How long to wait until eating eggs (deworming)

[Petitebird]

I have a couple of BYC friends in Florida, and both recommend worming chickens more often than most do because of the tropical weather. SafeGuard is very safe to use, and since your chickens are too young to lay eggs, you won’t even need to worry about a 14 day egg withdrawal time.

How soon can you start to deworm them?

 

[Petitebird]

What type of climate are you in? It is not always necessary to worm them unless they are having symptoms, or if you are seeing an occasional worm. Most worms are too small to see without a microscope. Your vet could run a fecal float to check for worms.
SafeGuard is very safe for use in chickens. It can be used in chicks as young as 6 weeks old. Do you know how much they weigh? Dosage of the 10% fenbendazole horse paste is 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) per pound of weight given orally. For roundworms and cecal worms, give it once orally, and then repeat in 10 days. For roundworms, gapeworms, and capillary worms, give it for 5 consecutive days.

Do you alternate between different dewormers? I have been always using fenbendazol, will that cause resistance?

 

[dawg53]

So, if I give my chickens 5 days straight in a row, I don’t need to repeat it?

That is correct, no need to reworm after 5 days in a row.
If you've been using fenbendazole once a month for fifty years, consider using a different wormer.