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I just wanted to add an update to this for anyone finding themselves in a similar predicament. I treated twice with Safeguard, once and then again this past Tuesday which was 10 days after the initial treatment. I used between 0.6-0.7 cc equine paste per bird, given in a piece of bread for the females, and directly down the throat for the cockerels since they would not eat their paste-injected bread without tidbitting it forever. I believe several of my birds had hairworms/capillaria, but not all of them. It was probably a species of worm that required an intermediate host, otherwise I imagine the worms would be more widespread across my flock. Several of my birds still have the symptoms I first described, and they did not seem to be suffering from worms. I am treating everyone with Neomycin 325 (1/4 tsp powder per gallon water, changed daily for 5 days) to see if that improves the couple birds that are still having problems.