Question about tapeworms treatment and mine and my chickens' future...

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Kiki said:
It is possible that the bird has an extreme overload of worms in its body and the worms have no more room to thrive inside so it was expelled.
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I guess that's possible but I don't think that is what happened because the bird was expelled from came from my 4-H leader and she said her birds don't have tapes (they DID have mites and lice but that's a different story). I hope that doesn't sound rude... I'm not trying to be rude.
 
Praziquantel dosage for chickens is 4.54 mg per pound of weight given once and again in 14 days to get the larvae when they hatch. Drontal tablets come in 18 mg tablets (praziquantel) from Chewy.com
 
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If one bird has tapes, you have to treat them all. It would very unlikely when you have one bird that has them, not to have all of them have them. There is no down side to treating all of them. If you miss one, then you are imply speeding the re-infection of the others.
 
addctd2plnts said:
If one bird has tapes, you have to treat them all. It would very unlikely when you have one bird that has them, not to have all of them have them. There is no down side to treating all of them. If you miss one, then you are imply speeding the re-infection of the others.
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No, that isnt true. For roundworms yes, but not tapeworms.
Chickens get tapeworms from eating an insect which is the host for the tapeworm. Not all insects are tapeworm infected. Not all chickens will be tapeworm infected. It's called the Indirect lifecycle of tapeworms. For roundworms it's called the Direct lifecycle.
 
Eggcessive said:
Here is a link for Equimax:
https://www.horse.com/item/equimax-1403-praziquantel-187-ivermectin-paste/SLT790101/?srccode=GPHORSE

It says they have it, but for some reason if they don’t, you can use Zimectrin Gold at a different dosage, or Droncit tablets available online or from a vet. I can help you calculate a dosage. Those all contain praziquante
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Eggcessive said:
Here is a link for Equimax:
https://www.horse.com/item/equimax-1403-praziquantel-187-ivermectin-paste/SLT790101/?srccode=GPHORSE

It says they have it, but for some reason if they don’t, you can use Zimectrin Gold at a different dosage, or Droncit tablets available online or from a vet. I can help you calculate a dosage. Those all contain praziquantel
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Eggcessive said:
Here is a link for Equimax:
https://www.horse.com/item/equimax-1403-praziquantel-187-ivermectin-paste/SLT790101/?srccode=GPHORSE

It says they have it, but for some reason if they don’t, you can use Zimectrin Gold at a different dosage, or Droncit tablets available online or from a vet. I can help you calculate a dosage. Those all contain praziquantel.
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What is the dosing for Zimectrin? Another person posted that you treat them daily for 10 days with it?! That scares me due to my being new to the backyard poultry world. I do know that when we first got our hen, not only is she suspected to be pretty old, but we were told she didn’t lay anymore. But she started to, and I know she’s eaten some mice from around our house. I have seen tapeworms in her excrement. Was told by a farm store worker that safeguard would clear them. 😐 they didn’t clear after a recommended 5 day treatment. So now I’m on to zimectrin. Could really use some guidance.
 

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