Worming with Valbazen

[Arielle]

wormed my girls yesterday, 19 hens and 1 rooster thought it would be more difficult. my girls are not used to being held. I notice Chester was limping this morning he did not want to be held and we may have pulled a leg muscel while he and I danced.

You might try training them to eating cubes of bread. Then on worming day put the wormer in the bread. Wemeasured the valbasen andinjected each cube. A few birds were piggy and ate 3-4 times there dosing but did not die. ANd doing a lot of birds is much easier that way. WE still had a few that would not take the bread and did direct dose those.

 

[rjkreutzer]

You might try training them to eating cubes of bread. Then on worming day put the wormer in the bread. Wemeasured the valbasen andinjected each cube. A few birds were piggy and ate 3-4 times there dosing but did not die. ANd doing a lot of birds is much easier that way. WE still had a few that would not take the bread and did direct dose those.

the cubes might make it easier to dose them in the coop and I would not have to take them off the roosten bar. Thanks for sharing

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Welcome.

 

[jsimplytx125]

Hi Dawg, I'm replying to a post from a year ago. Regarding throwing eggs away for 24 days when worming chickens: Could i boil and feed those eggs to my dogs during that time?

 

[dawg53]

Hi Dawg, I'm replying to a post from a year ago. Regarding throwing eggs away for 24 days when worming chickens: Could i boil and feed those eggs to my dogs during that time?

I dont see any reason why not.

 

[Betsy57]

I use Valbazen at least once a year and I've never had any problems.

I do notice that the birds just seem to perk up and look better about a week after the dosing.

How do you administer it to them and what is the dosage? I have given it to them orally although it is quite a job catching and doing that to so many chickens. Sometimes I've put it in raw hamburger given it to them. They love that. Just wondering how you dose/administer it.

 

[dawg53]

Quote: See post #2 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/606881/valbazen-de-worming-question

 

[farminchick]

Ok I treated with wazine 17 ( 2 rounds, 2 weeks apart) then added strike iii to feed . Should this have killed any worms?

 

[casportpony]

Ok I treated with wazine 17 ( 2 rounds, 2 weeks apart) then added strike iii to feed . Should this have killed any worms?

If you mixed the Wazine correctly, and they drank enough, you probably treated roundworms. Don't know enough about the other one to comment.

-Kathy

 

[ChickenLady2014]

CityChicker, before you use Valbazen, you'll first want to get some Wazine from TSC and kill all the round worms in your chickens.  Valbazen will kill ALL worms, but killing roundworms and others at the same time more than likely will overload your chickens' ability to dispose of them from their overloaded system.  That could kill your chickens. 

For more information on this, read:  https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=385238


WORMING YOUR CHICKENS   -    FROM THE GOSPEL of JAMES (Chapter dawg53 1-2-3)

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1. Wazine17  - two ounces in two gallons of water for one day - dump eggs for two weeks

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...Ten days later:

2. Valbazen -one half cc/ml for standard size chickens, one quarter cc/ml for smaller chickens including silkies. You can use an oral syringe to squirt it down their throats individually or you can inject it into a small piece of bread and give each chicken a piece of bread....they gobble it up.  - dump the eggs for two weeks

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3. ...after a couple of days of using each of both wormers....give your chickens plain yogurt or buttermilk(probiotics), canned beef cat food (extra protein) with scrambled eggs all mixed in their feed and give it to them to build up their immune systems, do this about 3 days in a row. Then you'll have healthy, happy chickens lol.

The next time you worm,say in about 6 months or whenever you see fit...you can use the Valbazen first, no need to use the Wazine 17 unless you want to. Please PM anytime and I'll be happy to help you with worming. Jim.

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Making buttermilk (joebryant):

Mine love it, and its lactic acid and bacteria culture is super healthy for them and YOU.

I make it a gallon at a time:

Buy a quart of buttermilk, pour it into a large container with a gallon of milk.  Let the five quarts sit at room temperature for 24 hours, stirring occasionally, and you'll have five quarts.  Save a quart to use with another gallon of milk later.

BTW, buttermilk will keep for a very long time in the refrigerator.

Store in a glass container(s).

Great info!