Unknown content in chicken excrement? Thoughts? WORM TREATMENT WITH 99% PURE POWDERED FENBENDAZOLE

[casportpony]

Appears to be.

"Capacity 500 grams at .01 grams"

I measured two paper clips - 1 is .11 grams 2 .22 grams; 1 finishing nail is .18 2 is .37.

How much does one level teaspoon of the powder weigh?

 

[Ponypoor]

Hydrogen peroxide will not rid a coop of parasites.

Hydrogen peroxide is a good bactericide, Oxivir is one such cleaner - but it’s very expensive to treat a coop. I use pinesol to clean the barn and deodorize stalls, and I use a watering can to sprinkle the barn aisle and sweep - it keeps down the dust.

For parasite though you are correct it will not do anything. I am loving my horse fly spray which a fellow chicken person here told me about. Who knew?

Well I knew it would treat lice and ticks on horses but for some reason I didn’t think of the chooks. Duh silly me.

 

[RoyalChick]

I will see what I can find.

Any vet can do a fecal test - they are doing it all the time for cats and dogs. The question is will they and how much will they charge.
My vet will do a ‘flock test’ - basically mix everyone’s poop together which is more economical.

 

[Ted Brown]

How much does one level teaspoon of the powder weigh?

 

[Ted Brown]

Any vet can do a fecal test - they are doing it all the time for cats and dogs. The question is will they and how much will they charge.
My vet will do a ‘flock test’ - basically mix everyone’s poop together which is more economical.

Here the cost would be $150 for first fecal test and $60 thereafter.

I will get the equipment and supplies and learn to do it myself.

 

[casportpony]

Can you weigh it in grams?

 

[Ted Brown]

Can you weigh it in grams?

@casportpony .054 oz is 1.53087425 grms

 

[Ponypoor]

I will see what I can find.

Hey Ted, any Vet can send a poop sample to a lab for you, what I do is take multiple poop samples (4 or 5 hens poops), put it into a ziplock baggie - write what it is on the front of the bag - ‘Chicken fecal test, date and time’

Double bag, and give to Vet to send away for you. This way I get a ‘herd sample’.

You can also contact this place
http://www.healthgene.com/
and see if they do fecal parasite testing - I have used them for gender dna testing of silkies so I don’t know if they do fecals - my horse vet sends my chickens poop to a lab for me.

You can PM me if you like, being here in Ontario it’s hard to find Vets who take care of poultry - that would only legally be a Vet registered to do livestock not small animals unfortunately

I am extraordinarily fortunate to have a horse vet who helps with my chooks, (and a small animal vet who has a farm and her own chooks and helps - shhhh don’t say anything!).

 

[Debbie292d]

You could learn how to do it yourself (@KsKingBee does his fecals), but I was thinking something more along the lines of collecting the poop and sending it off to a lab or a vet.

I had actually bookmarked it months ago when I was going to ask for a microscope for my birthday in May.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/doing-fecal-floats-at-home.1047614/

 

[Ted Brown]

I have a round worm issue, showing in droppings so likely a heavy infestation. That is my preoccupation at the moment; I plan to do an immediate deworm of the entire flock and a first fecal test in 3 months.

I have 32 birds: two extra roos in a separate cage; the rest together as 18 (one Chantecler roo, 18 mo old) 3 year olds and 12 Chantecler (6 & 6) 4 mo old chicks.

I did not buy either Safeguard or Panacur rather 99% pure powder from Fenben LAB, cannot find a specific post that gives a gram or ml dose size. Since both the others are 10% fenbendazle it follows that I should use only 10% of 99% pure powder. I want a low dose (.25ml/mg per lb is most often stated for Safeguard) so am assuming .18mg is a low dose for my calculation:

.1*.18 = .018mg/lb

I will do 5 daily doses followed by 5 doses 10 days later.

I have a mixed flock. Smaller birds average 4lbs I guess (I will verify); 12 of 32 are 4 mo old chicks, an average of 4lb is close. I will dose my Chantecler roo for 8lbs, two other roos at 7lbs and five mature hens for 5lbs.

My estimation is:
12 three year olds = 11*4 = 44lbs
12 four mo olds = 12*4 = 48lbs
5 mature hens = 5*5 = 25 lbs
1 Chantecler roo = 8lbs
2 other roos = 2*7 = 14lbs

Total = 139 lbs

139*.018 = 2.502 grams of 99% fenbendazole per flock dose.

I plan to mix fenben with yogourt on a 1:2 ration but need to verify i can apply through smoothly a .5ml/33cc syringe case.

I am vacillating between individual oral applications vs concentrated feeding using a yogourt/fenben mix. The batch feed approach would be preferred but have not yet figured out how to ensure an appropriate dose per bird even if I divide into two groups of 18 and 12.

If I use the individual dose approach I will remove from the roost one by one, dose and then put each bird into the run. Fortunately have my sister here to assist.

If I use the batch feed approach I will remove food overnight and feed the fenben/yogourt to the main flock of 18 separately from the 12 four month olds, starting before we get our first morning light.

If anyone sees an error in my dosage mix assumptions or has suggestions re approach or handling of the birds I would appreciate.

I have come to understand the reluctance of folks to get too specific with specific "medical" recommendations; thanks to @Ponypoor