Tapeworms...Yuck!

[JensChickies]

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I found a smaller bottle of it. Is this the right stuff?? It says its only for round, hook, and whip worms. I need it for tape worms. I only have 4 chickens and will rotate it the my other wormer I have. This wormer stuff is soooooo confusing!!

 

[JensChickies]

This is how I feel about all this worming crap!

 

[casportpony]

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I found a smaller bottle of it. Is this the right stuff?? It says its only for round, hook, and whip worms. I need it for tape worms. I only have 4 chickens and will rotate it the my other wormer I have. This wormer stuff is soooooo confusing!!

That's the stuff!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This is how I feel about all this worming crap!

I used to feel that way, lol.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

FYI, I had to get a handle on more accurate doses because of the size diversity of my flock. Sometimes I have to medicate or worm chicks as small as 20 grams (0.7 ounces) or turkeys as large as 15kg (33 pounds).

-Kathy

 

[JensChickies]

FYI, I had to get a handle on more accurate doses because of the size diversity of my flock. Sometimes I have to medicate or worm chicks as small as 20 grams (0.7 ounces) or turkeys as large as 15kg (33 pounds).

-Kathy

I weighed her she is 4.1 lbs/ 66.4oz. How much would I give her?

 

[JensChickies]

I weighed her she is 4.1 lbs/ 66.4oz. How much would I give her?

And then do I have to start with Wazine17 first then go to Valbazen? I gave read no and I have read yes. I thing that dawg said no just use the Valbazen. I don't know this pullets worm history or if she's been wormed at all.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: If you want to give her exactly 20mg per kilogram the dose is .33ml.

Here is the formula I use:
Pounds divided by 2.2 (that gets weight in kg) times the of mg you want to use, which for this drug is 20mg per kg and divide that by the number by the mg in one ml, which with this drug is 113.6. This is what it looks like for a 4.1 pound hen:

• 4.1 / 2.2 * 20 /113.6 = 0.33ml (rounded up from 0.32810499359) Valbazen is pretty safe, so you could up that to 0.4 ml and not worry.

Try a couple and I think you'll find that the average sized chicken will get less than 0.6ml. Big monster hens, like Jersey Giants will be closer to 0.9ml.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: No need to do Wazine first. Valbazen when you get it and then ten days later.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is what a small bantam, like one of my Old English would get.

1 / 2.2 * 20 /113.6 = 0.08 ml

-Kathy