Where to buy wormer?

[fhlstables]

Hello. I have two feed type stores to purchase products. They are Tractor Supply company and Orsheln's. I need to go and get wormer for my chickens but not sure if they carry anything. I don't know where to get this sort of thing asap w/o ordering online.

What do I buy when I get wormer?

 

[hooligan]

I use Ivermectin, its cheap and its easy to give. you can get it at any farm and ranch store.
How many chickens do you have?

 

[fhlstables]

Ivermectin that you buy for horses??

 

[fhlstables]

Oops sorry, for got to add your other question. I have about 12 chickens.

 

[patandchickens]

I don't know whether there are any wormers *labelled* for chickens, and I am pretty sure all the offlabel uses involve real but often poorly studied isseus w/ withdrawal times for eating or hatching the eggs. Be worth your looking into first...


Pat

 

[hooligan]

Yes, the liquid ivermectin a 50 ml bottle is abotu $30 but you give chickens .25 cc (for a 5lb bird) twice a year so it lasts a long time.
I know that is is pretty much the only thing chicken sanctuaries use of their rescue chickens.
And I use it on mine. You can give orally or on the skin on the back of the neck, where the chicken can't reach.

 

[fhlstables]

Thank you this helps me SO much. I'm new to chickens and just want to make sure I'm doing the best for them.

 

[hooligan]

Are your chickens for laying or meat or just pets?

 

[DuckLady]

I used the horse wormer. I put a 1 inch squirt in a jar of water to dissolve (lots of shaking) and added it to a gallon waterer, refilling new as needed. My chickens were penned so this was their only water source for 4 days.