Valbazen Dosage?

[sbhkma]

No I haven't gotten Wazine. Since the Valbazen is a slow-kill wormer I figured I'd be good. This is a preventative measure, as the girls seem healthy but going into winter I want to make sure. Am I incorrect on my thinking regarding Valbazen?

 

[casportpony]

No I haven't gotten Wazine. Since the Valbazen is a slow-kill wormer I figured I'd be good. This is a preventative measure, as the girls seem healthy but going into winter I want to make sure. Am I incorrect on my thinking regarding Valbazen?

No, you are correct. Valbazen now and ten days later.

Kathy

 

[sbhkma]

That's what I had figured. Valbazen, toss eggs. re-treat in 10 days and toss eggs 10 more days. Would it be wise to give them Rooster Booster vitamin supplement in their water and yogurt and buttermilk as well during this time?

 

[jgcalifornia]

When it first happened to me (worms) I started this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/909739/is-this-what-i-think-it-is
and just followed everything. I personally chose to do the Wazine first, then the Valbazen.
It was only because the latter is a lot stronger than the Wazine. So starting with that doesn't make the Valbazen so hard, should it be, on their system.

 

[cafarmgirl]

When it first happened to me (worms) I started this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/909739/is-this-what-i-think-it-is
and just followed everything. I personally chose to do the Wazine first, then the Valbazen.
It was only because the latter is a lot stronger than the Wazine. So starting with that doesn't make the Valbazen so hard, should it be, on their system.

In case of potential heavy round worm overload, Valbazen is the safer choice to start out with. It works slowly and kills worms slowly over the course of a few days whereas Wazine will quickly paralyze all the roundworms in a chickens gut. If a bird is full of round worms this can easily cause blockages/dead worm toxicity.

 

[jgcalifornia]

Maybe that's why Wisher1000 was insistant on doing the Wazine first. He did say "With worms that big, you could have an overload of dead worms with the stronger wormers",
Who knows. I'm just sharing what worked for me.

 

[sbhkma]

In case of potential heavy round worm overload, Valbazen is the safer choice to start out with. It works slowly and kills worms slowly over the course of a few days whereas Wazine will quickly paralyze all the roundworms in a chickens gut. If a bird is full of round worms this can easily cause blockages/dead worm toxicity.

That's why I went with Valbazen. Many many years ago when I got my first horse, she was very wormy. I de-wormed her and almost lost her to a very bad colic due to dead worm overloading. I didn't realize at the time the dangers, so now if I get a very wormy horse I de-worm slowly over a period of 6 weeks. Didn't want to make the same mistake with my chickens!

 

[jgcalifornia]

Ya, well it totally makes sense to have it be slow.

 

[dawg53]

Quote: x2. Wazine acts like a large roundworm flush and could cause a blockage. Valbazen for first time worming is always best.

 

[jgcalifornia]

Well where were all you guys when I posted about worms...??? Just kidding.
Ok, well what's done is done and thankfully no harm was caused.
Just happy everyone is worm free.