Treating parasites

[roxanne]

I have used Corid to treat worms in my chickens, but someone told me that ivermectin is better. What do you all say? Of ivermectin is suggested, what kind do you use, how do you give it to the chickens, do you have to dispose of their eggs, how many times do you treat?

 

[Eggcessive]

Corid kills coccidia. It is not a wormer. Ivermectin has lost some effectiveness in treating worms. For poultry worms, many now use Valbazen (albendazole) or SafeGuard (fenbendazole) liquid goat wormer or the horse paste. Have you seen worms or had a fecal float done on some droppings?

 

[Eggcessive]

Valbazen dosage is 0.08 ml per pound of weight given once and again in 10 days. SafeGard dosage is 0.23 ml per pound of weight given for 5 consecutive days. Those 2 drugs are given orally to each chicken and will kill roundworms, cecal, gape, and capillary/thread worms. If you give SafeGuard once and again in 10 days it will treat only round worms.

 

[roxanne]

All of my birds are pretty much the same size. Should I actually weigh them to see how much they should have? Do I need to take the eggs away?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would try to get a general weight on the average chickens. Many hens weigh between 4-5 pounds, but some breeds are larger. What breeds are they?

 

[igorsMistress]

Please get your flock tested before worming. It’s very easy, collect poop from under the roost, a few samples, and ask your vet to send to the lab for you. My vet doesn’t treat chickens but she will send the samples for testing. Then, if your chickens have worms, you can treat with the proper wormer. Not Al wormers will work on all things.

 

[roxanne]

I realized I said the wrong meds. It was

I would try to get a general weight on the average chickens. Many hens weigh between 4-5 pounds, but some breeds are larger. What breeds are they?

i have one Leghorn, one Laced Wyandotte, one Arucan

 

[roxanne]

I realized I said the wrong meds. It was

i have one Leghorn, one Laced Wyandotte, one Arucan, three Road Island Reds, three Black Maran and one Jersey Giant.

 

[Eggcessive]

The larger breeds (marans) probably would need more medication. The leghorn probably weighs less. You can estimate or weigh them while holding them and then subtract your weight. The 2 wormers Valbazen and SafeGuard are pretty safe, but it would be good to give enough.