Top Ten Worming and Wormer Misinformations - Graphic Pictures!

[casportpony]

Kathy usually tells people to give the SafeGuard at 1/4 ml per pound of of the weight for 5 days in a row, which will treat most hard to get worms. Kathy correct this if I am misquoting you.

That's the amount of liquid or paste I use.

-Kathy

 

[ShinShien]

That's the amount of liquid or paste I use.

-Kathy

I did it mixed in their food for 5 days. It was like 200something ml per day. The flock as a whole weighs more now. 25 chickens ranging from 4 to 10lbs each.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: How many weigh over 6 pounds?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

If I had 25 10 pound chickens I would use 60 ml per day to worm all of them. Math looks like this:
25 chickens x 10 pounds = 250 pound flock
250 / 2.2 x 50 /100 = 56.82 ml

-Kathy

 

[ShinShien]

How many weigh over 6 pounds?

-Kathy

I'd say all but three do.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Question once the flock is wormed is there any reason to treat the pen and coop the birds are in for eggs? and if so what should we use?

Thanks

 

[casportpony]

Question once the flock is wormed is there any reason to treat the pen and coop the birds are in for eggs? and if so what should we use?

Thanks

I think the best thing is do keep pens as clean as possible all the time.

-Kathy

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think the best thing is do keep pens as clean as possible all the time.

-Kathy

So if they are penned while worming and they poop galore in there, there isn't any reason to treat the pen other than what we normally do to keep everything clean? Wash out poop etc?

 

[MandyJ]

I have wormed my 3 ducks with Wazine #17. I understand that it only kills ringworm should I repeat the Wazine in 10 days?
I also have Safeguard dewormer for the other types of worms. How long after the Wazine can I use the safeguard? Or should I even use the Safeguard?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have wormed my 3 ducks with Wazine #17. I understand that it only kills ringworm should I repeat the Wazine in 10 days?
I also have Safeguard dewormer for the other types of worms. How long after the Wazine can I use the safeguard? Or should I even use the Safeguard?

@casportpony