Blackhillboulder
Hatching
Hey friends, I write today asking for some insight regarding my hens.
I wanna preface by saying that there isn't a vet that will really help me, so I am coming to you for this.
So i had a few girls pass, and was worried. Eventually noticed these white worms.
Thanks to the threads here, I found out that means Tapeworms.
Being very excited to have found the cause, I went to the vet and ask for a dewormer product.
I got it, gave it to them as fast as I could, and waited. The Vet worker told me I should wait a day or two before I eat the eggs.
Eventually, after the rush of having found the fix wore off, I decided to look up the product.
That was Baycox (Toltrazuril) 2.5% 50 ml. I saw there is no official egg withdrawal period for this product, and that laying hens should't have it in the first place.
It has been a month since I gave them. In that period, I have only lost one hen. Im just not confident in the choice of eating the eggs again, and im worried about providing close friends/family with eggs that do more harm than good.
If anyone smarter or more informed could give their 2 cents, I would appreciate it immensely.
For context I have about 40 hens, two 5-liter water feeders, and I gave them the Baycox over a period of 2 days.
I wanna preface by saying that there isn't a vet that will really help me, so I am coming to you for this.
So i had a few girls pass, and was worried. Eventually noticed these white worms.
Thanks to the threads here, I found out that means Tapeworms.
Being very excited to have found the cause, I went to the vet and ask for a dewormer product.
I got it, gave it to them as fast as I could, and waited. The Vet worker told me I should wait a day or two before I eat the eggs.
Eventually, after the rush of having found the fix wore off, I decided to look up the product.
That was Baycox (Toltrazuril) 2.5% 50 ml. I saw there is no official egg withdrawal period for this product, and that laying hens should't have it in the first place.
It has been a month since I gave them. In that period, I have only lost one hen. Im just not confident in the choice of eating the eggs again, and im worried about providing close friends/family with eggs that do more harm than good.
If anyone smarter or more informed could give their 2 cents, I would appreciate it immensely.
For context I have about 40 hens, two 5-liter water feeders, and I gave them the Baycox over a period of 2 days.