My chickens have worms!!!

[Ahernaa8045]

Do you have a picture of the droppings and worms? Actually, it is recommended to not eat eats for 14 days after dosing. Dosage for chickens is 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) per pound of weight given orally for 5 consecutive days. That will treat roundworms, cecal, capillary/thread worms, and gapeworms. Or for roundworms only, use it once and then in 10 days. Tapeworms, which are more rare, and can be seen in droppings are best treated with praziquantel. That is an ingredient in Equimax or Zimectrin Gold horse paste, and in Droncit or Drontal tablets. Here is a video of tapeworm segments in chicken poop:

Thank you! I think they had cecal worms and I bought safeguard. I’m on day 7 of the first dose and haven’t seen any worms in their droppings again.

 

[GracePoultry]

Update: Thank you for this! I bought this and gave them each a pea size. It’s been 7 days since their first dose, and I haven’t seen any worms since. We haven’t been eating their eggs but I was curious, if by day 10, I do not see worms again, do I have to give them the second dose? They seem to be doing great right now, but i understand a treatment is a treatment.

Also, I believe they had cecal worms.

No problem!! So glad to hear they are doing better! I would still do the second dose to kill any worms that hatch after their first treatment

 

[Ahernaa8045]

No problem!! So glad to hear they are doing better! I would still do the second dose to kill any worms that hatch after their first treatment

Okay! Definitely will do. The egg withdrawal period is just difficult as we definitely count on their eggs, especially during this time

 

[JPadronMiami]

I do this about twice a year (4 times in total) I give it to them, wait about 10 days, and dose them again. and then I do it again in 6 months.

is their a withdrawal time in terms of egg consumption after dosing?

 

[Eggcessive]

@Ahernaa8045 can you reread the directions and dosage for Safeguard/fenbendazole in my post 19? A pea size is not an accurate dose. It requires a 5 day treatment for capillary/thread worms. No follow up dosage is required. You say that you are on day 7? There is always a 14 day egg withdrawal for Safeguard. So it is a total of 19 days withdrawal.

 

[Ahernaa8045]

@Ahernaa8045 can you reread the directions and dosage for Safeguard/fenbendazole in my post 19? A pea size is not an accurate dose. It requires a 5 day treatment for capillary/thread worms. No follow up dosage is required. You say that you are on day 7? There is always a 14 day egg withdrawal for Safeguard. So it is a total of 19 days withdrawal.

Hi, thanks for your message! Is safeguard liquid goat wormer the same as safe-guard equine paste horse dewormer? because I have the safe-guard equine paste. There are a mix of instructions, I’m not sure which one is accurate for the specific safeguard I’m using. The instructions for safe-guard equine paste seen earlier in this thread are similar instructions I’ve seen online, such as: https://the-chicken-chick.com/control-treatment-of-worms-in-chickens/

I was under the impression that the instructions for using safe-guard for chickens depends on which safe-guard is being used.

If given for 5 consecutive days, should I start again and do 5 days from now, even though I have a pea size 7 days ago? So if I start today, so I stop on March 2nd? And I cannot eat their eggs until 19 days after?

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[Eggcessive]

Can you get a syringe without a needle to draw up the paste. Both the equine paste and liquid goat wormer are the same 10% strength medicine.The liquid must be shaken well between doses. A pea size can vary, so I would draw up a dose and look to see if it is close to the dose you have been giving. If you have been under dosing, then start over. The egg withdrawal time is always 14 days after completion.

 

[Ahernaa8045]

Can you get a syringe without a needle to draw up the paste. Both the equine paste and liquid goat wormer are the same 10% strength medicine.The liquid must be shaken well between doses. A pea size can vary, so I would draw up a dose and look to see if it is close to the dose you have been giving. If you have been under dosing, then start over. The egg withdrawal time is always 14 days after completion.

Got it! I do have a syringe, so I’ll draw up 0.25 ml for each chicken. I will say I have silkies so naturally they’re smaller than other breeds, is this the same? I’ll start today and give for 5 days. So just to clarify, there is no other dosage afterwards right?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

SafeGuard Liquid goat wormer is inexpensive and dosage is 0.25 ml (1/4 ml) per pound given for 5 consecutive days. A pea sized dose is not accurate. Get a syringe and give 1/4 ml per pound.

Update: Thank you for this! I bought this and gave them each a pea size. It’s been 7 days since their first dose, and I haven’t seen any worms since. We haven’t been eating their eggs but I was curious, if by day 10, I do not see worms again, do I have to give them the second dose? They seem to be doing great right now, but i understand a treatment is a treatment.

Also, I believe they had cecal worms.

Got it! I do have a syringe, so I’ll draw up 0.25 ml for each chicken. I will say I have silkies so naturally they’re smaller than other breeds, is this the same? I’ll start today and give for 5 days. So just to clarify, there is no other dosage afterwards right?

Please read the instructions.

Dosing is 0.25ml per pound of weight. So if a chicken is 2lbs they would get a dose of 0.50ml, if they weigh 4lb the dose would be 1.0 and so on.

For roundworms only, dose each chicken with Safeguard Liquid Goat Dewormer or Equine paste at a rate of 0.25ml PER POUND of weight, give orally once, then repeated in 10days.

If you want to treat most all worms that poultry can have, give for 5days in a row, no repeat.

Just because you don't see worms in the poop doesn't mean that you have eliminated them with 1 dose.