Wazine de-wormer

[texascattleman]

Directions say de-worm chickens every 30 days. It also says not to use Wazine for laying chickens where the eggs are used for human consumption!!!!! Seems ridiculous!!! If that's the case, we would never be able to eat the eggs. Will somebody please shed some light on this? If I can't eat the eggs I'm gonna get rid of them.

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome! Most of us rarely need to worm our flock, and it's best to have fecals run at your veterinarian's first, so you know what, if anything, might be there.
Piperazine is no longer approved for use in laying hens in the USA, although it is approved elsewhere. It only kills roundworms, so has very limited effectiveness anyway.
Worming every month would sell more product, the only advantage that makes sense, at least to the seller!
Right now the only approved wormer for chickens is fenbendazole, which kills many types of worms, with no egg withdrawal in the USA.
Short answer; avoid piperazine, and only use fenbendazole if there's an actual need.
Mary

 

[texascattleman]

Thanks for your answer, Mary. Very useful. Didn't know about fenbendazole. I'll take your advice.

 

[anna-newhampshire]

Worming every month would sell more product

I remember when baking soda had to be replaced every 6 months, then every 3 months ... I just looked at it and now it's every 30 days lol ! I replace it when I run out of it of course.

By the way worms can be dispatched with homeopathy, it's nontoxic and cheap too.

 

[getreal]

By the way worms can be dispatched with homeopathy, it's nontoxic and cheap too.[/QUOTE]
please elaborate on this homeopathic method to get rid of worms. thanks

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Welcome! Most of us rarely need to worm our flock, and it's best to have fecals run at your veterinarian's first, so you know what, if anything, might be there.
Piperazine is no longer approved for use in laying hens in the USA, although it is approved elsewhere. It only kills roundworms, so has very limited effectiveness anyway.
Worming every month would sell more product, the only advantage that makes sense, at least to the seller!
Right now the only approved wormer for chickens is fenbendazole, which kills many types of worms, with no egg withdrawal in the USA.
Short answer; avoid piperazine, and only use fenbendazole if there's an actual need.
Mary

Mary, I'm curious about your views on fenbendazole vs. valbazen (Albendazole). Thanks in advance.

 

[Folly's place]

I'd rather use fenbendazole; it's easier to find, and less toxic, as I understand it. If onl;y there was a perfect product!
Mary

 

[noisegeyser]

How often should you worm with fenbendazole anyway, just as a preventative measure (not waiting for symptoms to appear)?

 

[Folly's place]

I'd only use a wormer when treatable worms are found on fecal exams; there's no such thing as 'preventative' worming for poultry. Either there's a parasite issue, or not. Fenbendazole won't kill worms that arrive later.
Mary