Just today I noticed this from one of my chickens. Does anyone know what kind of worm this is and what medication to give my chickens? Please and thank you.
Just today I noticed this from one of my chickens. Does anyone know what kind of worm this is and what medication to give my chickens? Please and thank you.
Yes, it does look very much like tapeworm. My immediate concern was that it might be gape worm, but that's a relief that it's not. Any suggestions as to how to treat it?
I believe the dosage is .05 ml per pound of chicken. (about a pea sized dolup for the average sized chicken) (Kathy knows more about measuring than I do. @casportpony
Make sure to be meticulous in cleaning around the coop and run, if the tapes are segmenting, there are hundreds of eggs in these segments waiting to be eaten by the chickens. So be as clean as possible for a while to get rid of these things. Tapes are not easy to kill off.