wazine question

[trudyg]

Just for future reference, is it ever okay to add wazine to food, say applesauce, to make sure everyone gets a good dose? I notice that some of my chickens don't seem to drink as much as the others, so quite a bit less over the course of a day. How do I make sure they all get a proper dose? For the record, I don't dose unless I have a known worm load but am just making notes for the future.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

That is one thing about medications added to water- the amount taken in will vary per individual not just by their size but by their thirst. In cooler weather I make medications more concentrated, but other than that you have to hope for the best.

One way to ensure everyone is wormed is to take small pieces of bread and add a measured dose of your liquid medication to each bit of bread and then give a piece to each bird. I tried that with valbazen but to be honest it was easier to just dose each bird individually with a syringe once they roost than to try to prevent birds from stealing another bird's bread. I think you'll run into a similar situation any time you use for unless your separate each bird.

 

[Folly's place]

I would also dose each bird individually, unless you have hundreds!
Piperazine only kills some roundworms, and isn't approved for hens in the USA any more. I'd use fenbendazole if there's a known worm load instead. It doesn't treat tapeworms though.
Mary

 

[dawg53]

Wazine treats large roundworms only. It acts as a large roundworm flush. One sure way to get birds to drink the treated water is to withhold water 2 hours prior to them going to the coop the night before they are to be treated the next morning.
The next morning, put the treated water out for them to drink before letting them out of the coop. Also withhold their feed for 2 hours. Once you let them out of the coop, they will be thirsty, and all of them will drink the treated water as well as during the day. Then after 2 hours, give them their feed to eat. Wazine dosage is one ounce per one gallon of water.
In the evening, remove and dispose of what's left of the treated water when they go to the coop for the night and replace it with regular fresh water. You're done.