How long to use Safe Guard goat dewormer for unknown kind of worms

[BDutch]

Hello,
I purchased some safe guard goat dewormer to worm my chickens. It is too expensive to get a fecal test to find out which kind they had or even if they have any, so I wanted to use a pretty general dewormer. My hens have been sick recently and pooping blood, I treated for coccidiosis but they were still pooping blood so I'm guessing its not coccidiosis. I have been doing some research on the instructions but there is a lot of contradicting information so I'm hoping to try and get some clarity.
I know I am supposed to use 1/4 ml per pound, but the question is for how long. Some say just give it to them once, wait 10 days and then give them a second dosage (is this second dosage less then the first?). Other people say to give them a dosage 5 days in a row, take a 10 day break and repeat. Which one should I do given i am unsure of the kind of worms? Thanks!

If the label doesn’t say it’s safe for poultry/chickens you should NOT give this to chickens. It might be poisonous for chickens and maybe even poisonous for you if you eat the eggs or meat.

 

[BDutch]

SafeGaurd (fenbendazole) is safe for chickens.

From a dutch website for chickens:
fenbendazole (Panacur) has been proven effective for birds! Only it is not used in the poultry industry and therefore it has never been investigated what the waiting time is. (Because that costs money)
(ps fenbendazole is also for dogs, pigs, sheep, and if you don't eat them also for primates, big cats, giraffe / antelope, ornamental birds, amphibians, reptiles, deer / roe deer, bears, pheasants / partridges, pigeons, geese and finches.

 

[BDutch]

But you have no proof that it is safe for the eggs and meat.
Is it allowed to sell eggs in the US if the chickens have been treated with this medicine?
Common practices are not always good practices.

 

[BDutch]

@dawg53 Maybe you are right. I truly hope so it is. But do keep in mind that some heavy smokers get very old too. Do not claim anything without research, and certainly not on one individual case. After many years of ‘fighting’ against the tobacco industry it is proven that smoking is very bad for youre health, and imo you should not recommend to use this medicine if there is no proof that this is safe.

 

[BDutch]

Not to me. 1 England is not Europe. .
2 more important. In Europe (and other countries?) it is allowed to fabricate and sell lots of unhealthy stuf . Take PFAS (tefal pans, foam in fire extinguishers). This is very poisonous but they allow it to be used because the factory nows how to bent/ go around rules. Time after time. Same with Monsanto's roundup (now Bayer). They now its bad for the health of insects and insect eaters. But its so hard to stop them to sell these kind of products.
I just don’t believe companies who make big money selling medicines that are not properly tested.

 

[Lisa808]

I just dosed my 3 backyard chickens with fenbendazole dewormer for 5 days in a row. Do you recommend they get dosed again for 5 days after 10 days off?

 

[Lisa808]

You're done worming your chickens. Five days in a row is all that is needed. Good job.

Thank you!