Safeguard dosing/poopy butts

[Futuregreenefarm]

I saw my Cockerel poop today and it had roundworms in it. I am certain. My local Tractor Supply has safegaurd I can afford. How would I dose it and can it be put on bread or something I can feed him? I can't hold him unfortunately.

Also, I treated 3 pullets for tapes back in the fall. I used the horse wormer told by folks here. These 3 pullets had poopy butts then and I hoped the deworming would help that. The most obviously infected pullet had a very dirty butt and she has gotten a lot better in that regard but her comb is pale as well although she is molting also I think. But she and the other 2 still have dirty bottoms now.
Should I treat them again for the roundworm now? Or is dirty bottoms a sign of something else? Will it hurt to treat the one molting?

 

[Eggcessive]

Would there be a possibility of collecting some poop samples from all 3, mixing them in a freezer bag, and having your local vet do a fecal float on them to look for all types of worms? SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer or the Equine Paste can be used 0.25 ml (1/4 th ml) per pound given orally once and again in 10 days to treat roundworms. Shake it well. How much does your rooster weigh? To treat some of the other serious worms, such as capillary worms, it is usually given for 5 consecutive days. Grabbing them off the roost at night wearing a red head lamp is how I handle a rooster who doesn’t like to be handled.

Tapeworms are best treated with a wormer containing praziquantel. Unfortunately the wormers are best given directly by mouth. If your bird will take it in bread that is great. I have hidden it in eggs with a bit of yogurt, but they must take it all.

 

[Futuregreenefarm]

Okay I am going to check on a float test. I treated the cockeral and one hen who I could trick on Sunday. Today, I watched this happen. It was the one hen I treated and one hen that I did not get treated. I was squatted down, I heard it like squirt and then i smelled a bad odor. I have noticed a different smell in their coop also when cleaning. Does this look like something else I may be dealing with?

 

[Eggcessive]

If you can grab them off the roost at night when they are sleeping, giving the wormer is fairly easy. The ones that you treated should get a second dose in 10 days. But to treat capillary worms or gapeworms, the dose is given for 5 consecutive days. It is hard to diagnose a picture of droppings, so the fecal float may be helpful. Drinking a lot of liquids can cause very watery droppings. I would try some probiotics in their food twice a week, or give a little buttermilk and cooked rice to firm up droppings. Cottage cheese also can be helpful. Here is a good probiotic powder that is good for chickens from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Supplies-Online-Probiotic-Supplement/dp/B00AETDWG6
Here is a link about chicken droppings, and these are always subjective:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/