Need dosage info for Ivermectin juvenile peachicks

[blesseddgh]

And I’ll get a scale tomorrow!

 

[casportpony]

And I’ll get a scale tomorrow!

Great! Then let me know what they weigh and I can tell you if they are in the normal range for their age group.

I use a cheap food scale that I got at Target.

 

[KsKingBee]

Keeping chicks on shavings inside a coop will give people a false sense of security. I keep my older chicks the same way but I have to be very careful to maintain a regular treatment program. Every time you walk into that coop you are exposing them to whatever is on your shoes. As Kathy pointed out they could have worms, cocci or blackhead. Worms and cocci will show sings of sickness for a short period but BH will often kill a chick before you realize it is sick. I have the benefit of being able to monitor my birds with fecal exams at home so I can rule out potential problems and apply the correct treatment. Call your vet and ask if you can bring a stool sample in for an exam, if no worms or cocci are present then you know that BH is the most likely culprit.

 

[blesseddgh]

Hi Casportpony! I took my carcass to OSU and thought I would get the preliminary report today but did not. Surely will get it tomorrow. Both remaining peachicks seem okey. I got a scale and No 1 weighs 16.2 ounces and No 2 weights 16.4 ounces. They were hatched August 15.

 

[blesseddgh]

Thank you for the info KSKingBee. I never thought about what my shoes carrying in. Maybe keep some shoes at the door to wear in?

 

[KsKingBee]

Thank you for the info KSKingBee. I never thought about what my shoes carrying in. Maybe keep some shoes at the door to wear in?

My vet recommended a pan of bleach-water to step in before walking in the building.

 

[casportpony]

Hi Casportpony! I took my carcass to OSU and thought I would get the preliminary report today but did not. Surely will get it tomorrow. Both remaining peachicks seem okey. I got a scale and No 1 weighs 16.2 ounces and No 2 weights 16.4 ounces. They were hatched August 15.

Those look like good weights! They translate to 459 and 465 grams. The red arrows are your chicks.

See the lower numbers? Those are my three that are below normal weight.

 

[blesseddgh]

Those look like good weights! They translate to 459 and 465 grams. The red arrows are your chicks.
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See the lower numbers? Those are my three that are below normal weight.

I just got the OSU preliminary report from the necropsy: severe infestation as arid is Galli. I just picked up a bottle of Safe-guard and ready to administer. Am I correct in.5 cc per day administering directly in each chicks mouth?

 

[blesseddgh]

Sorry, typo, Ascaridia galli

 

[casportpony]

At that weight, to treat the Ascaridia galli they would get ~0.23 ml orally once and repeat in ten days, though I might be tempted to give it several days in a row.