Rescued Hen; Questions.....

[Lacy Duckwing]

If there's a Tractor Supply Co or a local farm feed store, you'll find those products there. If you don't have one close by...,

you can find Safeguard here:
https://www.jefferspet.com/products/safeguard-dewormer-goats-125ml?sku=I6SK&msclkid=e3c871be442311174e3410b15e40babd&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NX_NTM_Shopping_Smart_All Products&utm_term=4583451677085417&utm_content=All Products

and Valbazen here:
https://www.jefferspet.com/products/valbazen-broad-spectrum-dewormer

An internet search may yield better pricing, shipping, etc, but that's up to you.

Dosage can be found here (refer to posts #2 and #9 in the thread linked below):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/safeguard-dosage.1437427/

Ok. That type of Safeguard I found on Amazon, but it said it is for goats, and the other stuff you gave a link to also says for goats. Is it ok to give to her that even though it's for goats? I can ask my local feed store if they have any if I can get there soon.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Provide the hen with a dirt bath and she will bathe away her rank lingering odor.

Quarantine can detect some diseases, but chickens can carry some avian viruses and never show symptoms. That doesn't mean they can't pass it on to your flock. It's a risk one takes importing an adult chicken into a flock from unknown or dubious sources.

You can have a fecal float test done with gram stain tests for bacteria. This would likely be costly, but it would tell you if she has worms or is harboring a high amount of bacteria such as salmonella and E-coli.

Ok. I'll try getting her into a dust bath tomorrow if I have time.

If you're worried about Salmonella, I would suggest you cook eggs before eating them, wash your hands after handling the chicken, and not let her live inside your kitchen.

(Yes, those are probably obvious, but they are fairly effective at making sure people don't catch Salmonella. If the chicken seems fine, you don't really need to worry about Salmonella hurting her.)

More information about Salmonella and chickens, from the US Center for Disease Control:
https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/backyardpoultry-05-21/index.html

Alright. Thanks for the info!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Ok. That type of Safeguard I found on Amazon, but it said it is for goats, and the other stuff you gave a link to also says for goats. Is it ok to give to her that even though it's for goats? I can ask my local feed store if they have any if I can get there soon.

Yeah the stuff they use for goats is the best for chickens!

 

[Swbertrand1]

Ok. That type of Safeguard I found on Amazon, but it said it is for goats, and the other stuff you gave a link to also says for goats. Is it ok to give to her that even though it's for goats? I can ask my local feed store if they have any if I can get there soon.

Yes. We use the one for goats, "off-label", which means we use it for something other than for what the label says it's for...

 

[speckledhen]

There are NO wormers that are FDA approved for chickens except Wazine/Piperazine, but that only gets roundworms, not the tougher kind. Valbazen gets all worms a chicken can get, starves them out over a several day period so they don't clog her system with dead worms. Me, if I worm with something like Invermectin pour-on (5-6 drops on the back of the neck skin), I don't avoid the eggs since they use invermectin on humans. There is very little residue in eggs from the wormer, IMO. The other wormers, I just avoid for a week or maybe two, but that's me. There are not instructions related to worming chickens on those wormers. All are off-label uses.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

This hen passed away this morning. Here's her memorial thread if anyone would like to see it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rip-beth-ii.1656070/

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sorry you lost her.