Worming confusion.

[Kuntry Klucker]

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So I need to worm them twice. The first time then again in 10 days. Does worming them twice
make the egg withdrawl period longer or just the 2 week estimate?

I don't need to worry about possibly chocking them when putting the wormer in their mouths right?

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

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So I need to worm them twice. The first time then again in 10 days. Does worming them twice
make the egg withdrawl period longer or just the 2 week estimate?

I don't need to worry about possibly chocking them when putting the wormer in their mouths right?

1 more question: Do I have to worm them orally or can I just put the wormer in their water?
The oral method is not the most practical for me right now. Just wondering.

If that is the only way I will have to enlist help.

Thanks

 

[gritsar]

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So I need to worm them twice. The first time then again in 10 days. Does worming them twice
make the egg withdrawl period longer or just the 2 week estimate?

I don't need to worry about possibly chocking them when putting the wormer in their mouths right?

1 more question: Do I have to worm them orally or can I just put the wormer in their water?
The oral method is not the most practical for me right now. Just wondering.

If that is the only way I will have to enlist help.

Thanks

If you are going to worm with valbazen, then yes it has to be given orally.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

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1 more question: Do I have to worm them orally or can I just put the wormer in their water?
The oral method is not the most practical for me right now. Just wondering.

If that is the only way I will have to enlist help.

Thanks

If you are going to worm with valbazen, then yes it has to be given orally.

Ok, I will just get someone to help me then. Thanks Again for all the good info

 

[cafarmgirl]

It is a bit of a PITA to deworm orally but then you know everybody got exactly the dose they need to do the job. It's much more precise then womer's in the water source.

It's a fairly small amount they need, just dribble it in their beaks slowly so they have a chance to swallow.

The 10 day repeat is to get anything that hatched from egg form since the first deworm.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

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Ok, that is good to know, I was worried that I might chock them. I was also wondering why I would need to worm again in 10 days but you answered
my question. Thanks

 

[ntink17]

Just a thought if you need to give an oral de-wormer to birds individually. I worked at a zoo and I de-wormed our poultry on a monthly basis as parasite control rotating ivermectin and pyrantel pamoate. Trying to speed up the process for myself, I found that for some birds that are not easy to catch up (worked great with peafowl) I could put the medication dosage in a piece or bread or something to soak it up, roll it into a ball, and the bird would gobble it down when I tossed it to him/her. Once in a while someone would grab the dosage intended for another bird, but these medications are pretty safe, so an overdosage was not a huge concern if it happened once in a great while.

 

[cafarmgirl]

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Actually now that you mention it I've heard somebody else here suggest that too. Sounds much easier and I think I'll try that next time too.

 

[gritsar]

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Not a bad idea. I am aware of Roy Rooster's coop design and know that it's going to be a PITA for her, but a necessary PITA.

I have two walk in coops with plenty of space to manuvuer in. I enlist the help of my DH. We go into the coops in the morning, before turning the birds out for the day. He grabs a bird, holds it while I dose it and then turns that bird loose outside. Repeat until all the birds are dosed. That way no one gets double dosed.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

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Actually now that you mention it I've heard somebody else here suggest that too. Sounds much easier and I think I'll try that next time too.

That is a great idea, thanks for the suggestion. Some of my ladies are a little stand-offish and might not
be to happy being picked up then to get the wormer in their mouths would be loads of fun. I will
try your method, I think that would work a lot better.