Help!

[skycat 6,174]

As it says: I'm after a wormer for my bantams and layers. The only one I can find is the pheasant wormer called Flubenvet: the one that's generally sold for pheasants etc. Only problem is that it's only available in bottles enough to do a few thousand pheasants!!

 

Does anyone know of anything cheaper, as effective and EASILY obtainable?

 

There's bound to be someone on here as I know a few of us keep poultry: help! I've got one little bird that is looking very run down.

[Groverdog 0]

dont know if this would help. Ive got some flubenvet at home could easily mail you a few spoonfuls if you want. I bought some at the vets and like you say its enough for 1000 pheasants (only fot a flock of 16 chooks). Let me know as i certainly wont use all mine up.

Edited October 10, 2007 by Groverdog

[skycat 6,174]

Cheers Groverdog: but how much would you put in, say, a litre of water? That's the bit I was worried about and overdosing them? I've pmed you my phone number.

[talpa 55]

As it says: I'm after a wormer for my bantams and layers. The only one I can find is the pheasant wormer called Flubenvet: the one that's generally sold for pheasants etc. Only problem is that it's only available in bottles enough to do a few thousand pheasants!!

 

Does anyone know of anything cheaper, as effective and EASILY obtainable?

 

There's bound to be someone on here as I know a few of us keep poultry: help! I've got one little bird that is looking very run down.

Hi Skycat,

try your local Ag. Retailer - SCATS, Countrywide. there is a relatively new product Vermex which has a range of organic worming solutions for poultry, livestock to pets. Add it to food, job done.

Talpa

[bill88 6]

Vermx is good at preventing worms,but if the hens already have worms it won't help.I use vermx myself,but i've been giving it to my hens since i got them,and they had been wormed with Flubenvet before i got them.Flubenvet is good stuff,but it is aimed at commercial users,i gave up on it,because the smallest batch of feed i could treat was 5kilo's,and it would go off before my hens ate it.You can use Panacur as well,but it must be diluted correctly,and you can't keep the eggs for 3 weeks after treatment.If your hens are worm free already,then i'd suggest vermx.You can get it online for about £12.00,when giving it to the hens,put 1.5ml per bird,on a dog biscuit or piece of bread,that way you can be sure there dosed,and you need to do it for 3 consecutive days every 4 weeks.Another way would be ask your local hen breeder/egg producer,if they could sell you some treated feed.hth's.Bill

[skycat 6,174]

I just spoke to the rep from Jansenn Animal Health who make Flubenvet: the stuff he reccomended is the Flubenvet Keeper Pack: 240gm tub for around £20. 5gm per 4 kilos of feed every day for 4 days is what he told me. (That's a gently rounded teaspoonful by the way.) And you don't have to throw the eggs out while your'e treating the birds.

[john hubery 9]

skycat if you know a farmer sheep drench works in poultry and pigeons

[john hubery 9]

it also kills every thing else that feed on them

[skycat 6,174]

Thanks for all your replies folks: got sorted now.