Seem to be several flubenvet threads presently....I put this reply on the other one so will add it here too.
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I would add Lucylou that it is perfectly possible to feed Flubenvet using treats. It has worked with mine very well for several years and my chicken specialist vet is very happy to support that method. Currently seeing how my lot respond to cold porridge (made with milk) as a possible medium for the powder but you need whatever your chickens would kill for to get - so they eat it very quickly and are keen to get their share rather than look to see what another chook is eating - just in case it is better, if you see what I mean.
I haven't
used porridge yet but I have fed it to them to guage their interest for next worming in the spring and it is looking very promising. They stand on my feet if they think I have some.... For instance it involves: letting porridge go cold (makes it easier to throw), mixing the allocation of Flubenvet for three hens into it very evenly and thoroughly and making it into smaller than marble sized balls - I allow two or three per chicken Ie for three chickens that would be 6- 9 small balls. ....It is very easy to throw then in different directions to keep each bird busy with their treat until they have their next one. You do need a quick eye and accurate throwing skills
but with only three it shouldn't be difficult. Have one or two other ideas for tasty treats up my sleeve based on discussion with my vet. I used grapes or tomatoes for a long time but my year old youngsters aren't crazy about them like my older ones. As I say you'd have to play around with possibilities for your own hens should you go this route.
I will also say that you do need to measure (I have very sensitive scales) the amount per three chickens each day for 7 days, based on the pot being for 20
medium chickens etc. I have digital scales so I put the scoop on and then switched the scales on and so it started at zero grammes with the scoop there ready and then I added flubenvet to the required amount. Now I know what that looks like in the scoop that helps! And of course you need to have a good idea about how much each weighs because that affects how much take up they need - ie a heavier bird will need more than a bantam say - in terms of amount per kilogram of bodyweight. Lucky for me mine are all very close to or on 2kg and are also medium sized hens so they are all within the tolerance for the amount of Flubenvet I allow for them. In other words I can allow the same amount per bird and use the recommended measurements of the product. You might have to think about this depending on the birds you have.
Based on 60g pot doing 20 medium hens for 7 days the amounts are as follows - 60g=20birds over 7 days so a medium sized bird must have 3g altogether over the 7 day period. 3g divided by 7days = 0.43g. This is the allowance per bird per day. So for
three birds daily allocation multiply 0.43 x 3 =
1.29g. For my 8 it is 3.44g. There is some tolerance with Flubenvet - so a
little fraction more is not the end of the world. Chucking in an extra half a teaspoon though would not be good. :shock:
The method you choose will I guess depend on how much access your chickens get to free foraging - mine are out all day from dawn to dusk so the treat method works well for me, while the putting it in their food would not as I cannot control how much of their own food they would find each day.
I worked all this out a while back, it seemed like common sense to me and, as I say, I have confirmed with my vet that this method is fine.
