What is your routine for lice, mite and worm prevention?

[MA Mama]

I am new to this! My current plan is to treat with Ivermectin Pour On (twice in 10 days), two times per year. Is that enough? What should I add? I'd love to hear what you do on a regular, preventative basis.

 

[Judy]

Ivermectin only gets certain species of lice / mites, as not all of them bite, and it is not that effective on worms any more, either. I prefer Valbazen (albendazole) for a routine wormer, and Sevin for lice / mites. Safeguard (fenbendazole) is also effective against the common worm species, and is easier to find in a local farm store, as a goat wormer.

Here are a few links. There are many threads here on these subjects.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...o-still-seeing-live-worms-in-poo#post_9315842

http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0018.html

 

[MA Mama]

Those are very informative! Thanks so much!

If you have the time, could you or somone answer these follow up questions?

What is the dose of Valbazen for chickens?
How often do you do it?
Do you fiollow up 10 days later with the same thing or something else?
Do you use the Sevin on a routine basis or do you only do it when you see a problem?
Do you treat the coop routinely with anything?

 

[dawg53]

Those are very informative! Thanks so much!

If you have the time, could you or somone answer these follow up questions?

What is the dose of Valbazen for chickens?
How often do you do it?
Do you fiollow up 10 days later with the same thing or something else?
Do you use the Sevin on a routine basis or do you only do it when you see a problem?
Do you treat the coop routinely with anything?

Administer valbazen orally undiluted using a syringe without a needle. Dosage is 1/2cc for standard size, 1/4cc for smaller birds. Redose with valbazen again in 10 days. Since you live in the northeast, your soil/environment dictates how often you should worm. Warm moist soil would require more frequent wormings, whereas cold, dry mountanous soil may not require as many wormings. Perhaps once a year for your birds might be all that's required. I only use sevin dust when there's a problem. However, I use hay as bedding and lightly sprinkle sevin dust on fresh bedding and in nests as a preventative.

 

[Baxter-Shamo]

As long as you keep your coop clean you shouldn't have a problem with mite, Also sealing up any cracks in the coop, especially perches with a sealer will help resolve mite problems as thats where they live. If you ever get a problem with them though, I/We used to put a light coat of Jeyes fluid around our chicken run, This literally got rid of everything unwanted in the coop.