One of my hens has lost weight and today I found these in the nesting box. She is separated from the others but not sure if she is going to make it. Please help
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 just found this beneath the roosting bar in my coop. It looks like some kind of a roundworm and it’s big!....maybe three inches long. Any thoughts? I’ve never actually dewormed my chicken but I have given them Diotomaceous earth in their feed intermittently over the summer and I use apple...
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We have three chickens and they're all between the ages of 4-6 years. I clean out the poop from the bottom of their roost about once a month and often there are big piles of moist poop. First question is, should I clean it out more frequently? And is...
I was turning over the shavings in the coop and found a lot of these worms/caterpillars/?? Does anyone know what they are and what I should do, throw out all shavings and put in fresh, just have chickens eat them? How do I prevent them in the future? We recently added some goats too, could that...