I just got done doing some more inspecting. The hens have lice. I also took some of their dropping and inspected it and i saw tiny worms moving on the droppings. Yaaaaaay :/ This is a bummer.
I'm not so bummed about the lice. But, definitely bummed about the worms. Seems there is quite a lot...
Thanks, Kathy!
Right when i saw these things, i thought... tapeworms! Ugh. These little white things are all over their coop, I first thought it was on just their droppings but it's all over the straw, too. It looks like sand sprinkled all over. So, hopefully it's not tapeworms. They do look...
Tomorrow I'll inspect them for lice. Thank you so much for the info. When it's dry they are able to dust bath, but it's been so wet that they are unable to. I feel like an idiot for not creating a dust bath area for them during these wet months. Thanks again.
I don't see the things moving. They're very small, but everywhere on their coop droppings. They're the size of sand. Their food doesn't seem to have any seeds that look like that, but they are eating a whole grain mix, right now.
Hi there,
I really hope someone can help me.
I'm fairly new to raising hens for eggs. Just recently I noticed these white things in/on my hens droppings that are in their coop.
Outside their droppings look fine.
Are they maggots, internal or external parasites? They are all over their coop...
I recently got quail. It is my first time keeping them. I've kept chickens in the past. I'm housing them in an old chicken coop/yard.
I have 4, three female and one male. We're going to get about 15 more in the spring and expand the bottom part of their yard out about another 6 feet long...