Worming a Rooster Conundrum

[Lifeiseasy]

I had created a thread about my rooster not feeling well a while ago. After him improving slightly, but never having the vet call us back and my rooster being very skinny, we have decided to worm him. It is unconfirmed if he has worms or not because they are not visible in his poop but something is keeping him from gaining weight. It will probably be tomorrow when we go buy Wazine or some other wormer and treat him, and only him (the hens are fine, fat, and happy). The only problem is...

I can't fully separate him.

Which comes to the other side of the problem. We currently have a broody hen sitting on about 13 eggs in the big coop. Tomorrow night I would like to candle the eggs, get rid of the infertile/inactive ones, and move the hen and her clutch to our small coop, the only spot we can currently isolate chickens in. We have a cage, but with the rain we cannot put either of our chickens in there because it wouldn't keep them safe or dry. We also cannot bring either one into our house because of my husky puppy and my sister bringing her two crazy dogs over. Therefore, should I put my rooster in the little coop tomorrow and deworm him, clean the coop, and stick the hen in there at night? Or, should I stick the hen in the coop tomorrow night, him the next morning, and worm both of them? Also, I know with hens there is a withdrawl period from eggs when worming, would I have to withdraw from the eggs because of the roosters activities?

I know it's a lot, and this crazy rain we're having is throwing a wrench in all of my plans, but any help would be great.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Safeduard is an all-purpose wormer, and I would use it, if you can find it. Wazine only treats roundworms.

No comments on your situation, but I am almost certain that the rooster's activities will have no effect on eggs. @casportpony? @Eggcessive?

 

[Lifeiseasy]

Safeduard is an all-purpose wormer, and I would use it, if you can find it. Wazine only treats roundworms.

No comments on your situation, but I am almost certain that the rooster's activities will have no effect on eggs. @casportpony? @Eggcessive?

Okay thank you. Do you know the dosage of Safeguard?

 

[sylviethecochin]

Okay thank you. Do you know the dosage of Safeguard?

I didn't know offhand, so I looked it up:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bac...d-dewormer-for-goats-for-chickens-t14662.html
Of the wormer paste, a BB-sized or pea-sized amount.
Of the oral suspension (10%), 4 cc/gallon of drinking water. Stir often as it will settle.

And it's pretty hard to overdose.

Also, occasionally the employees will try and convince you not to worm your chickens because they don't carry approved products for (laying) hens. No one does. They may attempt to convince you to feed pumpkin seed or other natural wormers. I have gotten good results by asking if they would feed pumpkin seed to their dog as a wormer.

 

[Lifeiseasy]

I didn't know offhand, so I looked it up:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bac...d-dewormer-for-goats-for-chickens-t14662.html
Of the wormer paste, a BB-sized or pea-sized amount.
Of the oral suspension (10%), 4 cc/gallon of drinking water. Stir often as it will settle.

And it's pretty hard to overdose.

Also, occasionally the employees will try and convince you not to worm your chickens because they don't carry approved products for (laying) hens. No one does. They may attempt to convince you to feed pumpkin seed or other natural wormers. I have gotten good results by asking if they would feed pumpkin seed to their dog as a wormer.

Awesome! I will do that then. I don't think the people at my local TSC even know enough about birds to be giving advice about worming them.

 

[Lifeiseasy]

Okay so he’s now in the small coop with 1cc of Safegaurd in a quart waterer. He is also on Feather Fixer to hopefully perk him up, it has less calcium in it than the layer feed he’s normally on. I’ll stick the hen in the small coop tonight with him and they can both be on the wormer for a bit since it shouldn’t hurt her. How long should they have this water? I saw two days on another thread, is that correct?

 

[sylviethecochin]

Okay so he’s now in the small coop with 1cc of Safegaurd in a quart waterer. He is also on Feather Fixer to hopefully perk him up, it has less calcium in it than the layer feed he’s normally on. I’ll stick the hen in the small coop tonight with him and they can both be on the wormer for a bit since it shouldn’t hurt her. How long should they have this water? I saw two days on another thread, is that correct?

I'd say maybe. Who said it? Two days rather than one might be good, Safeguard isn't a wormer with a lot of toxicity.

I did it once for one day, then dumped the water and did it again a week later, to kill the just-hatched eggs.

 

[Lifeiseasy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...kens-with-goat-safeguard-fenbendazole.423896/

It’s one of the posts in this thread. It’s towards the beginning. I’ll give it to them again in two weeks. It’ll be just enough time so that there’s another week before the chicks hatch. When do broody hens lay again? Is it once the chicks are grown or once the chicks hatch?

 

[sylviethecochin]

Dawg53 is a pretty good source. 2 days sounds good to me.

Broody hens can take more than a month to begin laying again. (EDT: after the chicks hatch.)

 

[Lifeiseasy]

Dawg53 is a pretty good source. 2 days sounds good to me.

Broody hens can take more than a month to begin laying again. (EDT: after the chicks hatch.)

Okay great. That means I probably won’t have to be throwing eggs away.