Worming for the first time...

[millerchickens]

Hi all.

Thanks for the tips on the hen we lost earlier this week. Sounds like it was a combination of worms and fly strike Visited the local feed store to stock up on supplies, so here's my plan and question:

I've never wormed before, so today I'm scouring the coop, dirt, and spraying everything with diluted bleach water -- suggested by the feed folks since we aren't completely certain what the hen died of.

Will do Wazine today for worms.

In two weeks, will do a treatment of Corid for 5 days.

Then, two weeks later Wazine again.

My question is whether or not I need to follow the second treatment of Wazine with a broad spectrum wormer? I've been doing some reading on the boards about Safeguard...and dawg talked about the liquid he uses on the skin which I think was a broad spectrum wormer, too. After the two rounds of Wazine and the Corid, do you think I'll need a broad spectrum wormer? Again, I've never wormed my girls before and they're two years old.

Thanks!
Stacey

 

[Mr chickenmath]

I would suggest just using the wazine about every 2 weeks depending on how old they are if they are babies (day1-about 1month) I would do it as directed on the bottle if older than 1 month I would just wazine every 2 weeks for about 3-5 times depending on how they are effect (treated) by the wormer but I would not suggest using anything else until that is done after you do the wormer 3-5 times every 2 weeks I would recommened using duramyicine then 2 weeks later using wazine and keep doing that till you think they are doing better if they start looking bad again repeat the steps above