Top Ten Worming and Wormer Misinformations - Graphic Pictures!

[sparrker]

Should I redose tomorrow at .08ml with valbezen?

 

[dawg53]

Should I redose tomorrow at .08ml with valbezen?

No, not since you've already dosed them. Just redose again in 10 days with the .08ml if you wish. I've always dosed 1/2ml for standard size birds. I only increased dosages when dealing with tapeworms...but that's a different story.

 

[Miss Lydia]

fifty pounds of DE oh my

It does help keep feed fresh though, that's what I did with my 50lbs of DE I bought years ago, put a couple cups in my 100lbs of feed mixed it in to keep it fresh especially in summer.

 

[Miss Lydia]

This thread is awesome, thanks everyone.

 

[sparrker]

Thanks Dawg. These are standard size birds. I did 28 today in a seperate coop and in 24 days I will do the other 28. I can't be without eggs. I think I got the girls that had the worms. She was kinda puffy and not acting like the other hens. But I am going to worm them all within a month. thanks again

 

[hennible]

It does help keep feed fresh though, that's what I did with my 50lbs of DE I bought years ago, put a couple cups in my 100lbs of feed mixed it in to keep it fresh especially in summer.

Neat. Do you know how it works to keep it fresh?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Neat. Do you know how it works to keep it fresh?

It is suppose to help keep bugs out of the feed, so far I haven't ever had a problem with bugs other than bringing them home from the feed store already in the bag. which was disgusting. So maybe I need to rephrase it I used the 50Lb bag in my feed over a period of a couple years to use it up and hopefully it kept the feed safe from bugs and drier in the humidity of summer. This wasn't a scientific experiment though only K[ casportpony] does those. I just hated to waste it.

 

[hennible]

Thanks. Makes sense to me ( live bugs out!)
Gross where they weevils?

 

[Michael Apple]

It does help keep feed fresh though, that's what I did with my 50lbs of DE I bought years ago, put a couple cups in my 100lbs of feed mixed it in to keep it fresh especially in summer.

I've never seen DE listed as a preservative. Trace amounts in some feed formulations are not uncommon, but that is merely used to keep feed dry. I never buy more feed than I will use in a month. The feed I use has a milling date on the tag, so I know it is fresh when I buy it. Storing it in a steel container, in a cool, dry place keeps it fresh. I know a few folks who use desiccant packets in steel cans where they store feed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I've never seen DE listed as a preservative. Trace amounts in some feed formulations are not uncommon, but that is merely used to keep feed dry. I never buy more feed than I will use in a month. The feed I use has a milling date on the tag, so I know it is fresh when I buy it. Storing it in a steel container, in a cool, dry place keeps it fresh. I know a few folks who use desiccant packets in steel cans where they store feed.

I rephrased my post here to say I used it that way not that that is it's purpose. just to use it up haven't bought any since. Having 31 birds I go through 100 lbs of feed in a month or a little more. I store in a steel container also.