rick
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Just found out Doolittle's Dispensary are selling 60g pots of Flubenvet
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It's been back on the market for some time now, I did my girls in September with no problems. Best shop around though, price has gone up very steeply everywhere.
rick
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That's a relief! This round will take me near the end of this pot.
Always a good idea to keep enough left over to do them another time!
It was £12.70 in 2012, £14.80 in 2013, and this time the best price I could find inc. postage was £22.30, with some sites quoting much more, (£34+) !!!
It was £12.70 in 2012, £14.80 in 2013, and this time the best price I could find inc. postage was £22.30, with some sites quoting much more, (£34+) !!!
chrismahon
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We use the 2.5% Flubendazole which comes in a 240g tub. It works out a lot cheaper per bird, but you need a big bucket to mix 5Kg. You also need to be worming a lot of birds otherwise it goes past the expiry date. Having said that we are using a tub that's a year past and it is clearly still OK. Ours is given by dropper mixed with olive oil to them when they have a full crop. Not a method I would recommend though, because some are very difficult, struggle and risk choking, particularly our Wyandottes.
rick
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Just imagining the scene - shovel, cement mixer, large crowd of feathered spectators 
How much is 240g Chris?
How much is 240g Chris?
240g = 4 times as much as a 60 g pot.
The 60 g pots are 1%, and the 240g tubs are 2.5% flubenzadole.
So a 240 g pot equates to the number of hens you could treat with 10 small pots.
A small pot treats 20 hens, so 10 small pots or one 240 g pot would do 200, if my maths is correct.
If I treat my 6 girls three times a year, I think the large size would last around 11 years.
I think even my ancient purebreds would have died of old age by then.
Or, of course, I might have done, as well.
The 60 g pots are 1%, and the 240g tubs are 2.5% flubenzadole.
So a 240 g pot equates to the number of hens you could treat with 10 small pots.
A small pot treats 20 hens, so 10 small pots or one 240 g pot would do 200, if my maths is correct.
If I treat my 6 girls three times a year, I think the large size would last around 11 years.
I think even my ancient purebreds would have died of old age by then.
Or, of course, I might have done, as well.
rick
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Wow!
dinosaw
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Do we know why the price has gone up so much?. At £22.30 to treat 20kg of feed it is now more cost effective to use the Marriages pre treated pellets at 11.99 pick up or 15.98 for 20kg delivered if you have much more than ten birds.
rick
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The red in me suspects artificial shortage to hike prices. Is it the influence of a wormer cartel?
(they hold secret meetings in 2CVs at poultry markets... was that a knock on the door?...)
(they hold secret meetings in 2CVs at poultry markets... was that a knock on the door?...)
