Prohibit for worms

[Jasonpro55]

These are my first chickens. I have 3 roughly 8 months old. Saw small worms in poop in June and wormed with 4ml ivermectin in gallon of water for 2 days and followed up 14 days later. Saw worms in poop again today. Not sure what kind , maybe cecal. They were thin, pale, less than a centimeter in length. They are in coop, but have 8x12 run they are in during the day. Is this common? Should I worm again or could theses worms be not a big concern? I have ivermectin on hand, also have prohibit I use for goats. What is the protocol using prohibit on chickens? Thanks for any advice.

 

[Jasonpro55]

Also, the chickens are acting normal, seem healthy

 

[Painted Calls]

Pictures of the actual worms would be helpful.

@casportpony is the meds expert here.

 

[casportpony]

These are my first chickens. I have 3 roughly 8 months old. Saw small worms in poop in June and wormed with 4ml ivermectin in gallon of water for 2 days and followed up 14 days later. Saw worms in poop again today. Not sure what kind , maybe cecal. They were thin, pale, less than a centimeter in length. They are in coop, but have 8x12 run they are in during the day. Is this common? Should I worm again or could theses worms be not a big concern? I have ivermectin on hand, also have prohibit I use for goats. What is the protocol using prohibit on chickens? Thanks for any advice.

Ivermectin is not water soluble and it's not an effective poultry de-wormer. Are you sure they were worms and not maggots?

 

[Jasonpro55]

Fairly sure, it looked fresh, not enough time for maggots to get there, I will try to get pick

 

[Eggcessive]

With just 3 chickens, I would get some Safeguard Liquid Goat Wormer and give them 1/4 ml per pound of weight for 5 consecutive days. That will treat all chicken worms except for tapeworms, which are more rare.

 

[Jasonpro55]

This is thier poop, I did not see worms this time, it's also solid sometimes. One layed it's first egg today if that's relavent, egg was clean

 

[Jasonpro55]

This said I could use ivermectin, I understand it might not be the most effective these days

 

[Eggcessive]

That looks like cecal poop. Read post 9 by @dawg53 for Prohit dosage , and he might chime in with more simple dosage for chickens.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/now-what-and-what-type.1271514/#post-20438296

 

[dawg53]

There is an easier and more effective way to use Prohibit soluble powder in chickens.
Withhold the chickens water 2 hours the evening before birds go to roost for the night. This will make the wormer more effective in eliminating worms when you put out the treated water first thing the next morning.
Before letting your birds out of the coop in the morning, mix 1/8 teaspoon Prohibit with one gallon of water and provide it for your birds to drink throughout the day. It must be their sole source of water to drink. Your birds will be thirsty and will readily drink the treated water.
Discard leftover water when your birds go to roost for the evening and provide regular freshwater for them to drink the next morning. You've just completed day 1 of worming.
Day 2 is regular water.
Day 3, repeat the procedure in day 1.
Day 4 is regular water.
Day 5, repeat the procedure in day 1. This is your final day of worming with Prohibit (Levamisole.) Your birds are good to go about business as usual.
There is a 9 day withdrawal period after using Levamisole in chickens.