Using bread when deworming?

[Ch8ckenhelp]

Yes, for the amount to apply to the bread.

If the weight needs to be exact, I will have to wait until tonight because not all of my chickens are good with being picked up, especially my sumatra's.

 

[casportpony]

If the weight needs to be exact, I will have to wait until tonight because not all of my chickens are good with being picked up, especially my sumatra's.

No, it doesn't have to be exact, just google your breed's weight and use that.

 

[Kiki]

Can you weigh a few the guesstimate the ones you can't grab?

Weight is pretty important.
You do not want to under dose them.
It won't work.

 

[Ch8ckenhelp]

No, it doesn't have to be exact, just google your breed's weight and use that.

Okay, cool

 

[Ch8ckenhelp]

Can you weigh a few the guesstimate the ones you can't grab?

Weight is pretty important.
You do not want to under dose them.
It won't work.

I'll weigh the young ones, and get my roo's weight tonight, since I'm pretty sure he's a mixed breed

 

[Ch8ckenhelp]

So here's what I've got:
Babies are all around 2 lb
RIR(x2): 6 lb
BPR: 6 lb
WPR(x2): 7.5 lb
Welsummer: 4.5 lb
Cochin: 8 lb
Polish: 4.5 lb
Sumatras(x3): 4 lb
Egyptian: 3.5 lb
EE: 4.5 lb
The x2 and x3 is just to show how many I have of that breed
Like I said, I'll need to wait until tonight to weigh my roo

 

[Al Capon]

I've heard from some people that you can put dewormer in a peice of bread instead of injecting it into their mouths. Will this work or will it lower the effectiveness of the dewormer? I'm using safeguard plus btw, haven't bought it yet so I'm still unsure about how to use it.

I tried this very thing about a week ago with one of my chickens. It initially grabbed the bread, went about 4 ft, and dropped the bread. Stood there looking at me like, "what am I supposed to do with this"? Wouldn't touch it.

Ended up putting a pea sized bit on her beak. She smacked around and got the majority of it down, must have tasted decent because once she got a taste for it, she swallowed it easy.

 

[Ch8ckenhelp]

I tried this very thing about a week ago with one of my chickens. It initially grabbed the bread, went about 4 ft, and dropped the bread. Stood there looking at me like, "what am I supposed to do with this"? Wouldn't touch it.

Ended up putting a pea sized bit on her beak. She smacked around and got the majority of it down, must have tasted decent because once she got a taste for it, she swallowed it easy.

Hmm, so I guess if the bread doesn't work I'll need to just do it the old-fashioned way...

 

[Al Capon]

Hmm, so I guess if the bread doesn't work I'll need to just do it the old-fashioned way...

Your chicken might scarf up the bread no problem, worth a try. Mine had never had bread before and were not fooled..

 

[casportpony]

Hmm, so I guess if the bread doesn't work I'll need to just do it the old-fashioned way...

Yes, but do not use the "pea size" amount, which is 0.25-0.3 ml unless you have one that needs that much. With the paste *you* have a 5 pound bird gets ~0.16 ml.