Valbazen and egg withdrawl....

[Nat chickenmama]

Hi everyone, I have researched and researched on valbazen and if you must withdrawl eggs when and for how long.
However.... there are sooooooo many different responses. Some say you can eat them if you're not allergic, some say worm again at 10 days and withdrawl for 14 days after the second worming. Anyone know why you only have to waithdrawl after the second worming?
What are the consequences of feeding the eggs back to the chickens before the second worming?
So many questions and too many different answers.

Any expertise would be great!!! I hate throwing out 168 eggs for the two weeks..... almost feels illegal. Lol!
Thanks for the info!

 

[casportpony]

Hi everyone, I have researched and researched on valbazen and if you must withdrawl eggs when and for how long.
However.... there are sooooooo many different responses. Some say you can eat them if you're not allergic, some say worm again at 10 days and withdrawl for 14 days after the second worming. Anyone know why you only have to waithdrawl after the second worming?
What are the consequences of feeding the eggs back to the chickens before the second worming?
So many questions and too many different answers.

Any expertise would be great!!! I hate throwing out 168 eggs for the two weeks..... almost feels illegal. Lol!
Thanks for the info!

Withdrawal starts the day you treat and continues at least 14 days after second worming, so it's at least 24 days of not eating the eggs. Are you sure you need to treat them?

 

[Nat chickenmama]

Hi poop inspector, yes I'm sure, saw worms. Luckily I'm only 3 days away from 24 days. I already wormed and wormed again. That's 288 eggs I have to throw out. What a shame!
So feeding them back to them is a no no as well? I read so many different answers.
Thanks for responding, Nat

 

[7dsranch]

I noticed the last response on this topic was March 31, 2017. I just wormed my hens yesterday with Valbazen before I knew the withdrawal because of the positive feed back I read on how well it worked. I see the last question wasn't really answered. I can't see that feeding the eggs back to the hens will hurt them. So unless someone can explain why it would be a problem to feed the eggs back to the hens, I'm going to go ahead and do that. I just can't see wasting that many eggs. Would appreciate any feed back. Thank you!

 

[dawg53]

I noticed the last response on this topic was March 31, 2017. I just wormed my hens yesterday with Valbazen before I knew the withdrawal because of the positive feed back I read on how well it worked. I see the last question wasn't really answered. I can't see that feeding the eggs back to the hens will hurt them. So unless someone can explain why it would be a problem to feed the eggs back to the hens, I'm going to go ahead and do that. I just can't see wasting that many eggs. Would appreciate any feed back. Thank you!

There is minute residue in the eggs. Such small amounts can cause wormer resistance requiring a different wormer over time. That means benzimidazoles such as Valbazen and Safeguard, two of the most common wormers for chickens wouldnt be effective wormers.

Personally, we eat the eggs after using either product, have been for years. Still here kicking around and typing.

 

[7dsranch]

Thank you so much dawg53! The information you shared was extremely helpful!!!