Safeguard 10%

[pigtails]

I'm going to be orally worming my chickens with Safeguard 10% this week. I have smaller-than-normal banty chicks approx. 6 moths old. Normal sized Bantys & Barred Rocks. What is the dosage I should be using? I'e already wormed with Wazine 7 days ago.
Thanks!!

 

[casportpony]

I was told by my avian vet to give .5ml per kg (2.2 pounds). Can you weight them?

This is a weight chart that probably works for Barred Rocks
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
Footnotes
Source: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps046

-Kathy

 

[pigtails]

Yes, I can weigh them. Be very time consuming as I have 50 birds. I have a couple that won't even weigh 2 #'s. Would the safeguard hurt them? They are the "runts" I call them.

 

[casportpony]

No need to weigh all of them, just weigh the runts, a couple of the rocks and a couple of the bantams and that should give you a ballpark idea of how much they weigh. I have de-wormed 100 gram chicks before, so you'll be fine! If you need help figuring out the doses, just let me know their weights.

-Kathy

 

[pigtails]

Do I give the Safeguard straight out of the bottle or do I have to mix it with water? I've read somme ppl have done both.

 

[casportpony]

I use one of these:

And give it orally.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is a post I did on worming peafowl:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745210/how-to-safely-worm-your-peafowl-orally

Excuse the condescending tone, it was written that way because someone had accused me of providing dangerous info in another post.

-Kathy