Thank you for posting this! Well I guess I should stop putting it in the water and just make a mash with it.The research I have done just happens to be exactly what KsKingBee's vet recommended, which is Safeguard liquid or paste at 0.5ml per 2.2 pounds for five days.
That works out to:
Above doses are for liquid *or* paste.
- Large adult male - 3ml
- Large adult female - 2ml
- Small adult male - 2ml
- Small adult female - 1.5ml
- Large 3 month old chick - 1ml
- Medium 3 month old chick - 0.8ml
- Small 3 month old chick - 0.7
I prefer to work all of mine orally, but I can understand why some people don't want to, and I guess if I had to choose between food or water or food, I'd choose food. To do that I would guess the weight of my flock in pounds or kg and do a little math. I would then most likely put the amount of Safeguard needed in some water, mix well and then I'd use that water to make a mash. I think Zazouse puts her wormer in eggs?
Hope this helps,
Kathy
Okay so I would use this formula then? Or wait would I just add up this...The math formula is:
Weight of flock in pounds divided by 2.2, times 50, divided by 100. The answer to that is the number of ml needed for your flock.
For example:
10 seven pound hens looks like this - 70 ÷ 2.2 x 50 ÷ 100 = 16ml (rounded up from 15.9090909091)
-Kathy
Alto - 3ml
Peep - 3ml
Frosty - 3ml
Ice - 2ml
Damsel - 2ml
Shyanne - 2ml
Snow White - 2ml
= 17ml of liquid safeguard? So that is 17ml daily and do I mix it with water or just keep it straight medicine into the mash?