My chickens have worms, what dewormer do I get?

[hayley3]

Valbazen is very good—I have used it. Again it is not water soluble, and has to be dosed individually. It does kill most worms with 2 doses, 10 days apart. But, it is harder to find in some feed stores, and is more expensive. My TSC diesn not sell if, but you can call around or order it online. Dosage is 1/2 ml for a full size hen, 1/4 ml for a bantam, and 3/4 ml for a very large hen or rooster.

I bought mine at Walmart PetRX and it was not cheap, like $47. The bottle is huge, so if they sold a smaller bottle, then it would not be that pricey.

 

[hayley3]

Valbazen is pretty pricey just looked it up but the Safeguard can be given to them once then again in 10 days to kill the roundworms, will it still kill the roundworms if I do the 5 day treatment? Just want to make sure.

So you have to do it to each hen 10 times. And make sure it goes to the left of the trachea. Which scared me.

 

[Kiki]

So you have to do it to each hen 10 times. And make sure it goes to the left of the trachea. Which scared me.

Woah...
@ANB131 Are you dealing with roundworms?
You don't need to treat them five days in a row for roundworms. Twice 10 days apart will work.

 

[Kiki]

Valbazen is pretty pricey just looked it up but the Safeguard can be given to them once then again in 10 days to kill the roundworms, will it still kill the roundworms if I do the 5 day treatment? Just want to make sure.

No... You do not need a treat 5 days in a row for roundworms.

 

[WillowMoonWyandottes]

So you have to do it to each hen 10 times. And make sure it goes to the left of the trachea. Which scared me.

So I would have to do the treatment 10 days in a row? Sorry I’m easily confused lol

 

[Kiki]

So I would have to do the treatment 10 days in a row? Sorry I’m easily confused lol

No.

Treat them today then wait 9 days and on the 10th day treat them again.

 

[WillowMoonWyandottes]

Woah...
@ANB131 Are you dealing with roundworms?
You don't need to treat them five days in a row for roundworms. Twice 10 days apart will work.

Since I can see the worms I’m guessing it’s roundworms, never had those before. And thanks, I will do that.

 

[hayley3]

So I would have to do the treatment 10 days in a row? Sorry I’m easily confused lol

LOL me too evidently!

 

[hayley3]

No.

Treat them today then wait 9 days and on the 10th day treat them again.

So what is the 5 days in a row for?
NVM, I read back and Eggcessive says the reasoning behind the 5 days.