Ivermectin

[Chamelaucium]

Hi everyone.
Firstly I’m sorry I think I’ve put my question in the wrong forum but I couldn’t another one suitable.

So I use ivermectin drops on my chickens skin for worms, lice and mites.
But I’m trying to find out if you can eat a chicken treated with ivermectin and if so how long is the wait period?

Thank you everybody.

 

[Cyprus]

Do you put Ivermectin on every day? What kind of worms are you trying to treat?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Since it is not labeled for chickens, there's no official withdrawal period for meat and eggs for drug residue. The withdrawal time for cattle is 48 days. I would wait at least twice that for a chicken.

 

[Chamelaucium]

Hi, I use it every 3 months. I was told to get it for a scaly leg mite problem I had and was told it works on worms also. Would anyone know of a good wormer for chickens with no withholding period?

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is some information about withdrawal time with ivermectin:
http://www.poultrydvm.com/drugs/ivermectin

 

[Kris5902]

Cattle get far larger doses, I hope the meat withdrawal time would be a bit shorter on chickens? I’m interested too as I treated a cockerel I’m thinking of keeping, but if he doesn’t adjust his attitude I would prefer to eat him and I do not want to wait 14 more weeks to deal with him if that’s the case!