How Do You Worm Your Flock?

[pips&peeps]

I need to worm my ducks and geese, however, I am unsure of how to do a general worm for them without overdosing. I have too many to individually worm them like detailed in Holderreads book, so I am seeking information from others who have large flocks.

Thanks,


ETA: I have injectible ivermectin, a small amount of valbazen and wazine (pipperazine) available.

 

[feathersandfluff]

The feed store recommanded Wazine for my geese. I have used it with good results. I mixed it with water acording to directions on the bottle and took all my other water away from the geese for most of a day. I did this a second time a couple of months later. Dorothy

 

[Mrs. Turbo]

we do everyone one by one.....takes FOREVER!!! We also give a squirt of adams flea and tick spray while we are at it.

 

[Golden Valley Farm]

I switch off between Injectable Ivermectin and Panacure wormer. For geese , chickens, ducks, turkeys. If I worm individually I inject under the skin with one quarter cc of Ivermectin.

 

[ultasol]

Problem with Wazine is that it has a limited range of parasites that it kills. I only worm a couple times a year, once being before breeding season in late winter (ie now). Please remember to rotate your wormers to prevent additional parasites from gaining resistance to particular wormers- this rotation was ivermectin for me and the rest of the geese are getting their dose tomorrow. I didn't have a goose-specific dose so I slightly upped the dose per lb I had for chickens and normally give about 8 drops orally.

I purchased a pair of Sebastopol from you this spring, Jean, and the goose has laid four eggs already this year (all within the past week).

 

[swheat]

I used the liquid Safe Guard (fenbendazole)this year for the 1st time. Safe Guard or Panacur will get the gizzard worms and gape(throat) worms. Use 3cc per gal. of water for 3 days and then 10 to 14 days later to get the one that hatched from eggs.

 

[ultasol]

Oooh, I just found this. I hope this helps.

http://www.ashtonwaterfowl.net/keeping_geese.htm

 

[pips&peeps]

I used the liquid Safe Guard (fenbendazole)this year for the 1st time. Safe Guard or Panacur will get the gizzard worms and gape(throat) worms. Use 3cc per gal. of water for 3 days and then 10 to 14 days later to get the one that hatched from eggs.

I think I will use this method unless someone wants to volunteer to come over and help me catch 16 geese and 6 ducks in this muddy mess we have right now.......

 

[rainplace]

Quote:
The Ashtons are in the UK so a lot of the names are different than to what we have available in the states.

 

[Cottage Rose]

I like to deworm anything spring and fall but I don't seem to get to it most the time.
Theres a link on my link page to a website that has directions on using Ivermectin.
You can use the topical application of Ivermectin, "Eprinex' which makes it easier.