Using tobacco to deworm flock

[KoontzFlock2021]

I know most people are using chemical dewormers but, has anyone out there used tobacco to deworm with success and if so what was the process?

 

[coach723]

Good. Lord. No.
Start at post #31 here and read the posts by @casportpony , there are several, please read them.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-organically-de-worm-your-birds.403372/page-4
The chemical wormers work, are very low risk, dosing is not a guess, there is no reason to use something that could kill the bird when there are readily available, safe, effective products.

 

[jher77]

Yep. I've done that. Didn't work. I studied it pretty extensively before I decided to try it and also remember reading that same thread posted above.

I mixed 0.5 teaspoons of Levi Garrett Snuff powder per 8 ml of water to make a stock solution of Nicotine 2.6 mg/ml. Then gave 0.38 ml of that solution per lb of body weight. Retreated in 10 days. That comes out to 1 mg of nicotine per lb of body weight according to my calculations. Be warned that is supposed to be a toxic dose for the chicken but it didn't kill mine and it didn't kill the roundworms either. I decided not to push the dose any higher than that.

Nicotine strength in tobacco products vary so it is hard to get the correct numbers to start with and that makes consistant dosing very hard to accomplish between brands.

 

[KoontzFlock2021]

Good. Lord. No.
Start at post #31 here and read the posts by @casportpony , there are several, please read them.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-organically-de-worm-your-birds.403372/page-4
The chemical wormers work, are very low risk, dosing is not a guess, there is no reason to use something that could kill the bird when there are readily available, safe, effective products.

Thanks y’all - I gave the flock Safeguard this morning - found a helpful video. I used the equine wormer paste - pea size down their throat (well, maybe just into their mouth) and I will use the goat Safeguard in their water 10 days from now

 

[Eggcessive]

SafeGuard is not water soluble, but should only be given orally. Pea size is not an a curate dose. Give 1/4 ml per pound of weight. Give it for 5 days straight for all possible worms. Giving it once and again in 10 days will only guarantee getting roundworms.

People used to worm horses decades ago with tobacco, but there is no reason to do something like that. That doesn’t mean it worked or was safe. Safeguard and Valbazen are very safe wormers for chickens.