Ivermectin dosage for chickens?

[prncs13]

Hi,

I have the Ivermectin Pour on for cattle 5mg per ml. I see info on here about doing drops on the back of the neck but I saw a video of a lady brushing it on the neck, under each wing and around the vent. She mixed 1 part Ivermectin to 2 parts water and used that solution. Which way should I go with this? Some of my girls have lice pretty bad right now and I need to get on top of this. I'm cleaning out the coop at the same time. Do I use the Ivermectin to clean? A friend of mine said she sprayed her coop down with a diluted solution. What do I do?

 

[BantamLover21]

When I've used Ivermectin pour-on in the past on my bantams, I just dripped about 1 drop on the skin on the neck of each bird. For large fowl, I would probably give each bird 2-3 drops in the same manner. No need to mix it with water and spread it over the skin; Ivermectin absorbs very rapidly and gets transferred around the body.

As for the coop, I would clean out all of the bedding and then dust everywhere, especially cracks and roosts, with Sevin dust. You can usually get the Sevin dust from a garden store or even someplace like Walmart. In addition to dusting the coop with Sevin, you can also dust all of the birds with it.

 

[casportpony]

Hi,

I have the Ivermectin Pour on for cattle 5mg per ml. I see info on here about doing drops on the back of the neck but I saw a video of a lady brushing it on the neck, under each wing and around the vent. She mixed 1 part Ivermectin to 2 parts water and used that solution. Which way should I go with this? Some of my girls have lice pretty bad right now and I need to get on top of this. I'm cleaning out the coop at the same time. Do I use the Ivermectin to clean? A friend of mine said she sprayed her coop down with a diluted solution. What do I do?

Use ivermectin on the birds. Dose is 0.045 ml per pound, so a 5 pound chicken would get 0.23 ml (round up to 0,25 ml). No need to mix it in water (it's not water soluble anyway), so just guess the weights of your birds and dose away. Ivermectin is not approved for use in poultry, but permethrin dust and spray are so that also something to think about.

 

[casportpony]

When I've used Ivermectin pour-on in the past on my bantams, I just dripped about 1 drop on the skin on the neck of each bird. For large fowl, I would probably give each bird 2-3 drops in the same manner. No need to mix it with water and spread it over the skin; Ivermectin absorbs very rapidly and gets transferred around the body.

As for the coop, I would clean out all of the bedding and then dust everywhere, especially cracks and roosts, with Sevin dust. You can usually get the Sevin dust from a garden store or even someplace like Walmart. In addition to dusting the coop with Sevin, you can also dust all of the birds with it.

Sevin is no longer approved for use in poultry, so permethrin might be a better choice, though if all I had available were Sevin, I would use it.

 

[BantamLover21]

Sevin is no longer approved for use in poultry, so permethrin might be a better choice, though if all I had available were Sevin, I would use it.

I didn't know Sevin was ever approved. I just know that people use it a lot, regardless of official regulations.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Carbaryl was approved years ago:

 

[Isaiah53]

Carbaryl in Canada has been taken off the market. It can no longer be purchased here

 

[casportpony]

Carbaryl in Canada has been taken off the market. It can no longer be purchased here

Really? When did that happen?

 

[casportpony]

Does this place still sell it?
http://www.domvet.com/dusting.html

 

[Isaiah53]

I think very recently. I purchased some this past spring and went to buy some more last week (Wednesday August 22nd and I was told it's been removed for sale for residential and agricultural use (with some exceptions commercially) and can't be purchased anymore through farm or retail stores across Canada. I went to several different stores in my area (Osoyoos, Penticton and Kelowna) all told me nope can't be sold. I was told Canada wide. Here's a link to what I found dated June 27th, 2018

http://thegrower.org/news/carbaryl-based-pesticides-re-evaluated