Is wormer amount same for young chicks as adults

[JRivrVue]

Last weekI had a bad fall and have been flat on my back. I was standing on a cracked feed bucket late plugging in an extra light for my baby peas. Bucket collapsed. So did I. I have help tending to the barn. Good help but not as good as when I keep a watchful eye on my babies. I have to worm the youngsters. I was going to use safeguard in water. Do I use the 3 cc per gallon for the little ones..started hatching may 24 th. they are coming into 8 weeks, but some hatched last week. I can worm just the older ones. Say 5-8 week olds. Please advise. Best. Judy

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Sorry about your injury - hope you heal fast.

I dose everything by weight of the bird, so the dosage would be less for a chick. I found a link with info:
http://www.upaforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=7757&sid=f541bbacb4f2083bcef0372fe60afc84

It sounds like it is hard to over dose on safeguard fortunately.

 

[casportpony]

I also dose everything by weight, never in water, 'cause you can't be 100% sure that they will drink enough, IMHO. Per my vet, I de-wormed with fenbendazole 10% (Safeguard or Panacur, liquid or paste) at 50mg/kg by mouth and repeat in ten days. However, I recently read an abstract that says de-worming at 20mg/kg three consecutive days is very effective against several worms, including a tapeworm.

Unlike many other wormers, fenbendazole is a *very* safe wormer and is used on kittens, puppies, foals and chicks.

Fenbendazole info:

Here is the abstract:
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6750887
Efficacy of fenbendazole against helminth parasites of poultry in Uganda.

Ssenyonga GS.

Abstract

Fenbendazole 4% (Panacur, Hoechst) administered in feed was used to treat chickens infected with Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum and Railletina spp. It was also used to treat Syngamus trachea in broiler birds. There was a marked drop in helminth egg counts in the faeces on the second day of treatment and the faeces became negative by the seventh day after the last treatment. Post-mortem examination 15 to 21 days later showed that the drug was 100% effective against Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum at 10 mg/kg. However, for complete removal of Railletina spp. 15 mg/kg was required. Similarly 20 mg/kg fenbendazole was effective against Syngamus trachea. It was concluded that fenbendazole is suitable for the treatment of the important intestinal and tracheal worms of poultry, a dose of 15 to 20 mg/kg for 3 consecutive days being recommended for use under field conditions.

 

[casportpony]

If you're still planning on putting the wormer in the water it would be the same amount of cc's per gallon for any age, 'cause a younger chick will drink less than on older one, so in theory they would get the correct amount of medicine. Make sense?

-Kathy

 

[Yoda]

Sorry Kathy I could not resist this one LMAO! You ALWAYS say to weigh the chicks so I had to make this post.

I know right now you want to

me LMAO!

 

[casportpony]

Sorry Kathy I could not resist this one LMAO! You ALWAYS say to weigh the chicks so I had to make this post.

I know right now you want to

me LMAO!

I don't want to smack you, lol. You know, I am very lazy, so worming in the water would be easiest for me, but like I said before, way too many water sources here, so I would go through a liter of Safeguard way too quick. -Kathy

 

[zazouse]

I mix safeguard with scrambled eggs, all gone in 5 minutes

 

[casportpony]

That's a good idea, but sometimes mine won't eat eggs.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

OH my if mine did not eat their scrambled eggs I would medicate them ASAP cause they live for their scrambled eggs, eggs are the only reason I have chickens, they support a lot of the animals diets here even DH and I.