Worm, Mite, & Lice All In One Treatment For Chickens & Quail Ivermectin

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[robertryan]

Thank you. Who'd imagine 9 years later ivermectin would become more valuable than gold and now impossible to buy here in Europe. From Ireland 🇮🇪

[Selfsufficientme]

It's scientifically proven that's how I know ;) Farmers use this product on all sorts of poultry and livestock. The drops on the neck get into the blood stream then the parasites bite the bird and die. The dose is still ingested (like oral or injection) it's simply absorbed through the skin. I didn't invent the product or trial it, I just use it as per manufactures directions and advice from the retailer.

[NicolasDeWolfe]

Just saw this one looking up chicken info. Glad you stuck with the channel. I hope you find it as rewarding as it was to watch over the years.

[debbino]

1 ml is 20 drops! That is way more than should be given. 2-3 drops for bantams; 4-5 drops for standard sized hens; 5-6 drops for large hens, and up to 7 for a large rooster. No withholding period. Also, you should repeat in 10 days. If you see no issues, and you keep a really clean flock, twice yearly should do it.

[theducklinghomesteadandgar]

Hello from Oklahoma. I saw there at the end the gathering up time, those are fun times especially when you have the kids to help and watch, while also helping of course!!! However, if you would prefer not to to chase and catch them, I find it much easier...when the chicken won't just come to you and/or you can't just walk right up next to them... waiting to toss out their scratch/food until just before needing to capture them is a little bit easier as they are somewhat focused on food, especially until the first squawk(alarm) you have, so the more sets of hands you have the easier it will be to catch them quickly and the obvious, making sure if there is an automatic door, to the coop or their caged in yard that let's them out for free range, is turned off and/or locked the day before applying the medicine.

I saved what I consider to be the best, the most simple and the least stressful way for all, but especially the birds, when you need to do something with your flock, for last. 🤭🙃😉😊 Sorry, not sorry! LOL!!
Basically you wait until after they have settled down in their coop and got all of the fussing out and have fallen asleep. I usually wait until an hour after dusk and my flock are out for the night. Then putting on all gear needed depending on the season, including a head lamp so you can stay as hands free as possible. They will not like the light so try to use it at it's dimmest setting, that still allows you to see well. Without removing them from perch if at all possible, apply the medicine properly and move on to the next bird as quickly as possible with as little sound and as little movement as possible, so the birds will remain calm and basically asleep or more like having a hen starting to go broody to a full broody hen, in how their responses usually go if the wait time was long enough after dusk for them to get into as good of sleep as they can.
Every bird and coop is different, one coop may take longer and another depending on their restlessness and security they feel and all of that to get off to sleep!! When they sleep they are sort of like a broody hen, they'll kind coo/talk to you either like they are happy or LOL!!!
So long as you work calmly, and only just quick enough that everyone stays asleep and slow and gentle enough that no one wakes up, because depending on how alarmed they are it might be flight mode all around you inside the coop if one begins to wake up in a fuss move to the next one taking into account which one you did not get maybe with a mark scuffed into the floor and then when done come back to it when done.

[Selfsufficientme]

Depending on how many nesting boxes and material used you could get away with not cleaning out the boxes daily. Often, chickens will lay in a clean box and not roost in the same box so the nest stays clean but sometimes they roost or poop in the nesting area (by accident). Cleaning daily is good practice but you can skip a day or two without much problems. Cleaning nesting boxes is easy and only takes a few minutes. Thanks for the question, cheers :)

[Selfsufficientme]

Hi Silky, without getting too gruesome I did indeed find out (through slaughtering and other obvious signs) that my birds needed more than just a natural solution. Perhaps it's because of where I live etc we may have more parasites than other places due to the subtropical environment - I don't really know. I have been using this method for a few years and never seen any deformed eggs or deformed chicks.

[charlesdang]

OMG, I almost don't recognize you in this video. I have been following your more recent videos for a while. Wow, what a difference a few years makes!

[scwheeler]

I used ivermectin on my hens which had gotten mites or lice. They were prettty much gone in two days. Saw no more on her egg. It worked beautifully. I don't have to worry for 3 months now. 2 of us did it at night, and it went quickly. Thanks

[PuertoRicoCoralation]

Whats the concentration of ivermectin you are applying, specifically what parasites is this controlling, and what is the egg withdrawl time? Thank you-

[artisancreations]

THANK YOU!! I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars at the freaking vet!

[emadafifipharofish]

this molecule is amiracle it was and still used for human (treatment of scabies and river blindness and as anti anthlemintics and for treatment of filariasis) plus in veterinary field

[TheTrueabundance]

you say 1ml on the back of the neck, but what percentage ivermectin? 1%? 0, 5%? And for skittish birds wouldn't it be easier to apply it when they are roosting in the evening?

[philliprisner]

I started a comment and lost it before the end and know the answer to be 5 days. If you receive a incomplete comment just ignore it . Thank you for the effort to educate us !

[kathleendavis]

Ty for keeping this informative video up.

[Selfsufficientme]

Natural worming products are definately the first way to go - it may be all that is needed for most chicken keepers. I live around a farming community so I found a chemical skin applied wormer worked best for me. Yes I've heard chickens can get hookworms and there are treatments it this happens. I would not let the chickens eat dog or cat poop by ensuring the chickens foraging areas are isolated from other animals "business areas".

[nicolenortje]

Thanks for your advice I know of ivermectin for the use of cattle and pigs acc to their bodyweight...I have chickens and quail and then got 2 new turkey chicks in isolation which had mites...and then rubbed the ivermectin onto the affected area...now I know i did the right thing. It kills parasites and worms. So awesome of you to share your knowledge to help others poultry lovers get rid of goggos

[loganryan_music]

Does the ivermectin in the manure cause problems with the compost? Does it hurt plants or kill compost worms?

[angroblee]

I use this on my chickens and can't agree more with the vid. My chickens are all beautiful and healthy, good video :)

[electranavarone]

Thank you, this is a very informative video. I got cattle pour on ivermectin which is 5mg/ml. I found it easier to put a spot just behind the comb, and for scaly mites to coat each foot with a few drops so it gets into the scales, and put a spot under each wing and on the back. Cheers!