Help!! My hens have long worms, what do i do?

[Cr8zycknlady]

Hmm, pulling wattles, I never thought about that, nor never heard of that, I will try that, thank you so much!

 

[Suzie]

I've never used Rooster Booster wormer. It is an effective wormer mixed in the chickens feed over a period of days. I don't know how many days though. There isn't a withdrawal period using this product neither.
For the liquid wormers we mentioned, pull the wattles down and the hens mouth will open. Hang on if she struggles, she'll tire eventually. Then use a preloaded syringe without a needle and squirt the 1/2cc liquid in her mouth and immediately let go of the wattles so the hen can swallow the liquid on her own. if you don't immediately let go of the wattles, she could aspirate with the liquid going down the windpipe...not good. There's a 14 day withdrawal period after the last dosing of the safeguard and/or valbazen.

X 2 ...Dawg is the de-wormer expert!

 

[Eggcessive]

I am looking for info on worming when I saw this post. I Safequard for horeses it is a paste and safequard alfalfa pellets that is 0.5% fenbendazole the paste is10% fenbendazole . Can I use either of these meds?

Most chicken people use the SafeGuard horse paste or the liquid goat wormer, not the pellets. The dosage is the same of the paste and liquid--1/2 ml or with the paste as pea-sized amount if you can't draw it up in a syringe.

 

[cafarmgirl]

Hmm, pulling wattles, I never thought about that, nor never heard of that, I will try that, thank you so much!

What I do is have someone else hold the bird, I wrap my hand around the back of the head so I can use my thumb and index finger to open the beak. I do it that way because I have several with very small wattles so it's hard to use them to get the mouth open lol. They don't like it and they'll fight and be mad but as soon as you put them down they're over it. I do it after dark when it's easy to pluck them off the roost.

When you squirt the wormer in the beak aim it off to the side, not directly down the center to the back. You don't want the to aspirate it.

 

[Grannychick55]

Most chicken people use the SafeGuard horse paste or the liquid goat wormer, not the pellets.  The dosage is the same of the paste and liquid--1/2 ml or with the paste as pea-sized amount if you can't draw it up in a syringe.

Thank you for your advice I have read that people also use Ivermectin pour on for cattle I also have that what is your opinion on using that ? Thanks for any advice

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you for your advice I have read that people also use Ivermectin pour on for cattle I also have that what is your opinion on using that ? Thanks for any advice

No, I wouldn't use it because Ivermectin has lost it's effect on killing worms in chickens over the last few years due to it's overuse in fighting mites. I asked my vet recently to verify that, and he agreed that SafeGuard and Valbazen are the right meds to use.

 

[Grannychick55]

No, I wouldn't use it because Ivermectin has lost it's effect on killing worms in chickens over the last few years due to it's overuse in fighting mites.  I asked my vet recently to verify that, and he agreed that SafeGuard and Valbazen are the right meds to use.

Thank you for your advice

 

[bephillips]

I mix DE with my crumbles in my flocks daily feed. Do I still need to worm twice a year?

 

[dawg53]

I mix DE with my crumbles in my flocks daily feed. Do I still need to worm twice a year?

It's advisable that you worm your birds. If their feet touch the ground, they'll get worms. DE does not prevent nor treat for worms.

 

[supercoops]

It's advisable that you worm your birds. If their feet touch the ground, they'll get worms. DE does not prevent nor treat for worms.

I'm glad I saw this thread. Here's a link I found on The NC State University poultry science web-site, and it has several worming treatments. I like the idea of adding the treatment to the drinking water:

http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/solutions.html