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arazla said:
Interesting. I suspect we may find something similar.

We've got 30 chickens, a turkey, and 4 chicks, so the prospect of doing them all individually is a bit daunting to be honest. When we used Safeguard paste before, we served pea sized amounts on pieces of bread. It may not have been as effective as the water treatment the vet prescribed because we did the repeat-in-10-days recipe rather than 5-days-in-a-row thing. I also don't think I gave them enough. I was rather conservative in what I considered to be a pea sized amount. I was told later in the fb group "just the fowl facts," that anyone who recommended a "pea-sized" amount without weighing each individual chicken was an "untrustworthy source." I had gotten the pea-sized instructions from a former vet tech I don't know well, but who seems pretty solid on chickens stuff. Later I found the exact same instructions on The Chicken Chick's website. At any rate, seems a heck of a lot easier than weighing EVERY SINGLE chicken unless there are obvious discrepancies in size.

Which leads me to my next question in regards to clarifying dosing again. Somewhere on byc I think I read that it was .23 ml of Safeguard per 5 lb chicken, but now I can't find that. So I'm panicking thinking I got this wrong. Surely it's not .23 ml per pound?
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This I don't know, so I would ask the three Educators I always go to for questions of this type; one of them will surely know.
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arazla said:
And do I skip the babies for now? The 3 older ones seem happy and healthy. (The newest one is alone and its mom is still in a stupor, but that's another story).
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I don't know how old the babies have to be before we can worm them. I haven't wormed mine yet, either. Hopefully our Educators will enlighten us on that as well!

arazla said:
I do have 1 Old English Bantam roo and several hens that are on the smaller size which I could theoretically weigh, although not sure they'll register on my scale since it's meant for humans.
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Weigh yourself. Then weigh yourself again while holding the chicken. The difference is how much the chicken weighs. I do this to weigh my cat at home.
 
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Weigh yourself. Then weigh yourself again while holding the chicken. Do the math. The difference berween the twoo weights is what the chicken weighs. This is how I weigh my cat at home.
 
arazla said:
Interesting. I suspect we may find something similar.

We've got 30 chickens, a turkey, and 4 chicks, so the prospect of doing them all individually is a bit daunting to be honest. When we used Safeguard paste before, we served pea sized amounts on pieces of bread. It may not have been as effective as the water treatment the vet prescribed because we did the repeat-in-10-days recipe rather than 5-days-in-a-row thing. I also don't think I gave them enough. I was rather conservative in what I considered to be a pea sized amount. I was told later in the fb group "just the fowl facts," that anyone who recommended a "pea-sized" amount without weighing each individual chicken was an "untrustworthy source." I had gotten the pea-sized instructions from a former vet tech I don't know well, but who seems pretty solid on chickens stuff. Later I found the exact same instructions on The Chicken Chick's website. At any rate, seems a heck of a lot easier than weighing EVERY SINGLE chicken unless there are obvious discrepancies in size.

Which leads me to my next question in regards to clarifying dosing again. Somewhere on byc I think I read that it was .23 ml of Safeguard per 5 lb chicken, but now I can't find that. So I'm panicking thinking I got this wrong. Surely it's not .23 ml per pound? And do I skip the babies for now? The 3 older ones seem happy and healthy. (The newest one is alone and its mom is still in a stupor, but that's another story). I do have 1 Old English Bantam roo and several hens that are on the smaller size which I could theoretically weigh, although not sure they'll register on my scale since it's meant for humans.
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Since you have 30 chickens, it would be in your best interest to worm your birds with Valbazen. It's much easier.
There is no need to worm chicks under 6 weeks old unless they have been on soil. I worm my birds starting at 6 weeks old.
Valbazen dosage is 0.08ml per pound of weight or 1/2ml for a 5 lb chicken given orally using a syringe without a needle.
Then repeat dosing in 10-14 days to kill worms hatched from eggs missed by the initial dosing. Wormers will not eliminate/kill worm eggs. Valbazen is sold in a 500ml bottle.

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arazla said:
Interesting. I suspect we may find something similar.

We've got 30 chickens, a turkey, and 4 chicks, so the prospect of doing them all individually is a bit daunting to be honest. When we used Safeguard paste before, we served pea sized amounts on pieces of bread. It may not have been as effective as the water treatment the vet prescribed because we did the repeat-in-10-days recipe rather than 5-days-in-a-row thing. I also don't think I gave them enough. I was rather conservative in what I considered to be a pea sized amount. I was told later in the fb group "just the fowl facts," that anyone who recommended a "pea-sized" amount without weighing each individual chicken was an "untrustworthy source." I had gotten the pea-sized instructions from a former vet tech I don't know well, but who seems pretty solid on chickens stuff. Later I found the exact same instructions on The Chicken Chick's website. At any rate, seems a heck of a lot easier than weighing EVERY SINGLE chicken unless there are obvious discrepancies in size.

Which leads me to my next question in regards to clarifying dosing again. Somewhere on byc I think I read that it was .23 ml of Safeguard per 5 lb chicken, but now I can't find that. So I'm panicking thinking I got this wrong. Surely it's not .23 ml per pound? And do I skip the babies for now? The 3 older ones seem happy and healthy. (The newest one is alone and its mom is still in a stupor, but that's another story). I do have 1 Old English Bantam roo and several hens that are on the smaller size which I could theoretically weigh, although not sure they'll register on my scale since it's meant for humans.
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Dosages were given in post 2. Yes, SafeGuard liquid goat wormer dosage is 0.23 ml or 1/4 ml per pound of weight. Pea size is not an accurate measure, and any posts for that are old and outdated. Valbazen is the easiest because it is 1/2 ml for a 4-6 pound chicken once and again in 10 days. As Dawg 53 said it is 0.08 ml, less than a 1/10 ml per pound. He is an expert on worming.
 
Thanks everyone. @Eggcessive @dawg53 Unfortunately I just drove to Tractor Supply yesterday, which is not close, and got the paste :( I won't be able to get there again until this weekend. Could you tell me the exact amount for the paste as well? If I can start with at least a couple chickens I think are compromised, I could do the valbazen later.
 
The SG paste is 10% just like the SafeGuard goat wormer, so fine to use. Squirt a little into a spoon and draw it up with a syringe (with needle off.)
 

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