I have been reading a great deal on here and am trying to decide on parasite control schedule. I have some questions and would appreciate any opinions/advice:
1. Due to it being past time for treatments I am going to use Wazine first.
2. I am going to follow up with Valbazen wormer 11.36% (purchased at local CoOp for approx: $40 for the 500 ml)
Questions: How long should I wait to followup with the Valbazen: 10 days or 14 days? Also is it okay to feed the eggs back to the chickens from the Wazine dose until I dose them with the Valbazen? I will not feed the eggs back to them once I use the Valbazen. Dosage on the Valbazen is it .077 x bird weight in pounds to get an exact dosage or is there another method?
I am going to give them scrambled eggs & whole buttermilk after worming. And considered adding Nutri-Drench to their water. For 3 days or so after each treatment.
3. After this year I am going to follow up the Valbazen with Safeguard. 1 cc giants, 3/4 cc large fowl, 1/2 cc standard fowl & 1/4 cc bantam.
Question: Is this the correct dosage or do I need to find a formula & get an exact weight?
3. Mite/Lice treatments. I use Sevin & DE in their dust bath areas. I put Sevin dust in the coop (on roosts, any cracks, top of litter & nest boxes. I am not sold on the DE but since I have it I will use it up. I have also dusted the birds but do not like doing this. As a last resort I sprayed my flock with Frontline spray at a rate of 3 sprays for large birds & 2 sprays for the med/large ones (The way I view this is: I spray my dogs/cats and they sleep in the house, get on the beds and I pet them so I don't think its going to cause me to consume any more by spraying the chickens)
Questions: Are there any better ways to treat for Lice/Mites? Would Ivomec or Permethrin work better? I have had mites in the past but just recently one of my roosters contracted lice (had never seen it before hence the immediate spray with Frontline).
4. Bedding. I have used pine and cedar shavings. I use pine with young chicks but with my older birds I mix in some cedar. I have seen posts about the oils in the cedar being bad for birds but I always thought it was just bad for chicks. I know cedar will deter many insects whereas pine will not.
Questions: Cedar vs Pine vs Pine/Cedar mix? Pros & Cons?
I am going to schedule my worm treatments for September and March. I live in E. TN so our winters are not usually bad & by doing this 2x a year at these times I will get them ready for Winter & Summer.
If anyone sees any flaws in my plans please advise or if you know a better way please share.
I want to thank bario and dawg53 for all the information I have gained from their posts/member pages. Also thanks to all the other member's posts I have read to gain this much of an understanding of parasite control.
Also if I this in not the correct place to post this please let me know. I am still new & do not want to offend anyone. Thank you
1. Due to it being past time for treatments I am going to use Wazine first.
2. I am going to follow up with Valbazen wormer 11.36% (purchased at local CoOp for approx: $40 for the 500 ml)
Questions: How long should I wait to followup with the Valbazen: 10 days or 14 days? Also is it okay to feed the eggs back to the chickens from the Wazine dose until I dose them with the Valbazen? I will not feed the eggs back to them once I use the Valbazen. Dosage on the Valbazen is it .077 x bird weight in pounds to get an exact dosage or is there another method?
I am going to give them scrambled eggs & whole buttermilk after worming. And considered adding Nutri-Drench to their water. For 3 days or so after each treatment.
3. After this year I am going to follow up the Valbazen with Safeguard. 1 cc giants, 3/4 cc large fowl, 1/2 cc standard fowl & 1/4 cc bantam.
Question: Is this the correct dosage or do I need to find a formula & get an exact weight?
3. Mite/Lice treatments. I use Sevin & DE in their dust bath areas. I put Sevin dust in the coop (on roosts, any cracks, top of litter & nest boxes. I am not sold on the DE but since I have it I will use it up. I have also dusted the birds but do not like doing this. As a last resort I sprayed my flock with Frontline spray at a rate of 3 sprays for large birds & 2 sprays for the med/large ones (The way I view this is: I spray my dogs/cats and they sleep in the house, get on the beds and I pet them so I don't think its going to cause me to consume any more by spraying the chickens)
Questions: Are there any better ways to treat for Lice/Mites? Would Ivomec or Permethrin work better? I have had mites in the past but just recently one of my roosters contracted lice (had never seen it before hence the immediate spray with Frontline).
4. Bedding. I have used pine and cedar shavings. I use pine with young chicks but with my older birds I mix in some cedar. I have seen posts about the oils in the cedar being bad for birds but I always thought it was just bad for chicks. I know cedar will deter many insects whereas pine will not.
Questions: Cedar vs Pine vs Pine/Cedar mix? Pros & Cons?
I am going to schedule my worm treatments for September and March. I live in E. TN so our winters are not usually bad & by doing this 2x a year at these times I will get them ready for Winter & Summer.
If anyone sees any flaws in my plans please advise or if you know a better way please share.
I want to thank bario and dawg53 for all the information I have gained from their posts/member pages. Also thanks to all the other member's posts I have read to gain this much of an understanding of parasite control.
Also if I this in not the correct place to post this please let me know. I am still new & do not want to offend anyone. Thank you
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