Tape worms, I Believe?

[Saraschickens]

I've used Z-gold before using Equimax a long time ago. It's very effective treating tapeworms much like Equimax. See post #16 in this link for Z-Gold dosage:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/worming-chickens-with-zimecterin-gold.1314819/page-2

Thank you so much! I really appreciate all your help! And everyone's help here!
May I ask, on the egg withdrawal, can I feed the eggs to my dog... or would that be a problem if they ever got tapeworm and I needed to treat them. Would it make the dogs worms immuned to the dewormer?

 

[dawg53]

The residue in eggs is minute and wont hurt giving it to your dogs. Heck, I've eaten the eggs...still here typing.

 

[Saraschickens]

The residue in eggs is minute and wont hurt giving it to your dogs. Heck, I've eaten the eggs...still here typing.

Lol, awesome! I was wondering that too!
If you had the choice of using Equimax over Zimecterin Gold, would you? Because I'm going to my feed bin today, and can get the Equimax.
Also, is the dosage the exact same with either product?
And on Casportpony's answer, how do I get this dosage answer? (Attached picture)
I have 63.7 lbs of flock weight in the coop of 18. So I did the equation and got this 63.7/2.2x20/77.5=7.47, and there is 7.35g of paste, so almost exact. But I don't know the equation for each birds dose. I see the .59 ml for a 5 lb bird. My rooster is 5 lbs but everyone else is ranging from 4.4 - 3.2 (with 1 small bird at 2.6 lbs). Thank you so much for all your help!

 

[Saraschickens]

Lol, awesome! I was wondering that too!
If you had the choice of using Equimax over Zimecterin Gold, would you? Because I'm going to my feed bin today, and can get the Equimax.
Also, is the dosage the exact same with either product?
And on Casportpony's answer, how do I get this dosage answer? (Attached picture)
I have 63.7 lbs of flock weight in the coop of 18. So I did the equation and got this 63.7/2.2x20/77.5=7.47, and there is 7.35g of paste, so almost exact. But I don't know the equation for each birds dose. I see the .59 ml for a 5 lb bird. My rooster is 5 lbs but everyone else is ranging from 4.4 - 3.2 (with 1 small bird at 2.6 lbs). Thank you so much for all your help!

I just realized I missed a bird, she was 4 lbs. Plus I rewent over my numbers.
One more question... if the paste is a little shy of what I need, should it still work?
So 67.4÷2.2×20÷77.5=7.91, with 7.35g in a tube.

 

[Saraschickens]

I just realized I missed a bird, she was 4 lbs. One more question... if the paste is a little shy of what I need, should it still work?
So 67.4÷2.2×20÷77.5=7.91, 7.35g in a tube.

Oh, and another question! Sorry...
Can the eggs from the dewormed chickens still be incubated during the treatment period? Or is that possibly where Equimax might come in?

 

[dawg53]

I've used both Zimecterin Gold and Equimax. Z- Gold requires a little more than Equimax. Dont make mountains out of mole hills. Keep it simple. You're not going to kill your chickens if you give a little more wormer than needed, use common sense and dont over do it. Besides that, I'm not a math whiz by any means.
I've never incubated eggs. I cant answer that question.

 

[Saraschickens]

I've used both Zimecterin Gold and Equimax. Z- Gold requires a little more than Equimax. Dont make mountains out of mole hills. Keep it simple. You're not going to kill your chickens if you give a little more wormer than needed, use common sense and dont over do it. Besides that, I'm not a math whiz by any means.
I've never incubated eggs. I cant answer that question.

Ok, I divided .59 by 5 and got 0.118, and divided .94 by 8 and got 0.1175. So I see that I likely need 0.12 ml per pound of bird. So I'll use that as my track to go by.
I was actually worried about under dosing because technically I need more than the tube has.
The reason I was asking about incubating the eggs is because I sell fertile eggs for incubating and was worried the dewormer might cause issues.
Thank you again! I appreciate everyone here at backyardchickens!
Ok, and I'm assuming that this is a one time dose with no second dose at 10 days required. Wish me luck!

 

[Saraschickens]

Ok, I divided .59 by 5 and got 0.118, and divided .94 by 8 and got 0.1175. So I see that I likely need 0.12 ml per pound of bird. So I'll use that as my track to go by.
I was actually worried about under dosing because technically I need more than the tube has.
The reason I was asking about incubating the eggs is because I sell fertile eggs for incubating and was worried the dewormer might cause issues.
Thank you again! I appreciate everyone here at backyardchickens!
Ok, and I'm assuming that this is a one time dose with no second dose at 10 days required. Wish me luck!

I'm just double checking. My husband is super thrown off by the fact that the product treats a 1250 lb horse and that the dose is being divided up between 18 chickens. Is this correct? After drawing up .60 ml of paste for my 5 lb rooster, he stopped and said I should double check. The whole tube is going to the 18 birds?

 

[Saraschickens]

I'm just double checking. My husband is super thrown off by the fact that the product treats a 1250 lb horse and that the dose is being divided up between 18 chickens. Is this correct? After drawing up .60 ml of paste for my 5 lb rooster, he stopped and said I should double check. The whole tube is going to the 18 birds?

I see this... can I do the .30 ml per 5 lbs? Is this really correct? That's still 625 lbs worth of horse weight to 67 lbs of birds.

 

[dawg53]

It's understandable to question the dosage amounts of Praziquantel between mammals and birds. Birds are a different ball game. Chickens have a much higher metabolism rate than horses. A chicken can poop in about 2 hours after eating, a horse in about a day or two.
Praziquantel doesnt stay in their system very long at all.
Here's more info about Praziquantel:
https://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2500&Itemid=2772