I would bet that if you had worms that you'd go running to your doctor to get meds to eradicate them in a heartbeat! Especially if it was a child.
Tell me, what would they be doing in your guts, having a party? No, they would be sucking the life out of you.
Same for chickens. Common sense has...
Have you ever had a fecal sample looked at under a microscope?
SE Louisiana soil oughta be ripe with all kinds of organisms unless flooded with salt water.
A chicken with a severe infestation of worms is at the point of death, they rarely recover and die. I know this from personal experience.
Edited to add:
I agree there is resistance to Ivermectin. I havnt seen resistance to neither Safeguard nor Valbazen in poultry.
As a matter of fact, I havnt...
Not necessarily. Worms can cause blood in feces. A fecal float test will determine what you're dealing with.
Just for your information, ONE female roundworm can lay 200,000 eggs a day onto/into your soil. Chickens constantly peck the soil, pick up the eggs and swallow them, starting the...