Question on thin hen and also gape worm

[casportpony]

I was able to get Safeguard equine paste. I think you earlier suggested that was also a gentle wormer, Eggcessive. Hesitating, because I'd have to throw eggs for almost 2 weeks or separate her. Also, our local folks with chickens never worm, and the poultry advisor for 4-H here was very doubtful she would have a load of worms at 22 weeks. But, she is free ranging widely and not improving, so it might be worth a try.

Safeguard is one of the safest... it's used on cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, mares, foals, stallions, cows, calves, bulls, reptiles, goats, sheep, llamas, etc and birds of *all* ages.

When I have one that's "off", worming is the first thing I do. Lately I've been treating them with Safeguard for five days to be sure to get any capillary worms. The dose I use for that requires weighing the bird and doing a little math

, and that dose, with paste or liquid is 0.5ml per 2.2 pounds (50mg/kg). Based in the chart below, your RSL should probably weigh more than 3 pounds at 22 weeks, but if she did weigh 3 pounds, the amount of Safeguard (liquid or paste) I would give a 3 pound bird for five days in a row is 0.7ml

Math used:
Weight in pounds divided by 2.2 (converts to kg) times 50mg divided by 100 (number of mg in one ml). So that looks like this:
3 ÷ 2.2 x 50 ÷ 100 = 0.7ml (rounded up from 0.68181818181).

Source:http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps046
Table 2.
Example of target body weights during the rearing of replacement pullets.
Age
(weeks)

Body weight
(Pounds)

(Grams)
1

0.14

65
2

0.24

110
3

0.40

180
4

0.55

250
5

0.71

320
6

0.88

400
7

1.10

500
8

1.28

580
9

1.50

680
10

1.70

770
11

1.92

870
12

2.09

950
13

2.27

1030
14

2.43

1100
15

2.56

1160
16

2.67

1210
17

2.76

1250
18

2.82

1280
19

2.89

1310
20

3.00

1360

-Kathy

Edited to add:

1ml of paste does weigh 1 gram (yes, I weighed it, lol), so one 25 gram tube of paste has 25ml of paste and each ml of paste has 100mg.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/812128/worming-with-horse-wormer

 

[debp]

Thanks, casportpony, for the detailed info.

 

[chickymama32]

My hen is in the same boat. She has been wormed, treated for cocci and have even added flock raiser to their feed to beef them up. It looks like it is helping but we are at 2 weeks and still no eggs