Safeguard pellets how much to give

[FreedomGalTx]

I got a fairly small bag of the pellets. It’s is 3 cups total and weighs 15.8 ounces.

Ok so if 3 cups weigh 15.8 oz then:

Fenbendazole Dose	0.5% Pellets Weight	0.5% Pellets Volume
0.45 mg/lb	90 mg per lb of bodyweight	0.03 tsp per lb of bodyweight
22.7 mg/lb	4.54 g per lb of bodyweight	1.46 tsp per lb of bodyweight

So a 1 lb bird would have to eat 1.46 tsp of the pellets in a days time to get the 22.7 mg/lb dose per day.

Is this correct? That would be like maybe 30 pellets per bird per day by my kitchen scale. I gave mine 1 pellet per day by mouth for 5 days, saw dead worms in poop(looks like rice) now a week later they ate back. Tape worms I'm told.

 

[coach723]

Fenbendazole is not effective for tapeworm, praziquantel is. You can get that in Equimax horse paste or Zimectrin Gold horse paste, Equimax is the most cost effective.. That is what I would use or you won't get rid of them. Dosing is in post # 6 here (do not use "pea sized" to dose as many posts say, that is subjective and can lead to under dosing, use an oral syringe to draw it up) :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tapeworms-that-wont-go-away.1130035/