Advice needed on worming
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hi Senna,
flubenvet is available in liquid form.It is aimed for large poultry breeder's,oops,I mean breeder's of large number's of poultry
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I went to a farmers store to buy it,they only sell it in powder form to mix with feed and suggested I contact my vet to obtain the liquid form.It maybe available online in liquid form,I haven't looked.
Panacur is also available in liquid form,this is available from farmer's stores,some people use it and find it very successfull.
flubenvet is available in liquid form.It is aimed for large poultry breeder's,oops,I mean breeder's of large number's of poultry
.I went to a farmers store to buy it,they only sell it in powder form to mix with feed and suggested I contact my vet to obtain the liquid form.It maybe available online in liquid form,I haven't looked.
Panacur is also available in liquid form,this is available from farmer's stores,some people use it and find it very successfull.
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LOL,don't think you're as pleased as I am,I haven't rung my vet yet,must do it soon .
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Tim
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The liquid preparation I think Lydia is talking about is called something like Flubenol (spelling?) but I thought this was sold in large quantities for commercial farms.
Flubenvet is very easy to add to pellets with a little olive oil - There's a 60g pack that's really easy to use and suitable for up to 20 birds - Flubenvet 60g Information. It comes with a scoop so you don't need measuring scales.
What I do is take a very small dish, pour the recommended amount of Flubenvet in there and half fill with olive oil. Mix with a spoon and then slowly add into the quantity of food in a large bucket. Mix well with a scoop or similar and then feed your birds with this mix for 7 days... job done!
Flubenvet is very easy to add to pellets with a little olive oil - There's a 60g pack that's really easy to use and suitable for up to 20 birds - Flubenvet 60g Information. It comes with a scoop so you don't need measuring scales.
What I do is take a very small dish, pour the recommended amount of Flubenvet in there and half fill with olive oil. Mix with a spoon and then slowly add into the quantity of food in a large bucket. Mix well with a scoop or similar and then feed your birds with this mix for 7 days... job done!
Thanks for that Tim, as that was my worry, making sure the birds ate the required amount as some of them seem more intent on looking for what's available around the pen rather than bothering with the pellets and tend to wander back later when there is not a lot of food left, if any. Regards. Senna
Tim
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Hi Senna,
They should be eating the required amount each day - you don't always see them doing this though. If they are the correct weight that is and not sick / losing weight that is.. You haven't mentioned corn - but if you feed corn, this should be ommitted during worming and normally, they should only get a handful per day as a treat - if they get too much corn, they will eat this rather than pellets - and corn will make them over weight and not productive (for eggs).
With the pellets / mash, they can be fed ad-lib - so you can leave as much out as you like and they will regulate the amount they need themselves.
One way to check they have enough food is to feel each birds crop when it is roosting. It should be full.
They should be eating the required amount each day - you don't always see them doing this though. If they are the correct weight that is and not sick / losing weight that is.. You haven't mentioned corn - but if you feed corn, this should be ommitted during worming and normally, they should only get a handful per day as a treat - if they get too much corn, they will eat this rather than pellets - and corn will make them over weight and not productive (for eggs).
With the pellets / mash, they can be fed ad-lib - so you can leave as much out as you like and they will regulate the amount they need themselves.
One way to check they have enough food is to feel each birds crop when it is roosting. It should be full.
Lucylou
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I've just wormed mine with flubenvet & followed the instructions on the packet. It didn't mention your tip Tim, about the oil & wished I'd known because I had some fine powder left at the bottom on the tub which I mixed it in. In light of your tip I'm wondering if it was the flubenvet, I've obviously no way of knowing if it was, I thought it was from the pellets.
Do you know if it will it do any harm if I give them another couple of days worth just to be sure?
Do you know if it will it do any harm if I give them another couple of days worth just to be sure?
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hi Lucylou,I would leave it a week then repeat,it shouldn't do any harm but chemical wormers are powerfull to kill the worms.Leaving a week,esp as they possibly have missed some should be fine.
Tim
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Senna - that's great, good luck.
Lucylou - if you continued for a couple of days, it would be more than advised. The nil egg withdrawal period is based on the chemical being lower than a certain legal level in the eggs - so I guess you'd probably exceed that by continuing.
In the flubenvet literature, there are some graphs that show worm numbers against time - there is a huge decrease after just 2 days - then it tails off. If it were me, I wouldn't bother worming again, unless you know you have a bad infestation or they have been kept on the same bit of ground for years.
Remember, there will usually be a small background level of worms in most flocks- and the birds build up resistance to them.
Hope this helps.
Lucylou - if you continued for a couple of days, it would be more than advised. The nil egg withdrawal period is based on the chemical being lower than a certain legal level in the eggs - so I guess you'd probably exceed that by continuing.
In the flubenvet literature, there are some graphs that show worm numbers against time - there is a huge decrease after just 2 days - then it tails off. If it were me, I wouldn't bother worming again, unless you know you have a bad infestation or they have been kept on the same bit of ground for years.
Remember, there will usually be a small background level of worms in most flocks- and the birds build up resistance to them.
Hope this helps.
Thought I'd just pop in here and say thankyou for all the help on the forum about worming, and Tim's tip on the flubenvet with the scoop. I've just wormed for the first time but before reading everything on here had got myself into a right bother trying to work out how much powder to put in the feed for my 4 little pekins. A friend had given me a tub of flubenvet which was clearly meant to feed the entire pheasant population of Suffolk. I think it would have worked out at 2 grains per day :? I gave up, ordered the scoop version (through the link on the site ofcourse) and it's so easy.
Tim
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Oh thanks Dawn - I'm pleased it has helped. It really is amazing how many books don't cover this topic at all well.
Good Luck!
Tim
Good Luck!
Tim
