Tape Worms??

[MichelleT]

So, we've been 5 days off sprouts and still we have liquid stools from Zoe. She's still acting normally, but her laying has slowed down considerably. Also, she seems smaller than her sister from the same "litter" (I don't know the name for that in chicken terms); until this week they always appeared to be the same size.

So, thinking along the lines of "what if Zoe's poop made up only 20% of the sample?" and "let's extrapolate that to one chicken" (since she's the only one that didn't get a full dose of the Safeguard last month) - she could be sitting at 5+ on the worming scale, not 1+.

I think I'm going to go ahead and worm her but this time make sure she gets the right dose. I have Safeguard (which she got the incomplete course of in October) and I have Equimax (Ivermectin & Praziquantel). I think I'm going to go with the latter...

 

[Eggcessive]

I was hoping Casportpony would chime in. I think praziquatel is best for tapes, but SafeGuard or Valbazen would be best for other worms. Maybe do the praziquantel first then later on either check the stools for worms with a vet, or treat twice 10days apart with the SafeGuard 1/4 ml per pound. I don’t know the dosage for Zimectrin Gold, but you could PM Casportpony or search for it.

 

[MichelleT]

I was hoping Casportpony would chime in. I think praziquatel is best for tapes, but SafeGuard or Valbazen would be best for other worms. Maybe do the praziquantel first then later on either check the stools for worms with a vet, or treat twice 10days apart with the SafeGuard 1/4 ml per pound. I don’t know the dosage for Zimectrin Gold, but you could PM Casportpony or search for it.

The two parasites that we were positive for were cecal worms and round worms... but in such small numbers that they were not a threat. That, of course, was with 5 chickens' samples, not just the one that's showing problems... hence the extrapolation.

I was wondering that since I already treated with Safeguard, but at a not-quite-enough dose for this girl, maybe doing Safeguard again would not be beneficial at this point?

 

[MichelleT]

Oh, and I have the dosages for both wormers from Casportpony (earlier issues)...