What is this spiral on my chicken?

[mnmfarris]

Can anyone help me? My chicken is listless, has loose, green stool and now I just found this spiral pattern on her skin. Any ideas what this spiral thing is - and/or what mght be wrong with my hen? Thank you.

 

[andreanar]

Looks like some kind of parasite? Maybe gapeworm? I'm very new to chickens, but I would worm them. I did a Google search but couldn't find anything pertinent, but I did find where someone else had this with their hen and used Ivermectin.

 

[happyhens1972]

Ivermectin definitely.

 

[Stiggy]

agree, worm and delice the for good measure. also you could try opening up the skin there to see if it is a parasite, like a bot fly, maggot etc etc . if its alive and moving then chances are she is infested with them/ it

 

[mnmfarris]

Thank you everyone. I'll get on it TODAY!

 

[enola]

Valbazen would be a much better choice. A lot of chicken worms are resistant to ivermectin.