Worm in the Poop

[Brahma Chicken5000]

this is a round worm. id look into meds for your chicken. these worms can lay thousands of eggs in a chicken. i suggest getting wormer for chickens. tractor supply has the cheapest price.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...pT70uRioUMa2Efh1_pf_LrI1GH1YhafBoCgJsQAvD_BwE

It says not to use the wormer on chickens laying eggs for human consumption. Is there a pull period for the eggs?

 

[jthornton]

Jefferspet.com is probably the cheapest you'll find valbazen, plus $6 shipping. It should have about a 2 year expiration date. Make sure to redose your birds in 10 days. I worm once a month due to our wet soil conditions. I also rotate wormers.

If I use valbazen can the eggs be eaten? I've read that safeguard for goats you have to toss the eggs for 24 days or something like that or could you feed them back to the chickens?

JT

 

[dawg53]

Over the years I've used a few different wormers; wazine, safeguard paste and liquid goat wormer, valbazen, pyrantel pamoate, zimecterin gold, equimax, ivermectin pour on, eprinex and moxidectin plus.
I've eaten eggs after treating my birds with most of these wormers with the exception of ivermectin pour on, moxidectin plus, z-gold and equimax. I'm still here typing. I used to recommend a 24 day (total) withdrawal period after the dosing for all these wormers.
If someone is allergic to any of the ingredients in these wormers or they think they might have an adverse reaction, eggs should be tossed in the garbage.
I dont recommend feeding the eggs back to chickens since there's residue in the eggs. The residue might help build worm resistance the next time you worm your birds.
There has been no residue testing in eggs after wazine use, only for slaughter. The reason there has been no egg testing is because of costs. They wont test eggs specifically for backyard chicken owners. Also, commercial operations have no need for wormers.
My understanding is that piperazine (wazine) use in Canada for chickens has no egg withdrawal.

 

[coach723]

The recommended egg withdrawl for both Safeguard and Valbazen is 14 days following treatment. So with a repeat dose at 10 days that's a 24 day withdrawl. Some people dump eggs, some feed them back to the chickens, some ignore the withdrawl. Honestly, you need to do what you are comfortable with. Same with Wazine. Albendazole and Fenbendazole (the meds in Valbazen and Safeguard) are both used in humans also.

 

[Kiki]

Well I came home with two things from town, a sack of 3cc syringes and an education about pet medications in Missouri. No medications for chickens can be purchased over the counter, everything requires a script from a Vet.

This Valbazen looks like the correct stuff from Jefferspet.com.

JT

You can buy goat and horse dewormer over the counter, and use either one of them.

 

[jthornton]

Ok, I can get Merck Animal Health Safe-Guard Dewormer for Goats, 125mL at TSC in Sikeston tomorrow, they have it in stock.

JT

 

[Kiki]

Ok, I can get Merck Animal Health Safe-Guard Dewormer for Goats, 125mL at TSC in Sikeston tomorrow, they have it in stock.

JT

 

[jthornton]

Ok I found a bottle of safe-guard dewormer for goats in town. Now my chickens are 10 month old RIR's and as a reminder the worm was a large round worm. I've searched for a while and see many different dosages even in this thread. The most poplar seems to be 1/2cc per pullet with a second dose at 10-14 days.

JT

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Well, I believe the proper dosage should go by body weight according to my vet. I wanna say it was .23 ml. Per lb. But I would just round up to .25 as I think it is pretty hard to overdose them on it.
@casportpony
Is that correct?

 

[Kiki]

Well, I believe the proper dosage should go by body weight according to my vet. I wanna say it was .23 ml. Per lb. But I would just round up to .25 as I think it is pretty hard to overdose them on it.
@casportpony
Is that correct?

Correct.

You should get a good weight and dose each bird straight to the beak by their weight at .23 ml per pound.