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[abwsco]

question.

 

Given that I've wormed mine twice before using the mixing feed method and found out after that I've over dosed them can I clarify exactly how much I need to give them.

 

I have the 2.5% and I understand it's 5g of Flub to 4kg of feed and this to be fed for one week.

 

I have greedy chickens who eat more than 4kg of feed in a week so what do I do Am feeling particularly dense today

[chick wiggle]

Keep mixing the same way for the whole week, ie if they eat 8kg of food then double the dose. Dispose of any left over food at the end of the week. I have the 1% but the principles the same and i just mix up a load for the whole week.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I made up 1kg then realised how little feed that actually was so made up another 4kg. They look likely to finish that by the end of the week.

[abwsco]

Phew, so I haven't over dosed them in the past then

[chick wiggle]

No, the dosage is given in the food so the bigger girls who eat more food and need more dosage get the right amount and the same for the smaller girls who eat less and need less dosage. I hope im not been too confusing

[Gamebird]

I work on the theory that each laying chicken will eat about 125g of pellets/mash per day. Flubenvet should be fed over 7 days and the ration is 1.2g of Flubenvet per 1kg of pellets/mash. I have 6 chickens therefore:-

 

6 x 125g of pellets/mash x 7days = 5.25kilos of pellets/mash x 1.2g of Flubenvet = more or less 6.3g of Flubenvet mixed into 5.25kilos of pellets/mash. Simples.

 

Which reminds me that I must worm my girls this week.

[abwsco]

I thought I was right the first two times I'd wormed them. After all if you've 30 birds they would eat way more than 4 kg of food in a week but then I've read some posts and a friend told me I'd done it wrong so I got all confused

 

Am going to add the flub when I do my cod liver oil mix this weekend and will do the chicks as well as they're now 12 weeks old and out on the same area as the others.

[Egluntyne]

Just keep feeding the same ratio of Flubenvet to feed till the week is up.

[chickencam]

I have just wormed mine finishing today, because they were laying erratically and the newbies were taking a long time to get going. It seems to have made a difference already. The problem is finding scales that weigh the small quantity acurately. I mixed up just under 3.5 kilos at a time which was 4g of flubenvet which is easier to weigh and I keep a 5kg feed bag to shake it up in with the pellets.

[abwsco]

Well, I mixed up my container load yesterday, which in pellets weighed 4kg when full but with the wheat, barley and maize mix it's only 3 kg. I've had to mix up another lot tonight as it was nearly all gone So in one day my gannets have got through half a grub, a 1.5kg hanging feeder and a load of feed in the 3kg hanging feeder I think they're eating more as it's got so much colder here today.