Worming mixed flock of turkeys and chickens?

[FlockFromPa]

I'm not sure if that's available to me or not..I will have to look into it! I've been keeping chickens and turkeys together for a few years now with no problems so far!

 

[hellfire]

Your lucky so far. I kept them together not realising. After about a year or two i had a turkey go down hill, then another and then deaths. After talking to my vet and then doing a autopsy myself I found it was blackhead. The infected worm and eggs can survive in the ground for 3years so I had to move my chicken flock and start a fresh with turkeys. I now make sure they are wormed regularly to stop it before it starts. You may not have it in your area. I’ve now had them mixed for 4/5 years with no issues. Touch wood!!

 

[casportpony]

Can you get hold of flubenvet where you are? I’m in the U.K. you will need to worm twice a year running a mix of chickens and turkeys as blackhead kills turkeys. The chickens carry the worm often un effected but it wipes out turkeys quickly.
Also it comes in ready mixed bags of layers pellets or the powder form to mix in with feed for a week

We cannot get that here in the US. Here in the US we use Valbazen (albendazole) or Safeguard/Panacur (fenbendazole)

 

[casportpony]

Thank you guys so much! That's very helpful! Stupid question but is it necessary to weigh each bird individually? Deworming my flock may take me awhile lol

I have peafowl, chicken, and turkeys. When medicating them with something like Valbazen or Safeguard, I just guess at their weights, but for antibitoics I will get an exact weight.

Google the breed/species and weight, then use that number. For example, leghorn:

 

[Birdmanoforegon]

Hello! This is my very first post here. I'm looking for recommendations on deworming my mixed flock of turkeys and chickens. What would be the easiest route to go? I have no run at all. They totally free range. Sorry if this is in the wrong category but I had no clue where to post this. Also! If anyone has any recommendations on feeding a mixed flock of turkeys and chickens that would be great. I'm currently feeding purina flock raiser from tractor supply but it's almost $20 a bag here. I'm trying to stick with my local feed mill to save a little bit of money as I'm hatching eggs and expanding my flock as well. Thank you in advance!

Invermectin works great. It's the go to for treatment on internal AND external parasites. Cant eat the meat or eggs for 14 days after treatment. Its unregulated and can be purchased at a local feed store. Its sold in various sizes and at 1% concentration. Dosage is .2-.4ml per kg body weight ( dont forget to subtract feather weight). You can give it oral, subconscious or intramuscular just NOT intravenous repeat every 10-14 days till infection is gone. For parasites that are not killed by invermectin you need a single dose of praziquantel.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!

Invermectin works great. It's the go to for treatment on internal AND external parasites.

It will probably treat large roundworms and maybe cecal worm, but studies show it does not treat capillary worms and gapeworms.

Cant eat the meat or eggs for 14 days after treatment.

According to one vet, withdrawal it 8 weeks.

Dosage is .2-.4ml per kg body weight ( dont forget to subtract feather weight).

The dose is 0.2 to 1 mg per kg, which is 0.02 to 0.1 ml per kg. No need to subtract anything, just weight the bird.

math for the 1% is:
weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2, times 0.2 to 1 (0.2 minimum, 1 max), divide by 10

math for the 0.05% pour on is:
weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2, times 0.2 to 1 (0.2 minimum, 1 max), divide by 5

math for the 1.87 paste% is:
weight of bird in pounds, divide by 2.2, times 0.2 to 1 (0.2 minimum, 1 max), divide by 18.75

For parasites that are not killed by invermectin you need a single dose of praziquantel.

Praziquantel only treat tapeworms.

 

[FlockFromPa]

I have peafowl, chicken, and turkeys. When medicating them with something like Valbazen or Safeguard, I just guess at their weights, but for antibitoics I will get an exact weight.

Google the breed/species and weight, then use that number. For example, leghorn:
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Thank you so much! I would of never even thought to google their weights and go off of that! I really appreciate all the helpful tips and information you've given me!

 

[hellfire]

We cannot get that here in the US. Here in the US we use Valbazen (albendazole) or Safeguard/Panacur (fenbendazole)

Fair enough. Panacure is a good wormer I use for my other animals but not licensed for chickens here. Be interested to know if the dosage is the same per kg like I use for my ferrets as a much cheaper option. My vet told me to be accurate with dosages though as can cause blindness!! Always worried me so use a tiny set of drug scales . Is there a egg withdrawal? You don’t need to with flubenvet. I’ve also used ivermectin drops on my poultry that I import as struggle getting it here now. Never had a issue and seems to work plus kills lice etc.

 

[hellfire]

Again ivermectin is not licensed in food producing birds. No info on egg withdrawal or meat withdrawal. Not sure if the same applies over the water?