🐔 Flubenol Fun! How to Worm Your Chickens Without the Stress

If your flock has been scratching, stretching, or just looking a little “off,” it might be time for one of chicken-keeping’s most glamorous chores… worming day! 🎉

Enter Flubenol — the chicken wormer that makes parasite problems a whole lot simpler. Whether you're a seasoned poultry pro or brand new to the coop, here’s a fun rundown on how to dose Flubenol safely and stress-free.

🐥 What Is Flubenol, Anyway?

Flubenol is a broad-spectrum wormer commonly used for chickens to help control internal parasites such as roundworms. It usually comes as a powder that you mix into the feed — no chasing chickens around with syringes, no dramatic clucking, no wrestling matches required.

🧁 Step 1: Prep Time — Mixing Your Magic Feed

Before you start, check your Flubenol pack for:
✔ The exact dose per kg of feed
✔ How many days to feed the medicated mix

Once you’ve read the instructions (yes, really read them!), grab:

• A clean bucket

• Your chickens’ daily feed amount

• The correct amount of Flubenol

Sprinkle the powder into the feed like you’re adding icing sugar to a cake… only much less tasty. Mix thoroughly so every bite is evenly coated.

🍽 Step 2: Serve It Up Like a Michelin Chef

Give the medicated feed as the ONLY feed during the treatment period.
Much like kids, chickens will always eat the “yummy stuff” first, so removing treats ensures everyone gets the correct amount of wormer.

Top tip: Hungry chickens are motivated chickens — offer the mix first thing in the morning!

🐓 Step 3: Let the Flock Feast

Your chickens will tuck in happily, unaware they’re being de-wormed.
(If only human medicine was this easy…)

Keep an eye on the shy or lower-ranking birds to ensure they get their share. If you have bullies in the flock, break the feed into a couple of smaller bowls to spread everyone out.

📅 Step 4: Stick to the Schedule

Most Flubenol treatments run for a set number of days (check your label!).
Don’t stop early — worm eggs and larvae like to stage a comeback tour if you don’t finish the course.

🐔 Flubenol (Flubendazole 5%) Dosage for Chickens

Treatment period: 7 consecutive days
How it’s given: Mixed thoroughly into the dry feed — one medicated feed batch fed until finished each day for 7 days. 

Standard worm infestations (roundworms + most GI worms):

• Mix 600 g of Flubenol powder with 1000 kg (1 tonne) of feed for roundworms.

• Mix 1200 g with 1000 kg feed if you know or strongly suspect tapeworms. 

Small batch or small flock mixing examples:

• 1 scoop (≈13 g) mixed into ~21.5 kg feed approximates the 30 ppm rate for chickens. 

• Some labels simplify this to roughly 1 level teaspoon per ~5 kg feed for a 7-day course. 

Important: These measures are for mixing into feed, not direct per-bird dosing. The idea is that over the seven days the birds eat enough medicated feed to get the correct cumulative dose.

🧠 Notes & Safety

• Always mix thoroughly so the medication is evenly distributed — don’t just sprinkle it on top. 

• Treatment is most effective when hygiene and coop management are good. 

• There is no egg withholding period.
  
  🐔 Flubenol 5% Dosage for 5 Chickens

✔ Mix 1 level teaspoon of Flubenol into 5 kg of feed

Feed this as their only feed for 7 days.

That’s it! This matches the standard 30 ppm recommended rate for general worm control.

🥚 How Much Feed Will They Eat?

Five chickens will eat around 4–4.5 kg total over the 7-day course.
So:

👉 Make one 5 kg batch

Mix:
1 level teaspoon Flubenol → 5 kg feed

If they finish it before the full 7 days, make another small batch using the same rate and finish the 7-day treatment.