BUG in Poo-DEAD pullet Pls HELP identify

[Wynette]

Okay, those extreme close-ups of whatever it is are fascinating...but...hard to look at. Awesome photography!

I'm not completely sure what they are, they appear to me to be tiny maggots as well - that would be my guess if I absolutely had to make one. They're not mites, and too large for lice.

If it helps any, I saw similar "bugs" in the poo pan in one of my pens the other day; I use a 2x4 perch, and about 8" underneath I have 2 concrete mixing tubs with pine shavings in them. I removed them one morning, and by that evening, the poo was all sort of disintegrated looking and filled with these wormy things. I thought for sure I had wormy birds in that pen, but come to find out, it was fly larvae.

 

[cherylcohen]

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hmmm I posted on a "what-is-this-bug" forum so hopefully they can help, but REALLY I'm not a FAN of bugs, but I'm fine with them, but UCK UCK AND TRIPLE UCK....I've been looking at bug photos for the last 3 hours and I'm itching everywhere!!!! ahhhhhh

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I'm in agreement with the others, it's some kind of maggot bot. It does not take long for any kind of fly bug to lay eggs and maggots form on dead flesh.

Cheryl I'm pretty sure it's not worm worms from the chicken.

I googled and found pics of fruit fly larvae, that's what it looks like to me.

http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1T...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQsAQwAA

 

[cherylcohen]

ooo could be...okay so plan of action

1. clean out all coops with ozine
2 new bedding

do you think I'll be ok then?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

That's what I would do Cheryl. Try that first and then if you find lots of worms in their poo different than these I would say worm with whatever you choose. It might be that fruit flies are laying eggs in their poo. Wazine you have to not use the eggs for 2 weeks, I can't remember some of the other wormers right off the top of my head or I could say really spell them

. Just use the search engine in blue and look up wormers. Lots to choose from.

 

[cherylcohen]

Holy Wazine...argh..I have family coming in this week that are so excited to taste our eggs....

 

[Tuffoldhen]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=366361

There are some different wormers people have used in this thread. I don't think your girls have worms, I think something is laying eggs in their poo and larvae are forming. Course that my opinion!!

 

[sharol]

I need a size reference on these. Are they 1/4" long? Longer, shorter? I have a biologist friend i can ask if I know the size.

sharol

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[cherylcohen]

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OH I LOVE YOU

ok so I think i cut him/it in half when trying to isolate...so Id' say it was 3/16" of what you can see

 

[cherylcohen]

Any other ideas from the evening crew?