Worms in chicken poop...

[Goldie7]

Natural wormers wont get rid of worms.
You can purchase Safeguard liquid goat wormer which is given orally using a syringe without a needle. Dosage is 0.25ml per pound of weight given 5 days straight to each chicken.

Or you can purchase Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer (my preference.)
Dosage is 0.08ml per pound or 1/2ml for a 4-6lb chicken orally using a syringe without a needle. Then repeat again in 10 days.

We eat the eggs after using either wormer. Both are Benzimidazoles which are poorly absorbed into the bloodstream and mostly excreted.
There is minute residue in the eggs.
However, if you believe that you or a family member might have a reaction to the residue, toss the eggs in the garbage for 2 weeks after the last dosng.

Can I estimate on the chickens? I have 4 cochens, 1 Bielefelder, and 5 eggers. I'm going to have do this on my own

 

[LZapoli]

Natural wormers wont get rid of worms.
You can purchase Safeguard liquid goat wormer which is given orally using a syringe without a needle. Dosage is 0.25ml per pound of weight given 5 days straight to each chicken.

Or you can purchase Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer (my preference.)
Dosage is 0.08ml per pound or 1/2ml for a 4-6lb chicken orally using a syringe without a needle. Then repeat again in 10 days.

We eat the eggs after using either wormer. Both are Benzimidazoles which are poorly absorbed into the bloodstream and mostly excreted.
There is minute residue in the eggs.
However, if you believe that you or a family member might have a reaction to the residue, toss the eggs in the garbage for 2 weeks after the last dosng.

Question. My Girls have taperworms. Not sure which ones. So I gave them .2ml of Goat dewormer on a piece of bread to each, following day, grabbed them at night, gave them all .25 ish ( as some fised and fought, hard to get it in the beak) to each (last night). I am still seeing live worms in their poop today. Is that normal, after 2 doses? Or am I not giving them enough? I have no way of weighting them, most of them do not let me pick them up, so putting them in a scale would never be able to happen. Also, I am giving them a waterer with hydro-hen, is that okay?

 

[AGeese]

Question. My Girls have taperworms. Not sure which ones. So I gave them .2ml of Goat dewormer on a piece of bread to each, following day, grabbed them at night, gave them all .25 ish ( as some fised and fought, hard to get it in the beak) to each (last night). I am still seeing live worms in their poop today. Is that normal, after 2 doses? Or am I not giving them enough? I have no way of weighting them, most of them do not let me pick them up, so putting them in a scale would never be able to happen. Also, I am giving them a waterer with hydro-hen, is that okay?

How did it go?

 

[LZapoli]

How did it go?

I had to take one to the vet and get a float test. The goat dewormer did not work, as they had tapeworms. Vet gave me praziquantel tables. Gave it to them, the next day dead worms, then another does 2 weeks later. Solved the problem. Months later they had them again. I bought cat dewormer on Amazon. Which the active ingredient was praziquantel. Worked just fine without the vet bill.

 

[dawg53]

I had to take one to the vet and get a float test. The goat dewormer did not work, as they had tapeworms. Vet gave me praziquantel tables. Gave it to them, the next day dead worms, then another does 2 weeks later. Solved the problem. Months later they had them again. I bought cat dewormer on Amazon. Which the active ingredient was praziquantel. Worked just fine without the vet bill.

Correct. Safeguard or Valbazen will not treat tapeworms. Praziquantel can be found in either Equimax or Zimecterin Gold equine paste found in feed stores. Dosages for either product are posted in the forum, you can use the search box to locate them.
BTW: The vector for tapeworms are insects. Chickens eat the infected insect and then the chicken becomes infected. Keep in mind that not all insects will be tapeworm infected.

 

[arazla]

Natural wormers wont get rid of worms.
You can purchase Safeguard liquid goat wormer which is given orally using a syringe without a needle. Dosage is 0.25ml per pound of weight given 5 days straight to each chicken.

Or you can purchase Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer (my preference.)
Dosage is 0.08ml per pound or 1/2ml for a 4-6lb chicken orally using a syringe without a needle. Then repeat again in 10 days.

We eat the eggs after using either wormer. Both are Benzimidazoles which are poorly absorbed into the bloodstream and mostly excreted.
There is minute residue in the eggs.
However, if you believe that you or a family member might have a reaction to the residue, toss the eggs in the garbage for 2 weeks after the last dosng.

Is .25ml per pound of weight the correct dosage when using Safeguard PASTE also? I have the paste on hand, but also do have Valbazen liquid dewormer. However, I read on some sites that it's safer to treat for Roundworm first as killing off all worms at once can sometimes cause fatalities if there is a large overload. I've been seeing some fecal worms and one roundworm so far this spring, but know for a fact we also have had tapeworms since last fall, but never treated, since the vet prescribed Aquasol at the time.

 

[arazla]

Correct. Safeguard or Valbazen will not treat tapeworms. Praziquantel can be found in either Equimax or Zimecterin Gold equine paste found in feed stores. Dosages for either product are posted in the forum, you can use the search box to locate them.
BTW: The vector for tapeworms are insects. Chickens eat the infected insect and then the chicken becomes infected. Keep in mind that not all insects will be tapeworm infected.

Wait, now I'm confused. I've read that Valbazen does treat tapeworms. For example, here on Poultry DVM: https://poultrydvm.com/condition/tapeworms
Am I missing something?

 

[dawg53]

Wait, now I'm confused. I've read that Valbazen does treat tapeworms. For example, here on Poultry DVM: https://poultrydvm.com/condition/tapeworms
Am I missing something?

Use Praziquantel for tapes. Valbazen doesnt treat tapes anymore.

 

[arazla]

Use Praziquantel for tapes. Valbazen doesnt treat tapes anymore.

Darn it. I feel like I just did all this research last year and specifically bought Valbazen because it treated tapeworms. Also for some reason I thought you could add it to water, but I may be misremebering. Is that an option?

 

[Eggcessive]

Darn it. I feel like I just did all this research last year and specifically bought Valbazen because it treated tapeworms. Also for some reason I thought you could add it to water, but I may be misremebering. Is that an option?

Are you seeing tapeworm segments in the droppings? Do you have pictures? Most people just treat for typical worms—round, cecal, and the more rare gape and capillary worms. Tapeworms are more rare. Praziquantel is the best treatment for tapeworms. Valbazen is the best if not tapeworms. It settles out in water. It should be shaken very well before drawing up each dose.