My broody has worms. What can I give her?

[SweetieChicken234]

Attached are pictures of what I saw.

 

[LBL]

Ivermectin.

Common lifestock worm medicine.

Also a good Virus medication.

And it won the 2015 Nobel Prize !

I bought about 10 tubes from Amazon for maybe $4 each, back in 2020.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Ok I can look on Amazon for some. How much do I give her?

 

[LBL]

Ok I can look on Amazon for some. How much do I give her?

It works best if you can calculate the dose yourself.

The entire 5 inch tube is for a horse, 1200 to 1500 pounds.

When I take it myself, I measure out enough for a 150 pound person, 1/10 of the 5 inches, or 1/2 an inch.

It is hard to give a bird less than that.

When I give it to a bird, I squeeze out maybe 1/4 inch and smear it into a circle on a piece of bread.

Then get the bread wet so it stays in one place when they start pecking at it.

They are getting a LARGE dose per pound of body weight.

I just gave Red John this dose schedule and he did very well.

Got healthier, ate his food, and saved me from amputating his toe by kicking it off.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

It works best if you can calculate the dose yourself.

The entire 5 inch tube is for a horse, 1200 to 1500 pounds.

When I take it myself, I measure out enough for a 150 pound person, 1/10 of the 5 inches, or 1/2 an inch.

It is hard to give a bird less than that.

When I give it to a bird, I squeeze out maybe 1/4 inch and smear it into a circle on a piece of bread.

Then get the bread wet so it stays in one place when they start pecking at it.

They are getting a LARGE dose per pound of body weight.

I just gave Red John this dose schedule and he did very well.

Got healthier, ate his food, and saved me from amputating his toe by kicking it off.

Wow that's incredible. I have no idea what kind of worms my hen has but I thought she was getting light a little too quickly. I keep monitoring her and finally found the issue.

 

[Tookie]

Those are roundworms, quite common for chickens to get. In fact I found some a few days ago in my chickens droppings, I plan to treat soon.
I use Fenbendazole, the Safeguard Goat Dewormer one. Dosage is 0.23ml per pound of weight, given orally. To treat roundworms only, give it once then repeat in 10 days. To treat for all worms except tape worms, give it 5 days in a row.
Its recommended to withdraw eggs for 14 days, but its up to you. Personally I don't think it matters at all, I've eaten the eggs and I was completely fine.

 

[LBL]

Wow that's incredible. I have no idea what kind of worms my hen has but I thought she was getting light a little too quickly. I keep monitoring her and finally found the issue.

In Red John's case, he had the broken, infected toe, and did not compete well for food.

I simply let him stay in a spare bedroom for 2 weeks, and sort of force-fed him.

The Ivermectin was part of the Vitamin D - penicillin - Ivermectin mix that I gave him.

With all 3 of those I am giving him way more by body weight than a person would take.

I think it's important to calculate the "right size" dose for a bird, but when you're giving it to them it seems to end up that they get more.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Those are roundworms, quite common for chickens to get. In fact I found some a few days ago in my chickens droppings, I plan to treat soon.
I use Fenbendazole, the Safeguard Goat Dewormer one. Dosage is 0.23ml per pound of weight, given orally. To treat roundworms only, give it once then repeat in 10 days. To treat for all worms except tape worms, give it 5 days in a row.
Its recommended to withdraw eggs for 14 days, but its up to you. Personally I don't think it matters at all, I've eaten the eggs and I was completely fine.

Oh wow roundworms.. at least you were able to ID them!! Thanks.. and ok so maybe that medication is better for the chicken then. This hen is broody and isn't laying so this is the perfect time to give her wormer.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Those are roundworms, quite common for chickens to get. In fact I found some a few days ago in my chickens droppings, I plan to treat soon.
I use Fenbendazole, the Safeguard Goat Dewormer one. Dosage is 0.23ml per pound of weight, given orally. To treat roundworms only, give it once then repeat in 10 days. To treat for all worms except tape worms, give it 5 days in a row.
Its recommended to withdraw eggs for 14 days, but its up to you. Personally I don't think it matters at all, I've eaten the eggs and I was completely fine.

Ok so I found this
https://www.amazon.com/Safe-guard-Fenbendazole-Dewormer-Liquid-125ml/dp/B01B5NO5BU

And also this
https://www.grangecoop.com/poultry-...ACPkGhN-eulDR_mT7QC5jseHte8REBYsaAo2rEALw_wcB

Is this second product equally as good?

 

[LBL]

Ok so I found this
https://www.amazon.com/Safe-guard-Fenbendazole-Dewormer-Liquid-125ml/dp/B01B5NO5BU

And also this
https://www.grangecoop.com/poultry-...ACPkGhN-eulDR_mT7QC5jseHte8REBYsaAo2rEALw_wcB

Is this second product equally as good?

I find that sometimes the trick is to get the medication to the bird, in a flock of birds.

In the past I have tried to isolate the bird that needed the medication, but that involves CATCHING them which can be near impossible.

So I was thinking - is it OK if they ALL get the medication ?

I think it depends on the situation, but as an example ... it happens anyway.

When I was treating Little Orange Guy for his Swollen Eye, the bread I put his Ivermectin on was often finished off by Gertie, his mother. (named after the waitress character in Sons of Anarchy.)

Also I use Milk to feed Vitamin D and Penicillin, and the same thing has happened there. Seems like the pattern is, a Hen finishes off the medication for the rooster, and there's no apparent harm.