Hi there, question about flubenvet?

[gunnerbee]

i brought a 240g tub of powder from the vets. the instructions are for HUGE flocks of chickens!! so considering i have 5 hens, how much do i put in the food a day, i understand you dose them over 7 days!!!  why dont they put a scoop in and say how much per bird? many thanks.

[gunnerbee]

[peasmad]

Hi Gunnerbee,
Flubenvet needs to be given in small quantities. For your 7 hens, i would think a level teaspoon would be sufficient. You don't say what you feed your hens. so here goes with ideas. Flubenvet is a fine powder, which would fall to the bottom of the feeder. If you feed pellets, mix some olive oil or castor oil with the pellets, make sure they are all coated then sprinkle the flubenvet over and mix thoroughly. If you feed your birds mash / meal, Mix with some warm water and oil, to make a porridge, mix in the flubenvet. If I remember correctly, you have to feed the flubenvet to the hens and then withdraw the eggs for about a week. You could also try the cider vinegar in their water daily.  50mls to 2 litres of water. It will help to flush the flubenvet and worms out of their systems.

[gunnerbee]

o.k thanks, they eat layers pellets so ill mix with that!

[gunnerbee]

p.s says you dont need to withdraw the eggs, only do that with pancu (whats it called!)!!!

[SueSteve]

Hi,
I use Flubenvet for my 4, I put between 1/4 and half a teaspoon in the food everyday for a week. I have also been known to put it in the water.
Or dip a grape/sultana (split open so sticky) in the flubenvet.
If your chickens are showing signs of worms, and you want to be sure that each one is dosed, then I either give them each a dipped grape/sultana, by usually taking them out of the run one at a time. I have also given it by syringe.
You do not need to withdraw the eggs if you only give it to them for 7 days.
If they have worms and do not show signs of improvement, I have given it for 10-14 days before now, and withdraw the final week of eggs, and the week after, and then gone back to normal.
I think you can give for one week every month (if needed) and not withdraw the eggs, but do check, it might be 3 months.
If you you do get a worm problem, you need to treat the soil/bedding. As the worms work on a cycle.
We moved ours onto hard standing and use horse bedding, which we shovel out each weekend. You can also get Staldren F, or something like that, a powder that you put down which can kill worm eggs, I usually sprinkle some on the slabs, before I put the bedding down.
Sorry if loads of info, I hope this helps.

[Poet]

Dosage and Administration of Flubenvet Forum members have employed a number of different methods of administering flubenvet. The correct dose rate is 1.2g Flubenvet Intermediate per kilo of feed and the chickens should be fed on this for 7 consecutive days. This is approximately the same proportion as Kate has recommended below. Large birds will eat more feed, smaller ones will eat less and so they get the correct dose for their body weight. It is a good idea to restrict treats to a very small amount in the afternoon while your hens are being wormed to ensure that they eat sufficient wormer. Some kitchen shops sell small measuring spoons which can be used to measure ½ or ¼ tsp.

Kate wrote:
I use 1tsp Flubenvet to 4kg layers meal but you could probably do 1/2 tsp to 2kgs as it's still an awful lot of feed. Give this over 7 days and discard any leftover. 


Another method which some members use is to dose each bird individually each day for 7 days. It is not possible to weigh out the correct dose on domestic scales so they use a "pinch" (about 0.1- 0.2g) of flubenvet per bird per day for 7 days, and some members hide this in a grape which the hens will gobble up without hesitating, you can use the tip of a sharp knife to smear a little in the grapes, this should be plenty, but you do need to make sure each hen gets its grape (OK if you only have a few hens)  or add it to some porridgy food, mashed potato or whatever your girls like to eat  Some members administer it using a syringe with the Flubenvet mixed with a little water.

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