Worms

[dawg53]

Does the paste have to be put down into their throat or can it just be put on their tongue

See post #4 in this link on how to worm birds with liquid wormers, easy peasy:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/worms-in-chicken-poop.1575508/#post-26765905

 

[Chickenmini]

See post #4 in this link on how to worm birds with liquid wormers, easy peasy:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/worms-in-chicken-poop.1575508/#post-26765905

Yes I’m referring to the paste not the liquid. I’m entirely confident I won’t be able to do liquid. But I found a video on the paste. My other question would be, would it be smart to just deworm them all? I have 15 birds. I have no idea how long they might’ve had worms, as they were already sick for the past week

 

[Lighthearted]

Thank you .. in the event I’m unable to give them doses like that, is there another option? Like paste in the mouth, paste to put on the body or something to put in the water?

There is Safeguard Aquasol, which is made specifically for chickens and is added to the water for 5 days. You figure out the weight of all your chickens and then it tells you how much water they should be drinking, and you put out just that much water with the specified dose in it, a fresh batch each day. I don't know what the other options cost, but it isn't cheap - it will be $70 to treat my flock of 55.

If you only have one or a few to doctor you might be better mastering the art of the syringe! I don't know if that other post tells this, but it was a game-changer for me: To get their little beaks open you can pull down (gently of course) on their wattles. Once I learned that I had a lot better luck...though mostly I've had to do pills, not syringe.

Good luck!

 

[Chickenmini]

There is Safeguard Aquasol, which is made specifically for chickens and is added to the water for 5 days. You figure out the weight of all your chickens and then it tells you how much water they should be drinking, and you put out just that much water with the specified dose in it, a fresh batch each day. I don't know what the other options cost, but it isn't cheap - it will be $70 to treat my flock of 55.

If you only have one or a few to doctor you might be better mastering the art of the syringe! I don't know if that other post tells this, but it was a game-changer for me: To get their little beaks open you can pull down (gently of course) on their wattles. Once I learned that I had a lot better luck...though mostly I've had to do pills, not syringe.

Good luck!

The video I watched actually had people suggest to put the paste in a piece of bread or berry lol so I tried that.. they ate it without issue, except for one. So with that one I put the paste on my finger and wiped it into the corner of her mouth. I guess if that isn’t effective for some reason, I’ll try the water route. I did not know about that trick either.
With the paste.. is it treat once and then again in 10 days? Or is it 5 days consecutively and then again in 10 days? Thank you guys so much

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes I’m referring to the paste not the liquid. I’m entirely confident I won’t be able to do liquid. But I found a video on the paste. My other question would be, would it be smart to just deworm them all? I have 15 birds. I have no idea how long they might’ve had worms, as they were already sick for the past week

The video I watched actually had people suggest to put the paste in a piece of bread or berry lol so I tried that.. they ate it without issue, except for one. So with that one I put the paste on my finger and wiped it into the corner of her mouth. I guess if that isn’t effective for some reason, I’ll try the water route. I did not know about that trick either.
With the paste.. is it treat once and then again in 10 days? Or is it 5 days consecutively and then again in 10 days? Thank you guys so much

With Either the Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste, give 5 days in a row. No repeat.

Welcome To BYC

Those are Roundworms in the poop. Treatment is below.

To treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworm you can use Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste (Fenbendazole) or Valbazen (Albendazole). Both are given orally by weight; they do not mix well with water.

Safeguard dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days in a row.
---OR---
Valbazen dose is 0.08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeated in 10 days

Here's how to give oral medications:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

There is Safeguard Aquasol, which is made specifically for chickens and is added to the water for 5 days. You figure out the weight of all your chickens and then it tells you how much water they should be drinking, and you put out just that much water with the specified dose in it, a fresh batch each day. I don't know what the other options cost, but it isn't cheap - it will be $70 to treat my flock of 55.

If you only have one or a few to doctor you might be better mastering the art of the syringe! I don't know if that other post tells this, but it was a game-changer for me: To get their little beaks open you can pull down (gently of course) on their wattles. Once I learned that I had a lot better luck...though mostly I've had to do pills, not syringe.

Good luck!

Safeguard Aquasol is a low dose added to water. It will treat Roundworms ONLY.

 

[Chickenmini]

With Either the Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine Paste, give 5 days in a row. No repeat.










Safeguard Aquasol is a low dose added to water. It will treat Roundworms ONLY.

Why are there so many different answers to this?
Other posts say a pea sized amount, 5 days and then re dose in 10 days. Because of the lower dose?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Why are there so many different answers to this?
Other posts say a pea sized amount, 5 days and then re dose in 10 days. Because of the lower dose?

Pea Size dosing is old threads, more information about dosing has come to light within the last 15years. Info on the internet lasts forever, you can find all kinds of answers if you keep digging for them.

You have sick birds with a heavy load of worms, that's evident when you see a tangled mess of worms being expelled in the poop. Worms live in the host, that's how they survive. So being expelled, there's an overload.

But you want to apparently treat once, then repeat in 10 days correct?
If that's the case, then here's that information.

 

[Chickenmini]

Pea Size dosing is old threads, more information about dosing has come to light within the last 15years. Info on the internet lasts forever, you can find all kinds of answers if you keep digging for them.

You have sick birds with a heavy load of worms, that's evident when you see a tangled mess of worms being expelled in the poop. Worms live in the host, that's how they survive. So being expelled, there's an overload.

But you want to apparently treat once, then repeat in 10 days correct?
If that's the case, then here's that information.


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what’s the math for the weight to medicine amount on that one?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

what’s the math for the weight to medicine amount on that one?

What?