WORMS???

[elissarules]

Yes! The one for poultry has the same active ingredient. I believe that there is enough in there for several days dosing enough for your 22 birds. I think it is .23 ml /1# @ KikisGirls can you double check and make sure I'm not talking nonsense?

can i also use this on ducks for the same ratio?

 

[dawg53]

I've used ivermectin and eprinex years ago and found it to be ineffective as wormers in chickens. Stick with the benzimidazoles such as safeguard and valbazen.
There is this regarding ivermectin. Worm resistance is mostly like due to overuse as a miteacide in poultry:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1989.tb00635.x

 

[aart]

Worm resistance is mostly like due to overuse as a miteacide in poultry:

That's interesting...makes perfect sense!

 

[casportpony]

If any of you want to eat the eggs while treating large roundworms or cecal worms you can if you give the correct dose of Safeguard. Here is a thread that explains how:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/safeguard-mash-zero-day-egg-withdrawal.1254653/

Otherwise, the amounts my vet has me use are:
Large roundworms - 0.23 ml per pound orally once and repeat in 10-14 days
Cecal worms - 0.23 ml per pound orally once and repeat in 10-14 days

Capillary worms and gapeworms require treatment for 5 consecutive days.

 

[elissarules]

If any of you want to eat the eggs while treating large roundworms or cecal worms you can if you give the correct dose of Safeguard. Here is a thread that explains how:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/safeguard-mash-zero-day-egg-withdrawal.1254653/

Otherwise, the amounts my vet has use are:
Large roundworms - 0.23 ml per pound orally once and repeat in 10-14 days
Cecal worms - 0.23 ml per pound orally once and repeat in 10-14 days

Capillary worms and gapeworms require treatment for 5 consecutive days.

GREAT! thank you!

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

did you kill the worms? some chickens see worms crawling out of poop and say oh look at those yummy worms and eat them

 

[dawg53]

did you kill the worms? some chickens see worms crawling out of poop and say oh look at those yummy worms and eat them

The worms will be ground up in the gizzard and digested as protein. Meat on the table mmmmmm!

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

The worms will be ground up in the gizzard and digested as protein. Meat on the table mmmmmm!

thanks for telling me that

 

[Kiki]

so for the 13 little ones (i have 2 roos, and one’s pretty large) i’ll be doing 1/4 cc and 1/2 for the rest (i have red comets, red island reds, and a silkie) for 3 days and then repeat in 10 after the third day? does that sound right?

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Does them per pound .23 cc per pound.
Under dosing is bad.

 

[Kiki]

Yes! The one for poultry has the same active ingredient. I believe that there is enough in there for several days dosing enough for your 22 birds. I think it is .23 ml /1# of bird @KikisGirls can you double check and make sure I'm not talking nonsense?

Yes.