. I spoke with the vet about the Valbazem and she has heard of it, but never used it. She told me that she recommended the Ivermectin due to the type of worms that they have. I think that they are the Cecal Worms and one other type of worm that they are carrying. She said if I wanted to use both the Ivermectin and the Valbazem that I could, she just could not find the right dosing for the Valbazem. She read the info on the Valbazem and still feels strongly to cover the worm issue to use Ivermectin and if I felt comfortable with the recommended dosing for Valbazem to use that with the Ivermectin.

 

[dawg53]

Valbazen kills every known roundworm that chickens can get: Large roundworms, cecal worms, capillary worms are the main types of worms that infest poultry. It'll also kill gizzard worms, eyeworms, and gapeworms. I give my birds Valbazen 1/2ml orally to each chicken, that's for a 5 pound bird. It would take alot more than that to overdose a chicken, so no worries when administering orally. Use a syringe without a needle to give it orally. Pull the hens wattles down and her mouth will open. Then quickly squirt the liquid in her mouth and release the wattles at the same time so she can swallow the liquid on her own.
I've used Ivermectin long ago and it was ineffective treating large roundworms in my birds.

 

[natyvidal]

Valbazen kills every known roundworm that chickens can get: Large roundworms, cecal worms, capillary worms are the main types of worms that infest poultry. It'll also kill gizzard worms, eyeworms, and gapeworms. I give my birds Valbazen 1/2ml orally to each chicken, that's for a 5 pound bird. It would take alot more than that to overdose a chicken, so no worries when administering orally. Use a syringe without a needle to give it orally. Pull the hens wattles down and her mouth will open. Then quickly squirt the liquid in her mouth and release the wattles at the same time so she can swallow the liquid on her own.
I've used Ivermectin long ago and it was ineffective treating large roundworms in my birds.

Sorry to but in here. I wish you well with your flock LoLoGarrett. I do have a question that has to do with your issues. If I have to treat my flock for parasites in general where do I buy the Valbazen? I live in Dade City Florida. Thank you.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Sorry to but in here. I wish you well with your flock LoLoGarrett. I do have a question that has to do with your issues. If I have to treat my flock for parasites in general where do I buy the Valbazen? I live in Dade City Florida. Thank you.

You can order it online.
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07949-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5
https://www.jefferspet.com/products/valbazen-broad-spectrum-dewormer
https://www.premier1supplies.com/p/valbazen

 

[LoLoGarrett]

You can order it online.
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07949-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5
https://www.jefferspet.com/products/valbazen-broad-spectrum-dewormer
https://www.premier1supplies.com/p/valbazen

Thank you Dawg

Sorry to but in here. I wish you well with your flock LoLoGarrett. I do have a question that has to do with your issues. If I have to treat my flock for parasites in general where do I buy the Valbazen? I live in Dade City Florida. Thank you.

Thank you for the information! I have the Valbazen on hand now and will try the trick with the Wattle. Most of my birds are easy to handle, with the exception of the new Golden Wyandotte's who are like Road Runners! I have yet to master catching those gals!

 

[dawg53]

Go out to the coop early in the morning before sunrise when all your birds are roosting, bring your bottle of Valbazen and syringe with you. Preload your syringe. Open the coop and snatch a bird off the roost and cradle the hen in your forearm.
With your free hand grab the preloaded syringe. With your other hand, while cradling the hen, use your fingers and thumb to pull down on the wattles and squirt the liquid in the hens mouth with your free hand quickly as I mentioned in my previous post. Then release the hen and grab another hen off the roost and repeat this procedure until all your birds are wormed.
If a bird shakes its head while hanging on to her wattles, hang on and she will tire out, then dose her accordingly. If a hen has short or no wattles, grab the skin under her lower beak/neck area and her mouth will open.

It's best to withhold feed the previous evening before worming your birds the next morning. The chickens will be starving and so will the worms. You'll be feeding them the Valbazen and it will be very effective killing the weakened worms.

After you worm them early the next morning, wait at least 2 hours before feeding your chickens. They will be starving, feed them a little at a time, gradually increasing feed during the day back to normal feeding.
If you dont do this, hungry birds may gorge feed possibly causing impacted crop or gizzard.

 

[LoLoGarrett]

Go out to the coop early in the morning before sunrise when all your birds are roosting, bring your bottle of Valbazen and syringe with you. Preload your syringe. Open the coop and snatch a bird off the roost and cradle the hen in your forearm.
With your free hand grab the preloaded syringe. With your other hand, while cradling the hen, use your fingers and thumb to pull down on the wattles and squirt the liquid in the hens mouth with your free hand quickly as I mentioned in my previous post. Then release the hen and grab another hen off the roost and repeat this procedure until all your birds are wormed.
If a bird shakes its head while hanging on to her wattles, hang on and she will tire out, then dose her accordingly. If a hen has short or no wattles, grab the skin under her lower beak/neck area and her mouth will open.

It's best to withhold feed the previous evening before worming your birds the next morning. The chickens will be starving and so will the worms. You'll be feeding them the Valbazen and it will be very effective killing the weakened worms.

After you worm them early the next morning, wait at least 2 hours before feeding your chickens. They will be starving, feed them a little at a time, gradually increasing feed during the day back to normal feeding.
If you dont do this, hungry birds may gorge feed possibly causing impacted crop or gizzard.

Got 8 out of 10 yesterday! Yay me! They look forward to being let out of their coop yard to free range in the mornings, so I let them out one at a time and dosed each one as I let them out. The twins, did not cooperate as expected! The Golden girls are pistols! They just kept flying over my head! LOL So my game plan is to take on the twins early in the morning, per your suggestion, as this is the only possible way of grabbing them. Last day of water treated with Corid, this is second round since last Monday. I had a light bulb go off in my head and added frozen blueberries to their water. The water bowl was almost empty this morning! Sweet!!! Sooo now I have to move onto treatment for those showing respiratory issues. Sigh... almost there!
So Baytril to treat for this? How much of a dose? Once or twice a day?

Thank you so.much for the advice! BYC has been more helpful than the vet office!

 

[LoLoGarrett]

Got 8 out of 10 yesterday! Yay me! They look forward to being let out of their coop yard to free range in the mornings, so I let them out one at a time and dosed each one as I let them out. The twins, did not cooperate as expected! The Golden girls are pistols! They just kept flying over my head! LOL So my game plan is to take on the twins early in the morning, per your suggestion, as this is the only possible way of grabbing them. Last day of water treated with Corid, this is second round since last Monday. I had a light bulb go off in my head and added frozen blueberries to their water. The water bowl was almost empty this morning! Sweet!!! Sooo now I have to move onto treatment for those showing respiratory issues. Sigh... almost there!
So Baytril to treat for this? How much of a dose? Once or twice a day?

Thank you so much for the advice! BYC has been more helpful than the vet office!

Done! I was able to take care of the twins this morning and administer the medication successfully! The Red Sex Links were sounding worse this morning with their sneezing and gasping. Gave them treatment with VetRX hoping to provide relief, until I can get the mediation for raspatory problems. What a month this has been! Hopefully we have an end in sight with all of these illnesses. Good thing, is they are all still alive and very active!

 

[LoLoGarrett]

I have completely lost it! Actually broke down and cried this morning! Everyone is now treated for Cocci and worms...but now I am up against a horrible respiratory infection with Red Sex Links. The Gray Lavender still has the sore on her eye but is excelling everywhere else and the two Golden Wyondottes and two Gray Rock Bars seem as healthy as can be....NOW I am just coming back in after spending two hours doctoring the Sex Links with natural remedies trying to help them some how, cleaning out the coop the poop still looks gooey on some and then Lord help me, I clean out the hen boxes and the eggs are infested in millions of little white worms still wriggling around, is this normal after worm treatment? and then NEXT is that the hen boxes are also infested with millions of Mites and then notice the rest of the coop under their roost is the same. I have been putting DE dust down everyday, cleaned out coop everyday...WHY???? OH and my Red Sex Links are all half naked underneath! Also noticed when cleaning coops so many feathers and then when I was treating them noticed they had no feathers left under their bodies. Is there any end in sight? Are my girls done in and do I need to call it quits for their sake and mine?

 

[STACEYH]

Hang in there. So sorry for you and your girls.