The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: valantinas on May 25, 2010, 08:48:28 am
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Hi
I have read about flubenvet as a wormer and it looks like it is a popular brand. Is it best to use a wormer mixed with food or water? How complex is it to use and where is best to buy?
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I mix Flubenvet with the food, just dampen the food a little so it holds to the food. Very simple to use just follow instructions for amounts. You can buy it over the internet, vets or licenced Agricultural Merchants.
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You can buy flubenvet off the internet. I think its 1/4 teaspoon per kilo of feed. Its a fine powder, I usually weigh the feed into a bucket mix in some veg oil then mix in the powder, it sticks to the oil so you get it evenly distributed! You then use that feed for 7 days, do twice yearly.
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You receive a blue measure spoon inside the pack
It's 6g of product (1 level measure) to 2kg of feed for poultry
Simple to use, even i can't get it wrong ::)
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No Comment :)
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6g spoon for 2kg of food. is that of the 1% or the 6%?
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Will have to check when I get home, but mine never came with a blue measure!!
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The first one I ever bought had a blue measure but none since :(. The different sizes of Flubenvet are different strengths but just follow instructions on the tub.
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6g spoon for 2kg of food. is that of the 1% or the 6%?
That's the 1% version
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the amout is tiny for 2% if there was a 6% it would be very hard to mesure.
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Why no comment suppliesforsmallholders?
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Why no comment suppliesforsmallholders?
Hi,
Well last time I offered an opinion on this subject, here : http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php/topic,7645.0.html quoting an outside source of information, I received some rather nasty responses. So I will stay off the subject and leave it to the experts
Thanks
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That's a handy link in the other post, thanks
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i was not having a go at you. i was challenging your view of an approved safe vet med. i ask you to show us the safty testing of your new wormer. and its effectiveness testing against standard wormers. i ask again why are you trying to scare folks away from an affective wormer.
you site is great and i have nowt against you. i am not an expert never claimed to be.
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Out of interest how do organic farmers worm hens, i thought using a pesticide was not "organic" am i wrong, or is there herbal or similar ways?
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oh dear it seems to be getting a bit overheated on ere.
too many spoons in the pot!!
langdon ;D :chook:
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i was not having a go at you. i was challenging your view of an approved safe vet med. i ask you to show us the safty testing of your new wormer. and its effectiveness testing against standard wormers. i ask again why are you trying to scare folks away from an affective wormer.
you site is great and i have nowt against you. i am not an expert never claimed to be.
Hi Paul,
I am not trying to scare anyone away from anything, I was merely pointing out some information I had become aware of, then the community can make up their own minds. Im not trying to "Put Down" Flubenvet, as I said I have used it myself in the past, and the reason for my post was not merely because because you dont have a licence to sell it
It is not "my" new wormer product, it is manufactured by Net Tex Industries, who have launched it recently as an alternative to Verm X - for people with a handful of hens.
I Don't have any testing data, but I will try to obtain it, because Im curious also.
Thanks for the site compliment.
Anyway, I found a big sack of DDT in the barn and the label says it's safe, so I'll be having it on my cornflakes in the morning ;D
Happy worming to all - whatever method and product you choose
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please send us some were going into the midge season. who wants to hear song birds too many starlings. i think there are many other products that are way more iffy knocking around we bought a new bag of chick crumb it had a diffrent additive. the list of warnings on that scares me. then we have pour ons what damage can they do.
again it was not an attack on you. but i would like to see the stats if you get them. im not opposed to alternatives. but i can't risk the hens.