Valbazen dosages?

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

I’m sure this question has been asked before, but it seems to have a lot of conflicting responses.

I just want to verify what dosage is for the dewormer Valbazen for sheep 500ml bottle (see attached pic) I would use safeguard for goats, but some of my girls are molting and I read that is a no no…

Any suggestions on how to dose and treat would be very helpful. I saw 2 roundworms in one of my girls stools the other day. I’m planning to treat each individual bird. I have silkies, Polish and Marans

@Eggcessive @dawg53 Any thoughts?

 

[Eggcessive]

Be sure to shake the bottle well, since sludge forms at the bottom. Take a 1ml needle-less syringe, for at most pharmacies for asking, or a 3 ml syringe, and draw up the dosage. Dosage is 0.08 ml per pound of weight. That would be 1/2 an ml (0.5 ml) for a 4-6 pound chicken. The silkies would need half of that, about 0.2 ml depending on their weight. Give it orally once, and repeat the dose in 10 days. Shake bottle between doses. Egg withdrawal time is 14 days after the last dose.

 

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

Be sure to shake the bottle well, since sludge forms at the bottom. Take a 1ml needle-less syringe, for at most pharmacies for asking, or a 3 ml syringe, and draw up the dosage. Dosage is 0.08 ml per pound of weight. That would be 1/2 an ml (0.5 ml) for a 4-6 pound chicken. The silkies would need half of that, about 0.2 ml depending on their weight. Give it orally once, and repeat the dose in 10 days. Shake bottle between doses. Egg withdrawal time is 14 days after the last dose.

Thank you! I have plenty of the 3ml syringes. I was told by the breeder where I purchased my birds from that I should give them 3ml for the larger birds and 2ml for the smaller ones and that sounded way too much.

I wish these bottles were smaller though I will have a lifetime of dewormer now!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I’m sure this question has been asked before, but it seems to have a lot of conflicting responses.

I just want to verify what dosage is for the dewormer Valbazen for sheep 500ml bottle (see attached pic) I would use safeguard for goats, but some of my girls are molting and I read that is a no no…

Any suggestions on how to dose and treat would be very helpful. I saw 2 roundworms in one of my girls stools the other day. I’m planning to treat each individual bird. I have silkies, Polish and Marans

@Eggcessive @dawg53 Any thoughts?

Here you go, this was posted on your Other Thread Last Night.

Since you have a hen that is molting, I'd use Valbazen (Albendazole) instead of the Safeguard (Fenbendazole). Safeguard (Fenbendazole) is known to cause feather damage in molting birds.

Valbazen dosing is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days.
You can direct oral dose them with a syringe or put the dose on a piece of bread and see if the bird will eat it. Mine give you the side eye, they know something's up so won't take medicated bread.

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

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[dawg53]

I wish these bottles were smaller though I will have a lifetime of dewormer now!

Your soil will be contaminated with worm eggs and you'll need to eventually use the Valbazen again.

 

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

Your soil will be contaminated with worm eggs and you'll need to eventually use the Valbazen again.

Fun…

First dose kills adult worms and then you retreat the 10th day, that should kill the lifecycle of any eggs etc.? Ugh worms are flipping gross! Is there anything I need to do to the soil? I have a flame torch! Haha

I hope our dog didn’t pick anything up. He has a vet appointment soon. I’ll be sure to see what they say. As long as I don’t get anything, I will be ok I hope!

 

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

Unrelated worm question (I think)… what is this? It is hard as a rock! I found it on the floor of my coop. It looks like one of those caramel chews… but it is rock solid. Ever since I found the wigglers in one of their poos I am finding all sorts of weirdness!

 

[Eggcessive]

That looks like it is a lash egg, material from salpingitis (inflammation of the oviduct.) Can you cut it in half and take another picture of it. Here is some reading about salpingitis:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/ and

https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/

 

[Frizzled-n-Sizzled]

That looks like it is a lash egg, material from salpingitis (inflammation of the oviduct.) Can you cut it in half and take another picture of it. Here is some reading about salpingitis:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/salpingitis-lash-eggs-in-backyard/ and

https://the-chicken-chick.com/causes-of-lash-eggs-salpingitis-by/

It’s as solid as a rock. I would have to chisel to break it open… I also have a clay base sandy floor. I just bagged it and wore gloves… did I say chickens are gross!

My girls are all about 2years old. And they have all slowed down laying for the winter…

 

[Eggcessive]

Lash eggs can be cut open. If it is too hard, it must be a rock or something else.