Deworming with fenbendazole

[Kcollins213]

So I had searched on a lot of posts on here and decided to deworm my flock with safeguard for goats-fenbendazole. I dosed each chicken with a syringe vs doing the water method cause a lot were saying the medicine didn’t mix well with water. The dosing that was recommended was

1ml for giants
3/4ml for large
1/2ml for standard
1/4ml for small

and it said to repeat in 10 days.
so my question is a lot of people doing the water method said to do it for 3-5 days. Since I gave each bird an individual dose by mouth do I need to repeat this for the next 3-5 days? Thank you in advance if anyone can help!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So I had searched on a lot of posts on here and decided to deworm my flock with safeguard for goats-fenbendazole. I dosed each chicken with a syringe vs doing the water method cause a lot were saying the medicine didn’t mix well with water. The dosing that was recommended was

1ml for giants
3/4ml for large
1/2ml for standard
1/4ml for small

and it said to repeat in 10 days.
so my question is a lot of people doing the water method said to do it for 3-5 days. Since I gave each bird an individual dose by mouth do I need to repeat this for the next 3-5 days? Thank you in advance if anyone can help!

The screen shot you have is from an older thread (2014).
There's a bit more info we have now on dosing.

Fenbendazole is dosed by weight.

If you are treating roundworms only, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once, then repeat in 10 days.

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

 

[Kcollins213]

The screen shot you have is from an older thread (2014).
There's a bit more info we have now on dosing.

Fenbendazole is dosed by weight.

If you are treating roundworms only, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once, then repeat in 10 days.

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

Ok so if I treat them for 5 days in a row do I need to repeat that in 10 days?

 

[Kcollins213]

Ok so if I treat them for 5 days in a row do I need to repeat that in 10 days?

The screen shot you have is from an older thread (2014).
There's a bit more info we have now on dosing.

Fenbendazole is dosed by weight.

If you are treating roundworms only, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once, then repeat in 10 days.

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

Also so that means some of my chickens would be getting almost the same dose as a 75-100 lb goat? If it was .23ml per lb

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok so if I treat them for 5 days in a row do I need to repeat that in 10 days?

Also so that means some of my chickens would be getting almost the same dose as a 75-100 lb goat? If it was .23ml per lb

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

No, if you are giving for 5 days in a row there is no repeat.

Appears so. It's surprising how what doses are for chickens sometimes LOL

 

[Kcollins213]

No, if you are giving for 5 days in a row there is no repeat.

Appears so. It's surprising how what doses are for chickens sometimes LOL

Ok so just treat them for 5 days at .23 ml per pound and then no repeat? Just want to make sure I get this right

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok so just treat them for 5 days at .23 ml per pound and then no repeat? Just want to make sure I get this right

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

if you are giving for 5 days in a row there is no repeat.

I don't know how else to explain it

 

[dawg53]

Depending on your soil conditions, especially if it's warm and moist most of the time, consider worming your birds once a month to end the worms lifecycle. Worm eggs can survive in the soil for a year or more. Chickens are always pecking the soil and swallow worm eggs in the process.
Five days dosing with Safeguard will eliminate all types of common poultry worms, no need to redose in 10 days.
When I use Safeguard liquid goat wormer, I always dose my birds for 5 days. Like @Wyorp Rock mentioned, times change the way we worm chickens, it changes over time for one reason or another.

The Safeguard dosage is high in chickens due to their high metabolism and the fact that Safeguard is a benzimidazole which isnt absorbed that well into the chickens system, it is mostly excreted.

 

[Kcollins213]

Ok thank you both for the help! We weren’t to far off on the first dose for most of them. We gave them their second dose and bumped the ones up that weren’t correct to their correct dosing. It would be so awesome if at least one company sold a chicken dewormer at feed stores or somewhere like that.

 

[BuffieG]

The screen shot you have is from an older thread (2014).
There's a bit more info we have now on dosing.

Fenbendazole is dosed by weight.

If you are treating roundworms only, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once, then repeat in 10 days.

To treat other worms that poultry can have including roundworms, but excluding tapeworms, then dose each bird orally at a rate of .23ml per pound of weight once a day for 5 days in a row.

What about for treating Gape Worms?