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Hi to all, just signed up to the site and seems friendly and helpful(he says before the question) I have 4 hybrid hens in my garden and had them since end of feb,they have shown signs of worms in faeces and i have managed to get hold of some flubenvet from the internet in powder form(its a shame you cant seem to find small bags of premixed feed would be so much easier!). My question is i want to start them off tomorrow but have just started a new sack of layers pellets and cant see how mixing the mix with pellets is going to work,surely will just get left as dust and not eaten?

any advice gladly received........

thanks

Hello snoopy,

Welcome to Poultry Talk! If you mix a little olive oil with the feed it will stick the powder to the pellets.
Hope that helps :-)

CL xx

Welcome to the forum Snoopy i have just finished a course of Flubenvet with mine, i just got a large bag that didn't have any holes and weighed the amount and mixed in the Flubenvet and shook it it seemed to work quite well. good luck and please keep us informed mate

Thanks for you helpful comments chicken lady and the caretaker....I managed to mix up pellets with the flubenvet and some olive oil yesterday and they seem to be eating it ok, i am assuming its best not to give them treats like corn etc this week whilst they are having their meds? anything else i should be doing /keeping an eye on while they are on it? Thanks again. ps friends and family think im a little barmy im sure since ive had my hens they have become my priority:-)!!

I use to use Flubenvent but found it was such a hassle feeding it over a 7 day period. I find that Panucure 2.5% sheep is very effective. You only have to give it to them through a seringe once. If you go to buy it though don't tell them its for chickens but for sheep and they will sell it to you. Alot of my breeder pals use this.

Panacur 2.5% is not licenced for use with chickens unless under a vets guidance which is why not many people use it.

If used, it must be repeated 7-10 days later and the manufacturers advise a 7 day egg withdrawl period and 7 day delay before slaughter for meat.

If you buy a wormer for sheep and give it to chickens you run the risk of under or overdosing as there will be no dosage guidelines with the product. Although dosage guidelines are published.

Marriages make a pellet feed with flubenvet added. Very easy to feed this for 7 days instead of the usual pellet and no egg withdrawl period.

yes i tried to find marriages pellets with flubenvet as had seen it on the internet but could only find 20kg bags and that would feed my 4 hens for more like 7 weeks than 7 days and so had to resort to mixing although it cost me the same as the sack of pellets would cost,there is definitely a market for 5 or 10kg bags as there are 4 places locally i can buy feed but they do not supply them.

If you don't mind me plugging, we sell 10kg, 5kg and 2kg buckets in Northamptonshire.
Alternatively you could club together with other chicken friends and share a bag?

If only I had known,this site has already prooved itself as useful.next time I will pay you a visit,is that mini meadows?

Yes Snoopy minimeadowsfarm.com x