Valbazen Dosage?

[casportpony]

Post 25 shows how I worm mine:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/930315/worming-chickens/20#post_14199112

-Kathy

 

[ladyearth]

wait minute yall ... someone said to give SAfeguard 3 days in a row...... now post #40 says ONCE than give again in 10 days I gave it 3 times now ....to four hens..... twice to Roo...of the Barr rockers....
none yet to the other set older chickens in other run...... thanks yalll

 

[dawg53]

wait minute yall ... someone said to give SAfeguard 3 days in a row...... now post #40 says ONCE than give again in 10 days I gave it 3 times now ....to four hens..... twice to Roo...of the Barr rockers....
none yet to the other set older chickens in other run...... thanks yalll

Eggcessive was refering to valbazen, not safeguard.
If you gave your birds safeguard 3 days in a row, they are good to go and no need to reworm them for awhile.

 

[Eggcessive]

wait minute yall ... someone said to give SAfeguard 3 days in a row...... now post #40 says ONCE than give again in 10 days I gave it 3 times now ....to four hens..... twice to Roo...of the Barr rockers....
none yet to the other set older chickens in other run...... thanks yalll

It depends on what worms you are dealing with. Most people use SafeGuard liquid goat wormer (fenbendazole) once for general worming, then repeat it in 10 days. If you know you have gapeworm, 3 days in a row is the treatment. For capillaria or hairworm which is very hard to treat, then 5 days in a row is the best treatment. I realize it is confusing, but Safeguard and Valbazen are used off label in chickens, and most of this information comes from studies that have been done. Casportpony usually treats her chickens for 5 days with fenbendazole because she has dealt with some bad worms. Valbazen only has to be used once, then repeated in 10 days. Dawg53 is a good authority on worming. Casportpony deals with a lot of vets who give her advice. I'll let them comment from here on.

 

[Eggcessive]

Eggcessive was refering to valbazen, not safeguard.
If you gave your birds safeguard 3 days in a row, they are good to go and no need to reworm them for awhile.

Thanks Dawg, I clarified my post.

 

[casportpony]

I do Safeguard one day at 0.5ml per 2.2 pounds when I want to treat just roundworms and/or cecal worms and I repeat that dos again in 10 days.

If I want to treat capillary worms with Safeguard I give 0.5ml per 2.2 pounds for five days in a row, but *not* again in 10 days.

Valbazen will treat all those worms mentioned in one dose at 0.2ml per 2.2 pounds. Repeat in 10 days.

-Kathy

 

[RubyNala97]

So I would like to worm my chickens today. The biggest ones are 2 pounds. So I'll give them 2.2 ml and the smallest is 1 pound, so about 1.1 ml. The rest are in between 1 & 2 pounds, so around 1.5 ml. Does this sound about right? And I have a small syringe like the one in the pictures here, so I will open the beak and squirt toward the side. Any other suggestions? I only have 9 birds total. The rest are 1 month old chicks so I'll wait till spring to worm them.

 

[casportpony]

So I would like to worm my chickens today. The biggest ones are 2 pounds. So I'll give them 2.2 ml and the smallest is 1 pound, so about 1.1 ml. The rest are in between 1 & 2 pounds, so around 1.5 ml. Does this sound about right? And I have a small syringe like the one in the pictures here, so I will open the beak and squirt toward the side. Any other suggestions? I only have 9 birds total. The rest are 1 month old chicks so I'll wait till spring to worm them.

Safeguard - 0.23 ml per pound. Probably okay to round up to 0.25 ml per pound.
Valbazen - 0.08 ml per pound. Probably okay to round up to 0.1 ml per pound.

2.2 ml and 1.5 ml is too much. Which wormer do you have?

-Kathy

 

[RubyNala97]

Safeguard - 0.23 ml per pound. Probably okay to round up to 0.25 ml per pound.
Valbazen - 0.08 ml per pound. Probably okay to round up to 0.1 ml per pound.

2.2 ml and 1.5 ml is too much. Which wormer do you have?

-Kathy

Valbazen. I must have read this thread wrong then. So it's 0.08 ml per pound? So .16 for 2 pounds and maybe .12 for a pound and a half?

 

[casportpony]

@RubyNala97, read this: http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm

-Kathy