Groovychook Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm on day two of my first worming regime with the girls and just want to check that I'm doing things properly! I've been using the method of cutting a grape in half, dipping it in the powder and tapping off the excess. So far so good but I've just been reading back through a few threads and seen that some of you use more accurate measurements. I'm filled with self doubt now! I was reluctant to add it to their pellets or porridge because some girls are greedier than others and thought that there might be a problem with under/ overdosing. I'd love to hear your thoughts, Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'd be interested to know the answer to this too, I used more than Groovychook described above, and two of my hens got loads more than they should have - they kept elbowing the little ones out of the way and grabbing the grapes. How easy is it to overdose them - and what would be the consequences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_Box Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have recently purchased some electronic kitchen scales to measure Flubenvet accurately. They only cost £15 and of course can be used for non-chicken duties as well The scales are capable of measuring accurately down to 1gm (max 5kg). The correct dose for chickens is 1gm medicated premixture (2.5% w/w) to 833gm feed which is easy peasy apart from making sure everything is mixed thoroughly. As the dosage rate is so small I have given up using other methods which I have used in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I was reluctant to add it to their pellets or porridge because some girls are greedier than others and thought that there might be a problem with under/ overdosing. It is supposed to be added to their pellets as they eat the correct dose for their age and weight. They also get the medication spread over the course of the day This is the only truly accurate method and the one advised by the manufacturer. All other methods are a bit hit and miss.....and they get the medication in one hit daily, which is not ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 It is supposed to be added to their pellets as they eat the correct dose for their age and weight. They also get the medication spread over the course of the day This is the only truly accurate method and the one advised by the manufacturer. All other methods are a bit hit and miss.....and they get the medication in one hit daily, which is not ideal. Oh cripes! Not sure what to do now!! I understand what you're saying about it being the only accurate way for them to get their individual dose but my girls never eat everything out of their grubs in a day and I'd be worried that some of the flubenvet wouldn't get eaten! The other thing I'd be concerned about is that Phyllis is the smallest/ lightest chook by far but is also the greediest. When they have pellets porridge she helps herself to far more than her fair share... Maybe I'll carry on with the grape method for this regime and consider changing things next time around. I'd been giving the two smaller girls grapes that have been sliced across the middle and the bigger girls ones that had been sliced lengthways so that the smaller girls get less of a coating... if you know what I mean - hard to explain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 t my girls never eat everything out of their grubs in a day and I'd be worried that some of the flubenvet wouldn't get eaten! So long as they eat pellets which have been 'doctored' in accordance with the manufacturers instructions, for seven days, they will have had the correct dose for them. If there are treated pellets left over after the 7 days...discard them. Very confusing I know. Best to limit their free ranging and eating of treats during treatment so that they are hungry for their pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thanks Egluntine- will swing that plan into action next time... probably too late to be fiddling about at this stage of the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Crumbs! And thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 It's a bit of a faff (is that a word?) but here's what I've understood dosage to be and how I've administered it; 1/4 teaspoon of flubenvet per chicken spread out over the 7 days. I have 5 hens, so that is 1 1/4 teaspoon for 5 hens spread out over 7 days. I took 2 kilos of mixed corn and added a little corn oil to the mixture to make it sticky (stir well). Then I mixed the flubenvet into that and divided the corn into 7 parcels of around 285gm (put into 7 plastic bags, e.g. 1 bag per day). They got their layers pellets in the morning, then the flubenvet corn mixture in the afternoon. I divided it out into two separate bowls and fed three hens at once (I supervised this) and then two remaining hens from the other bowl. Seemed to work okay. Found a few wrigglers in their poo during the dosing But, important thing is hens are wormed, seem happy and are laying well. Saronne Paris Nicole Dorothy Germaine Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 For four hens, I worked out that I needed 1 teaspoon of flubenvet. I knew that they eat about 1 litre of pellets a day so I measured out a week's worth of pellets into a bucket and then took a jug-ful of these and mixed the flubenvet in well. Then I mixed these pellets with the rest in the bucket and used the bucket of treated pellets to fill their feeder for a week. It seemed to work as I noticed an increase in egg production after a couple of days of the worming programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
