Ivermectin Experiment

[Folly's place]

I've used Ivermectin, and it's been the injectable product, which I dose either orally or on the skin, at one ml. per about 80 pounds body weight. I used a TB syringe to dose it effectively on each bird. My notes talk about 0.2 mg. per kg. for most birds, so about 0.1 mg. per pound body weight.
It kills most parasites, which is wonderful, but isn't approved in the USA for chickens, not so wonderful.
Mary

 

[casportpony]

I've used Ivermectin, and it's been the injectable product, which I dose either orally or on the skin, at one ml. per about 80 pounds body weight. I used a TB syringe to dose it effectively on each bird. My notes talk about 0.2 mg. per kg. for most birds, so about 0.1 mg. per pound body weight.
It kills most parasites, which is wonderful, but isn't approved in the USA for chickens, not so wonderful.
Mary

I use the higher dose because the first time I tried it at the 0.2 mg/kg amount it had zero effect on lice. I guess I should try it again and see exactly how much it takes to get rid of lice.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Since starting this thread I have treated several with lice and found ivermectin to be 100% effective on all bird lice and scaley leg mites.

How often do you treat birds with ivermectin for lice and mites? How soon did you notice lice and or mites back on a bird that was previously treated with ivermectin?

 

[007Sean]

Since starting this thread I have treated several with lice and found ivermectin to be 100% effective on all bird lice and scaley leg mites.

How did you treat them? Ivermectin isn't very soluble in water!

 

[casportpony]

How did you treat them? Ivermectin isn't very soluble in water!

I use the 1% injectable or the horse paste orally. Also used the 1% injectable topically and it worked too.

 

[aart]

Sorry, separate, of course.

I figured but just wanted to be sure.

 

[roosterhavoc]

What do you consider reoccurring issue?

Do you treat with ivermectin on an actual schedule like every 3months, 6 months, 12 months etc or do you treat them when you notice they have lice or mites? If that’s the case how soon does a bird end up with lice or mites again after being treated with ivermectin?

 

[roosterhavoc]

For lice yes. Let mites no, leg mites seem to be a once in a lifetime thing.

How often do you spray yours with fipronil?

End of winter and right before they molt at the very end of summer or early fall. I let half of my pens go for 18 months though to see if I would have any problems. Since I started using fipronil I haven’t seen any lice or mites in many years. I cull birds routinely and skin the feathers out too. So I’ve really checked them. I still spray all the birds though twice a year too.

 

[paneubert]

End of winter and right before they molt at the very end of summer or early fall. I let half of my pens go for 18 months though to see if I would have any problems. Since I started using fipronil I haven’t seen any lice or mites in many years. I cull birds routinely and skin the feathers out too. So I’ve really checked them. I still spray all the birds though twice a year too.

I don't want to send this down the fipronil path since it is meant to be an ivermectin thread. But @roosterhavoc , how do you dose them with fipronil? Drop between the shoulder blades/wings like on a dog? Can of spray fipronil all over their back, etc...?

 

[roosterhavoc]

I don't want to send this down the fipronil path since it is meant to be an ivermectin thread. But @roosterhavoc , how do you dose them with fipronil? Drop between the shoulder blades/wings like on a dog? Can of spray fipronil all over their back, etc...?

One spritz under each wing on the skin, and one spritz just above the vent on the skin. You don’t need a full spray just enough to wet the skin.
Frontline spray is what I use. I have over 100 birds and one bottle will last even me a couple years.