Hello!
I have read so much mixed information about deworming chickens. I am still a beginner to all things chickens, so I hope someone can help answer my questions.
A quick background on my chickens: I have four hens that are about 9 months old. My hens have a run in which they stay in most...
We were given a young rooster early summer, he's lived with us without any issues or concerns. Dec 20th I bought 3 laying hens from a breeder. Everyone integrated well, no bullying. So here's the problems - biggest concern 1st.
1 - Since the girls have been home, 1 of them has had 2-3 watery...
Hi, please could someone let me know if this is worms? Found on the poop deck this morning 😧.
We have small flock (6) of very free-range chickens that we hatched this year (plus one tiny chick as one insisted that she wanted a baby chick 🙄). They have not been wormed.. thinking I need to go...
I had a chicken that recently died- while I was doing a post mort I found these worms in her hospital bedding and around her vent. I looked online but couldn’t identify them- do any of you more experienced chicken owners know what type of worms these are and how to protect the rest of my flock?
i noticed today that our 1 year old splash cochin has some little white worms in her poop, they are very small and its the first time ive ever seen it happen:(. she is an indoor chicken (cause of unavoidable circumstances) and so im around her pretty much 24/7. she has been broody the past few...
Hello everyone! This is my first time posting. I brought home 3, 3-week old chicks today from a local feed store and when I took them out of the box they came in, I noticed tape worm segments in some poop. I'm familiar with tapeworms since my cats have had issues with them before, and I saw them...
I need info about worm infestation one chicken was sick with a respiratory infection, treated with Tylan, improved but has now passed a long worm with what looks like flesh attached, is now passing small amounts of blood and additional worms. What can I treat with to remove worms and is it...
I recently found this very clear and informative webpage that gave instructions on preparing a fecal float. I was intrigued, as I had only seen people saying you had to send off your samples to a lab. I have never treated or treated for worms in my flock, and as I have my own microscope, I plan...
One of my silkies recently started acting a little low energy and had a poopy butt. She still walks around and goes into the run from the coop on her own and her color seems fine but it started to worry us. While we were washing the poop from her butt, we saw she has a few worms! We started...
I'm making a new thread in hopes for more notice, my old previous thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-suddenly-sick-laid-a-ruptured-egg.1247615/
Basically my 3 year old Easter Egger is trying to pass through another ruptured, soft-shelled egg, this happened two years ago...