What type of worm is this?

[007Sean]

Problem is, apparently you can't eat eggs from chickens that have ever been treated with Wazine?

The reason it says that on the label is because it has not been approved for use in laying hens. It hasn't been given a withdrawl period. Some people say 2 weeks but the reason the label says, once wormed with wazine, the eggs are no longer edible ever, is because no studies have been done on poultry and retention time of the active ingredient (piperazine) in egg layers that are used for human consumption. It's a liability issue.

 

[Eggcessive]

When I first got into chickens, I believed a lot of the hype about ACV in the water and using DE for chickens. Neither one of those will treat worms, and DE can be bad for breathing—both yours and the chickens who scratch it around.

Most wormers and antibiotics are not approved for poultry, but with an appropriate egg withdrawal time, the wormers are better to use than your chicken having gut damage from worms. A 14 day withdrawal from the last dose is the usual egg withdrawal for most of the wormers listed in post 2 above. There are some studies online that you can find if you look up albendazole, fenbendazole, and piperazine, which are the generic names of Valbazen, SafeGuard, and Wazine. Valbazen is used in humans for parasites.

 

[My Pretty Pekins]

And the fact is, I don't want to risk it, because we've got kids..

 

[coach723]

I understand your concern, but many of the medications ARE approved in other countries, there just haven't been tests in the US on poultry and eggs specifically. As @Eggcessive pointed out, albendazole is used in humans. Fenbendazole (in Safeguard) is approved in the UK, piperazine (Wazine) is approved in Australia and Canada. So there is some evidence that they are safe and acceptable. FARAD (Food Animal Residue Avoidance & Depletion Program) recommends a 17 day egg withdrawl for fenbendazole. More info here to slog through:
http://www.farad.org/publications/digests/122015EggResidue.pdf
If you don't treat with something effective you will have weakened, sick birds, with losses. I learned that the hard way.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are some articles to read about the different types of worms in chickens:
https://articles.extension.org/pages/66279/internal-parasites-of-poultry

https://ucanr.edu/sites/poultry/files/201396.pdf

 

[My Pretty Pekins]

Does anyone recommend Flubenvet? It's approved for the UK (where I live) and seems to work, judging by reviews.

 

[coach723]

Flubenvet contains flubendazole which is in the same class as the meds in Safeguard and Valbazen, it should work if dosing is correct (flubendazole is also used in humans). It's not as common in the US. My only personal issue with it would be that it's mixed in feed so no way to be absolutely sure each bird got the correct dose. This article is written by someone that has used it, might help:
https://keeping-chickens.me.uk/what-to-keep-in-stock/flubenvet/

 

[Shadrach]

Does anyone recommend Flubenvet? It's approved for the UK (where I live) and seems to work, judging by reviews.

I use Flubenvet and I dose direct to beak for individual fowl.
It's a bit of a mission working out the correct dosage by live bodyweight but it can be done.
There is no egg withdrawal time and the studies that have been done show a negligible residue in the yolk and a non harmful residue in the white. It's the only dewormer licensed for use on poultry in the EU.

 

[ChickenFlamingo]

I used Flubenvet pellets and they worked perfectly. The only issue is that you can only feed them the pellets for seven days, no treats, no free ranging. So my hens were really fed up with me after a week.
But you can continue to eat the eggs.
To get Flubenvet online you will need to complete a self-certificated form but it's easily done. That's if you have a small back yard flock and are not selling eggs or meat.

 

[casportpony]

Does anyone recommend Flubenvet? It's approved for the UK (where I live) and seems to work, judging by reviews.

Since you live in the UK, get the flubenvet.