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DobieLover said:
I don't know of any breeders that vaccinate. Most vaccinations are done at hatcheries.
A little over half my flock is vaccinated for Marek's disease and that's it.
The rest hatched out from that stock or from hatching eggs tucked under a broody hen. They are all unvaccinated.
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We have recently discovered Henrietta has worms of some sort in her excrement. 😔 I was hoping there were vaccinations to prevent this and that maybe she just hasn’t been vaccinated. For 2 weeks I’ve attempted to treat her with homeopathic, all natural solutions. I’m over trying that now and Optimus has them now also. Our local farm store has NOTHING other than the one brand of natural wormer. Which was frustrating since they sell chicks (it’s a huge thing here, people come to just see the chicks and ducklings) so I found some liquid Fenbendaloze (for goats) and have been giving them a fresh gallon of water mix with 3cc of the meds every other day. But I could really use some help with possible direct/individual dosage. After 4 days and still seeing them in her excrement I’m close to desperate to help her before she starts to go down hill. She’s still active, eating and drinking. (My stress May be from my lack of knowledge and wanting this to work, I also don’t want her to be in distress)
 
DieterleCompound said:
We have recently discovered Henrietta has worms of some sort in her excrement. 😔 I was hoping there were vaccinations to prevent this and that maybe she just hasn’t been vaccinated.
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You can get Safeguard liquid goat wormer here.
The dose is 0.23 ml per pound of body weight given once daily for 3-5 consecutive days.
I teach the birds to eat small pieces of bread. Once they realize that is a treat, I squirt the dose into pieces of bread and feed that to each bird SEPARATELY FROM THE FLOCK then return the treated bird to the flock and get the next one. Otherwise, you risk birds stealing the treated bread and getting double dosed. In your case, Optimus will try to give his bread to Henrietta. So treat them separately.
The withdrawal period for eggs is 2 weeks after the last dose. Lots people will still eat them but I wouldn't sell them or give them away.
 
Welcome to BYC. So glad to meet you. Thank you for sharing beautiful pictures of wonderful animals. Best wishes with your plans. Enjoy those birds!
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DieterleCompound said:
We have recently discovered Henrietta has worms of some sort in her excrement. 😔 I was hoping there were vaccinations to prevent this and that maybe she just hasn’t been vaccinated. For 2 weeks I’ve attempted to treat her with homeopathic, all natural solutions. I’m over trying that now and Optimus has them now also. Our local farm store has NOTHING other than the one brand of natural wormer. Which was frustrating since they sell chicks (it’s a huge thing here, people come to just see the chicks and ducklings) so I found some liquid Fenbendaloze (for goats) and have been giving them a fresh gallon of water mix with 3cc of the meds every other day. But I could really use some help with possible direct/individual dosage. After 4 days and still seeing them in her excrement I’m close to desperate to help her before she starts to go down hill. She’s still active, eating and drinking. (My stress May be from my lack of knowledge and wanting this to work, I also don’t want her to be in distress)
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See posts #2 & #4 in this link on how to worm birds individually:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/worming-questions.1515680/#post-25504826
 

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