One hen died....then another

[casportpony]

Yeah, they'll eat just about anything I give them. Haven't known them to be picky eaters. Is safeguard just the horse wormer paste? I need to make a run to the store, so I'll look at both. I just wasn't planning on spending $45 on wormer.

If you want to worm effectively with Safeguard, and have 14 Rhode Island sized hens, you'll need to worm each one for five days with 1.5ml of paste or liquid. That dose will kill roundworms, cecal worms, gapeworms, capillary worms and maybe some species of tapeworms. You could choose to worm for just one day, but that will not kill all worms.

Safeguard
1.5 ml x 14 hens x 1 days = 21ml per day (one tube per day)
1 gram of paste = 1ml (yes, I weighed it), so you would need 5 25 gram tubes of paste @ $11 each, so $55
125 ml of Safeguard liquid for goats is $23

Some people worm just one day, but that will not kill capillary worms.

The most effective valbazen dose is for the same size hen is 0.6ml, and that will get all worms except for tapes and gapes.

Valbazen
0.6ml x 14 hens x 1 day = 8.4ml repeat again in ten days.
Total of 16.8ml needed.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I think @dawg53 has a source for small bottles (60ml?) of Valbazen.

-Kathy

 

[cibula11]

Can you administer Valbazen through a waterer? Has this been done with any effectiveness? Just trying to find a way not to have to stand in the freezing cold to give all my hens 1/2 cc...the bread method is probably next best if I can't put it in their water.

 

[casportpony]

Can you administer Valbazen through a waterer? Has this been done with any effectiveness? Just trying to find a way not to have to stand in the freezing cold to give all my hens 1/2 cc...the bread method is probably next best if I can't put it in their water.

In the water is the least effective way to do it. Do the bread.

-Kathy

 

[cibula11]

Okay, I picked some up last night. I'm wondering if I can give it to my cats and dogs too? I have a border collie who is thin and just saw the vet today. She wasn't really concerned, but I thought if my chickens have worms, there's a chance the cats and dog does too.

Anyone use Valbazen for dogs/cats? If so, what about dosing?

 

[casportpony]

Okay, I picked some up last night. I'm wondering if I can give it to my cats and dogs too? I have a border collie who is thin and just saw the vet today. She wasn't really concerned, but I thought if my chickens have worms, there's a chance the cats and dog does too.

Anyone use Valbazen for dogs/cats? If so, what about dosing?

It is sometimes used in cats and dogs, but I would consult a vet before doing so.

Here is the albendazole info from Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook.










-Kathy