Wazine Down the Hatch??

[smith2]

Can you put Wazine directly down a hen's throat instead of mixing it in water? The dosage per hen for the bottle I have would be Wazine-17 at 0.6 ml per hen.

 

[Dora'smom]

I would say follow the instructions on the bottle. It tells you the amount to put out as the sole water source for chickens for a 24 hour period. Switch to plain water after that. Discard eggs for two weeks. Putting this down your birds' throats directly is risky. Why do you want to do this?

 

[smith2]

It is easier for me to dose each bird with my set up than to put it in the water. Just wondering. Don't want to hurt them. I dose each one with Eprinex twice a year, but I need to do a round worm treatment at this point.

 

[chickenzoo]

NO.................only Safeguard & Corid can be put in the mouth.

 

[mypicklebird]

eprinex = ivermectin. this kills roundworms. just about the only thing piperazine (wazine) kills is roundworms. Ivermectin kills roundworms + just about every other worm +mites too. It doesn't get tapeworms though. Piperazine can be given by mouth. In the water directions are more for people with large flocks. If you have a small flock, you can give it to each bird individually- just weigh them and dose them by weight. SO- if you are giving eprinex, you don't need wazine later. Some people give wazine first as a 'gentler' dewormer, then give ivermectin.