I've dealt with tapeworms often and they are tough to get rid of. It's best to withhold feed for 24 hours, let them drink all the water they want. You cant let them free range neither, they need to be penned the whole time.
After 24 hours, your birds will be starving and so will the tapeworms. Feed them Equimax lol. Withholding the feed for 24 hours makes the wormer more effective getting rid of the weakened worms.
Wait 4 hours after dosing your birds and then feed them.
Be careful when you feed them, they will be starving and will gorge feed which can possibly cause impacted crop or impacted gizzard. Feed them a little at a time, gradually increasing feed back to normal feeding.
Wait 10 days and repeat this procedure. No need to use the valbazen, stick with Equimax when dealing with tapeworms.
Tapeworms have an indirect lifecycle, insects are the host for tapeworms. It's virtually impossible to stop chickens from eating insects, that's what they do.
I forgot to mention that it's possible you might see broken up pieces of tapeworm excreted in feces after worming. The pieces will be off white in color and looking like flat type pieces of boiled macaroni. Other pieces might be strands or long stringy pieces that look like jellyfish tentacles. These are some of the different types and shapes I've seen excreted. Tapeworms vary in different shapes and sizes, now you know what to look for.
Otherwise they are absorbed in the digestive tract as protein.
After 24 hours, your birds will be starving and so will the tapeworms. Feed them Equimax lol. Withholding the feed for 24 hours makes the wormer more effective getting rid of the weakened worms.
Wait 4 hours after dosing your birds and then feed them.
Be careful when you feed them, they will be starving and will gorge feed which can possibly cause impacted crop or impacted gizzard. Feed them a little at a time, gradually increasing feed back to normal feeding.
Wait 10 days and repeat this procedure. No need to use the valbazen, stick with Equimax when dealing with tapeworms.
Tapeworms have an indirect lifecycle, insects are the host for tapeworms. It's virtually impossible to stop chickens from eating insects, that's what they do.
I forgot to mention that it's possible you might see broken up pieces of tapeworm excreted in feces after worming. The pieces will be off white in color and looking like flat type pieces of boiled macaroni. Other pieces might be strands or long stringy pieces that look like jellyfish tentacles. These are some of the different types and shapes I've seen excreted. Tapeworms vary in different shapes and sizes, now you know what to look for.
Otherwise they are absorbed in the digestive tract as protein.
