pig swig is the only wormer I can find here ... info if you have used

[karlamaria]

Murdock's says its the one they carry, it has piper-zine in it and its called pig swig. anyone used it, and know the amounts for my 5 buff and astolorps ?

 

[Olive Hill]

What kind of worms are you trying to treat? Piperazine only treats round worms.

 

[saladin]

You can buy just about any wormer you want in the US. Personally, I recommend First State. Just call and they'll ship it to you.

If you are bent on not having something shipped in then I would suggest using Ivermectin. You are in cattle country. I can promise you someone close to you sells it. Purchase the injectible Ivermectin and give it orally.

 

[karlamaria]

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no one close to me sells it, thats what Im saying LOL, but I can order it over the net so thats what I will be doing. but man that stuff is expensive!!

 

[dawg53]

Injectable ivermectin might work in other livestock, but it's useless as a wormer in chickens.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1989.tb00635.x/abstract
If you want to worm them with cost in mind, you can order safeguard liquid goat wormer from Jefferslivestock.com or call them.
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/product.asp?camid=LIV&pn=I6-SK&cn=330
Dosage is given orally; 1cc for giants, 3/4cc for large fowl, 1/2cc for standards and 1/4cc for smaller birds. Redose again in 10 days. There's a 24 day withdrawal start to finish.

 

[SteveBaz]

use the Valbazen it easily to get. There is the Wazine but I found it kills round worms only. Safeguard paste but the other 2 kill all the other worms. Safeguard doesn't kill tapeworms but I have had good luck with the Valbazen. I have only had experience with these 3 and can not comment on anything else but it seems some get some types and the others get other types. It sure would be nice to figure a way to dose the kids with a combo of the 3 and kill all with 1 treatment and a follow up treatment like they recommend in 14 days to kill the eggs and the stronger ones that survives the first round you treated. I used 1 and the round worms came running out of the body cavity in a bloody stool but the other had to be killed by another type so go figure.

sometimes I get exhausted by what some manufactures called the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[dawg53]

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Well you're in luck....valbazen kills all known worms that chickens can get. Do the initial dosing, then 10 days later redose them again with the valbazen.

 

[Ole rooster]

As you know I wormed with Wazine this week. It's said it kills nothing but round worms. But I found something in some of the morning poop that was about 3/32 inches wide a sorta looked like snake skin. It seem to be segmented in segments about as long as it is wide. Each piece I find is about 4 or 5 segments long. Does that sound like tape worms. If so then I have that to deal with now.

 

[dawg53]

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Yup, sounds like tapes, better get some valbazen.

http://www.jefferslivestock.com/product.asp?camid=LIV&pn=16387&cn=330 < < < Click this link.

 

[Duramaxgirl]

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Yup, sounds like tapes, better get some valbazen.
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/19157_sdc10092.jpg[/URL]
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/19157_694px-raillietina_echinobothrida.jpg[/URL]
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/19157_worms1.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/19157_tape-worm_large.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/19157_japan398.jpg
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/product.asp?camid=LIV&pn=16387&cn=330 < < < Click this link.

Wow those are some scary looking photos! I used to work at a veterinarian office I was kennel cleaner. So I did see lots of worms. But I never get used to looking at them. I'd go for the valbazen with tapes for sure!