Worms seen - need advice

[MamaMeChicken]

Also, it looks as if valbazen covers the most worms. It's very expensive, though, and I only have four white leghorns. I'm afraid it would never get used up. I'm looking at the zimecterin gold - a bb size amount or a pea size amount for white leghorn hens?

Thank you!

 

[MamaMeChicken]

Dogs don't get tapeworms from your chicken droppings by the way-- they get them from eating mice, moles, and fleas, so you don't have to treat the dogs too.

Thank you! We don't have have fleas so I guess we are good. The vet said it would be unlikely for them to pick up parasites from the chickens - some illnesses like bacteria were possible for the dogs to catch but parasites were unlikely. It just worries me because the dogs seem to think chicken manure is a tasty snack on occasion. It's disgusting!

 

[MamaMeChicken]

I also should have added in my question about dosing above, should I just treat once or wait a period of time and treat again?

 

[dawg53]

I also should have added in my question about dosing above, should I just treat once or wait a period of time and treat again?

If you're going to use the zimectrin gold for your Leghorns, dosage would be a
"small pea" size amount given orally to each hen. Then redose them again in 10 days.

 

[MamaMeChicken]

Thank you so much!!