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    From Stumpy@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 28 09:13:51 2021
    Found a roundworm in the last hen I sacrificed. Bought a 4.2 oz. bottle
    of Safe-Guard dewormer for goats(Fenbendazole, 100mg/mL) at Tractor
    Supply. Calculated the dose for 10 hens @ ~5lbs each.

    Google told me that standard protocol is 1mg/Kg body weight daily dose
    for a 5 day course.

    So I'm giving them 1mg/Kg X 25Kg = 25mg/day

    This is just a 1/4 mL of the 10% suspension I bought.

    Seems minuscule.

    Just asking if I made some error?

    I mix it up in a 1gal. container and let them drink from a small tub.
    It's been ~100deg. and they drink all the water every day.

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  • From Dean Hoffman@21:1/5 to Stumpy on Sat Aug 28 17:20:40 2021
    On Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 11:13:59 AM UTC-5, Stumpy wrote:
    Found a roundworm in the last hen I sacrificed. Bought a 4.2 oz. bottle
    of Safe-Guard dewormer for goats(Fenbendazole, 100mg/mL) at Tractor
    Supply. Calculated the dose for 10 hens @ ~5lbs each.

    Google told me that standard protocol is 1mg/Kg body weight daily dose
    for a 5 day course.

    So I'm giving them 1mg/Kg X 25Kg = 25mg/day

    This is just a 1/4 mL of the 10% suspension I bought.

    Seems minuscule.

    Just asking if I made some error?

    I mix it up in a 1gal. container and let them drink from a small tub.
    It's been ~100deg. and they drink all the water every day.

    You might be better off asking the alt.home.repair group. At least there are some
    posters there. One is a retired chemist.

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  • From Stumpy@21:1/5 to Dean Hoffman on Sun Aug 29 09:57:04 2021
    On 8/28/21 5:20 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
    Safe-Guard dewormer for goats(Fenbendazole, 100mg/mL)

    S'Ok. I'm in the middle of the treatment and will re-treat in 5 weeks.
    Someone who's been through this may have a comment. So far so good.

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