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I don't think it was a very bad infestation. I saw tapeworm segments (those little rice like bits) in some of the chicken poop. Those segments are not actually worms, per se. Tapeworms operate by attaching to the inside of chicken's intestines. Once or twice a day, they shed 2 or 3 segments...

I did come across a few studies that showed that cucurbitacin -- a substance found in pumpkin seeds and other squashes such as cucumbers -- had some effect at decreasing tapeworm loads in chickens, and also had an effect, although a smaller one, in decreasing roundworm loads. Here is one of...

I did not end up treating them (unless you count things like giving them the cucumbers). It's been a year now and the whole flock looks healthy. I've butchered some birds for meat in the meantime, and I've not seen evidence of worm infestation or damage to their intestines. My dogs show no...

Yes, we did. The kind of tapeworms carried in chickens cannot be transmitted to humans -- the worms need an avian host, and in all the research I did, I never came across anything suggesting that the eggs of a tapeworm carrying chickens were unsafe in any way. I also never saw any worms in...

And I hope it stays that way!

I've been meaning to do this for awhile, and the pumpkin seed thread reminded me. Let me first say, after spending many hours trying to research the impact of tapeworms on poultry, I found more questions then answers. There are precious few studies that deal with worm management in free-range...