Worming LARGE number of birds??

[Lulu-Dixon]

Anyone have good tips on worming a large number of birds? Obviously I could dose them one by one, but I am looking for suggestions on anything that can be added to water or feed. *This is not because they are having problems currently, but since they are all being housed closely for winter I want to reduce having issues in dead of Jan/February. I have several breeds in sizes from a tiny silkie bantam to peacocks. Thanks in advance

 

[ChickenLeg]

Safeguard Aquasol is the only medicine Ive heard of thats meant for the waterers so you dont have to orally administer everyone. But one website said ita for laying hens, another said for broilers and eggs for hatching only, not for consumption layers.

Id say only use it with your birds that you dont plan to eat the eggs, if you do use it. But who knows it might not be any worse than regular safeguard which I give to my layers

 

[Lulu-Dixon]

Safeguard Aquasol is the only medicine Ive heard of thats meant for the waterers so you dont have to orally administer everyone. But one website said ita for laying hens, another said for broilers and eggs for hatching only, not for consumption layers.

Id say only use it with your birds that you dont plan to eat the eggs, if you do use it. But who knows it might not be any worse than regular safeguard which I give to my layers

Thanks for the info on Aquasol. I looked it up and don't see any for sale on my usual websites. It sounds like that would be perfect though. I'll def see if I can locate some.

 

[ChickenLeg]

Thanks for the info on Aquasol. I looked it up and don't see any for sale on my usual websites. It sounds like that would be perfect though. I'll def see if I can locate some.

Ive never tried it but seems much easier than orally drenching every bird. Best of luck

 

[Lulu-Dixon]

Ive never tried it but seems much easier than orally drenching every bird. Best of luck

Thanks!

 

[aart]

@dawg53 would know.

 

[dawg53]

There are a couple of wormers for poultry that can be mixed in water; Safeguard AquaSol as mentioned, and Levamisole. I've never used AquaSol, but I have used Levamisole a few times.

It's always best to worm birds orally using a syringe without a needle. It's not hard to dose each bird one at a time. Valbazen and Safeguard liquid goat wormer are my primary go to wormers, and Pyrantel Pamoate on occasion.
Worming each bird individually ensures they all got properly wormed, no guesswork about it.
Wormers mixed in water are unreliable. Some birds might drink too little to be effective or wont drink it at all. Also, birds drink less when the weather is cooler or cold.

Large flocks can be wormed in several ways and there's nothing saying that they all have to be wormed in one day.
For example: You can worm birds by coop or you can worm them by breed. Or worm half your flock one day and worm the rest the next day...however you want to do it.

It's best to worm birds just before sunrise when it's still dark outside. You can grab a bird off the roost, worm her, then let her go. Repeat until all birds in that coop are wormed.
The wormer will be more effective because the birds havnt eaten yet and the worms will be at their weakest.

 

[Shadrach]

You can worm a large population by mixing a worming powder in a crumble style feed and making a mash.
It is probably easiest to sprinkle the powder (I use Flubenvet or similar) into the crumble and mix very well while it's dry.
Then add the water and mix again.