Hey Papa John59.:)
I wrote a not too serious article on my feed fermenting experiences. It may put a smile on your face.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-change-in-diet-from-dry-to-fermented-facts-myths-and-experience.74414/
Hello PouleChick.:)
I was getting ready to nip over the border and see if you were still living.;)
I guessed your new job was keeping you busy.
Pleased to read you're okay despite being a bit stressed.:hugs
There also Panacur .
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_CAds=&_ex_kw=&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_mPrRngCbx=1&_nkw=panacur+wormer&_sacat=&_sadis=&_sop=12&_udhi=&_udlo=&_fosrp=1
I can get this here but I don't know what the dosages are for chickens. We use it for the sheep. The egg and meat withdrawal times...
I would go with @chickengr All you need to do is the conversion from milliliters to grams to work out the proper dose and match that to the info in the article you kindly reviewed.
The Flubenvet I get here is for pigs.:)
I honestly don't know. It depends on what other ingredients are in the product.
If I couldn't find an alternative I probably would use it assuming any other compounds are harmless packing compounds.
People do use fish orientated products on chickens.
The products you can get in Europe differ from the US products.
This article might help people in Europe with worming.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/flubendazole-worming-dosages.75090/
We've got water problems here.:(
Really need regular rainfall in February and March for stuff to grow later in the year.
It's rained all around us but not a drop fell here.
It's one of those laws with good intentions but completely unenforceable.
I don't feed the chickens here any meat, or dairy kitchen scraps; mainly because my cooking is so bad they probably wouldn't eat them.:p I don't eat a lot of meat anyway.
I do feed them fish and bits of wild boar two or...
I knew feeding chickens kitchen scraps was illegal in the UK but apparently it's EU as well.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/supplying-and-using-animal-by-products-as-farm-animal-feed
If you can remove the perches and check the perch ends, if you've got red mite they'll probably be there. You can burn those off well away from the coop.
Tbh, a lot depends on the type of coop you have. If you look at my coop page you can see why cleaning with a blow torch is very easy for me. I...