Tapeworm

[CHICKENLOVER747-8i]

Hi. My chicken has been recently been treated for tapeworm, maybe a month ago, and today he had tape segments in his poop again. I wormed him using worm out gel 50ml and that worked. I was wondering if I can use it again in less than the three months treatment period safely? He is about 3 months old and I am trying to recover him from his last encounter with tape as he is underweight and needs encouragement to eat. He free ranges everyday if that helps too.

 

[pibb]

Yes you can redose. Did you re-treat again in 10 days?

There is an egg withdrawal period after using a dewormer. Some do it some don't. @dawg53 has dealt with tapeworms.

 

[CHICKENLOVER747-8i]

He is a young rooster and I am treating the rest of the older ones and now not eating their eggs. Do you know if they can even eat their own eggs during the withdrawal?

 

[pibb]

Technically if they do eat their own medicated eggs, that would prolong the withdrawal period.