How do I administer Medistatin?

[casportpony]

If you do decide to give it orally, this article might be helpful.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

 

[Kiki]

I think I would go ahead and deworm too.
Worms can cause crop issues. So can coccidiosis.

 

[casportpony]

There is a great article by a vet on prophylactic de-worming. Let me see if I can find that.

 

[casportpony]

"Prophylactic Deworming

I have been saying this for years (because I have been seeing this for years!) and here it is: Many young and adult birds can be harboring ascarids (especially if they were parent-raised for any length of time) and you can run fecals all day, and guess what? The fecals will almost always be negative. A paper out of the Univ. of Georgia a few years back confirmed this. Many a time I have been a hero when I have dewormed a bird during a second or third opinion, when it passes a pile of ascarids and shocks the owner after being repeatedly told by other vets that "the fecal was negative." Well, deworm it anyway, with something safe. I routinely use pyrantel pamoate, since you can't hurt a bird with it, unless you aspirate it! "
Source:
http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/challenges.html

 

[Mandrogora]

I've emailed them but I'm going to go ahead and deworm. At least I'll know in the future whether they do test or not. I have Corid on hand but have never had to use it. Should I treat for coccidiosis too? Or will that be too much on the body at one time?

 

[casportpony]

I've emailed them but I'm going to go ahead and deworm. At least I'll know in the future whether they do test or not. I have Corid on hand but have never had to use it. Should I treat for coccidiosis too? Or will that be too much on the body at one time?

I usually treat for both.

 

[Kiki]

I've emailed them but I'm going to go ahead and deworm. At least I'll know in the future whether they do test or not. I have Corid on hand but have never had to use it. Should I treat for coccidiosis too? Or will that be too much on the body at one time?

No it won't harm to use both at the same time.
If you have it on hand I would start it now. Do you have the liquid or powder?

 

[Mandrogora]

I have the liquid. I'll start it in the morning, they're all getting ready for bed now. I'll also be heading into town to get wormer. I was just out observing them for awhile. They're all acting normal but their combs look pale to me. They are all laying at this point so I would expect them to be deeper red. I'm going to go ahead and treat the flock. Should I deworm my ducks as well? They're area is separated but I walk through where the ducks are to get to the chickens. They share common areas at different times. Plus I let the chickens into the ducks side of the house to turn their straw.