Valbazen Dosage Intervals

[AlectryonKotopoula]

No worries, we all have to learn sometime. When I started I knew exactly nothing, just knew I wanted chickens! I still learn things all the time, and read lots of posts here every week for just that reason. There are so many different experiences and levels of knowledge here, it's fabulous. I read the breed and gender thread a lot, there are some incredibly knowledgeable people there. The genetics stuff just blows my mind!!

That sounds just like me, had an empty shed and always wanted chickens and now here I am hopefully one day I will have some sage advice to provide others too. I will have to check that thread out, would love to know more about chicken genes, probably would help me decide what would be best to add to my flock in a few years.

 

[TropicalChickies]

You would have to give them a huge amount to overdose them. When the dose comes out to a tiny, hard to measure, fraction, you round up to the next measurable amount. If it came out to .42 ml I would just round to .5 ml. Rounding up, rather than down, ensures that you don't under dose, the small amount is not going to cause an over dose. I've been doing it for a long time, I've never, ever harmed a bird.

Glad to find this thread. Very informative, thank you all.

 

[RobinS1217]

You would have to give them a huge amount to overdose them. When the dose comes out to a tiny, hard to measure, fraction, you round up to the next measurable amount. If it came out to .42 ml I would just round to .5 ml. Rounding up, rather than down, ensures that you don't under dose, the small amount is not going to cause an over dose. I've been doing it for a long time, I've never, ever harmed a bird.

Hey there! I’ve read this post as I too am about to use Valbazen for the first time on my flock of 25 after seeing roundworm in stool. If you don’t mind I have an additional question. Do I need to “treat” their coops/runs a certain way? We have pine shavings inside their coops and we use lime bi weekly which I also use in their runs every 3 months. Their run floor is dirt that I’ve covered with pine pellets to help with the mud from spring. The pine pellet “powder” is starting to deteriorate now. But the concern is, do I need to prep/treat/clean their environment after treating them for worms? Thanks for your input! -Robin

 

[dawg53]

If there's feces in the run and coop, scoop it up and get rid of it, it will contain roundworm eggs. Chickens constantly pick/peck the soil, in doing so, they pick up and swallow worm eggs starting the roundworms lifecycle all over again.
My birds are penned all the time and I scoop poop several times a day.

 

[coach723]

Nope. Roundworm eggs will survive a very long time in the environment, not much you can do to get rid of them. Every time an infected bird poops they deposit thousands of microscopic worm eggs. Keep grass cut short so the sun can do it's work, try to keep things as clean and dry as you reasonably can, remove droppings as often as needed so they don't build up. To sanitize you would have to dig up, remove and replace at least the top 6 inches of your soil (with something that you knew was parasite free). And then one bird carrying roundworm poops in your run, and it all starts again. Roundworm in particular is really common for reinfection. They pick it up scratching and pecking and eating things in the dirt. You just have to watch for reinfection, and treat as needed. Some can do once or twice a year and that's enough. Some have to do more. I personally have to worm my birds every three months. Every flock is different, every environment is different, even neighbors can have different loads of parasites. I'm actually working on a new coop on new ground, so I can move off the ground they've been on for years, hopefully my reinfection rate will be lower then.

 

[dawg53]

Nope. Roundworm eggs will survive a very long time in the environment, not much you can do to get rid of them. Every time an infected bird poops they deposit thousands of microscopic worm eggs. Keep grass cut short so the sun can do it's work, try to keep things as clean and dry as you reasonably can, remove droppings as often as needed so they don't build up. To sanitize you would have to dig up, remove and replace at least the top 6 inches of your soil (with something that you knew was parasite free). And then one bird carrying roundworm poops in your run, and it all starts again. Roundworm in particular is really common for reinfection. They pick it up scratching and pecking and eating things in the dirt. You just have to watch for reinfection, and treat as needed. Some can do once or twice a year and that's enough. Some have to do more. I personally have to worm my birds every three months. Every flock is different, every environment is different, even neighbors can have different loads of parasites. I'm actually working on a new coop on new ground, so I can move off the ground they've been on for years, hopefully my reinfection rate will be lower then.

You can worm them monthly like I do. Then there's no need to move to new ground. Sand helps alot, it keeps everything dry, and dries quicker after it rains, no nasty mudpuddles neither.

 

[coach723]

We are moving them for multiple reasons, parasite load being one. My property had a very (very) old commercial chicken house on it when we bought it. It's half torn down now. they are currently close to that ground. So moving them farther from that. And an actual garage will go up where they are now. But am prepared to worm monthly if it comes to that!

 

[dawg53]

Yeah, that's a good reason to move your birds away from the old commercial chicken house.
That's most likely the reason you were dealing with such a high worm infection rate.
Once you get your new coop and pen built, it would be best to worm them prior occupying their new home

 

[coach723]

That's the plan!! Will be doing my best not to move any of that with them!

 

[RobinS1217]

If there's feces in the run and coop, scoop it up and get rid of it, it will contain roundworm eggs. Chickens constantly pick/peck the soil, in doing so, they pick up and swallow worm eggs starting the roundworms lifecycle all over again.
My birds are penned all the time and I scoop poop several times a day.

You mean after deworming correct? So dose the birds then for the next 10-14 days get poop up as often as possible. Then dose again, then poo patrol again? Then hope for the best?