Chicken has white worms in green and bloody poop.

[chickenlover3442]

Hello, BYC. This is the first time I am posting here and I want help in trying to figure out my hen's symptoms. I am not the owner of the chickens, but I am the one that has to take care of them because my father (the owner) can be very neglectful with animals (and has been with me too) and I don't want the chickens to suffer because of it. My hen is a Cinnamon Queen and she is around 4-5 years old. She started to act strangely by isolating herself under our house and became aggressive towards other chickens and was not being her usual active self around a month ago. I brought her inside because I thought it might have been a heat stroke or something related to heat (for reference we live in Texas). My parents protested at first keeping her in here, but when I did my research on caring for sick chickens, I learned that you have to isolate them and monitor their conditions and I conveyed that to my parents (the owners). We have kept her inside our house in a cardboard box with premium pine shavings and give her unlimited access to water and food. I noticed that she doesn't eat much of her food but does eat when I have given her snacks (grapes, lettuce, broccoli, apple, and celery). I also noticed she drinks a lot of water but in very sporadic bursts (drinks lots of water in one sitting but not that often). I also noticed she shakes her head sometimes and gasps for air (I think it might also be respiratory). When her condition was at its worst, she had sunken eyes and was really pale and her breathing could be heard. Her comb also seems to have white stuff that seems like dead skin. She has pooped green before, but it never came with blood or worms like today. Today she did a green poop with 2 white worms and red stuff (I presume blood). Yesterday she also pooped red stuff, and I was really worried. I know her condition should not be this bad especially if we had acted faster, but my father refuses to take her to the vet or treat her because he says she's old and is not worth wasting money on. I don't have much money left from my previous job (only around $20) because I wasted the very little that I had on buying pine shavings, food, probiotics, things for my dog and toys for the chickens before I noticed she was sick. I have been looking into rehoming all the animals we have because I know we don't have the capability to give them a good life (we are poor and like I said my parents can be neglectful), but so far, I haven't been successful, so I am trying to treat my chicken's illness myself. I really would appreciate if someone knowledgeable about chickens could give me guidance, I think I might need to obtain something to deworm her but also think she might have another ailment (a respiratory one).

 

[chickenlover3442]

I forgot to include that when she shakes her head, it seems like discharge gets on me (when I am near her). She also has boogers and I have been treating this so far with apple cider vinegar, garlic, and probiotics. I did use VetRx on her for around 2 weeks, but did not notice an improvement (apparently VetRx is like the equivalent of VaporRub for chickens and I did not know). She has also been molting throughout this so that might also be another important detail. Her upper beak also doesn't have a tip (when my parents got her, she was missing the very tip of her beak along with her sister). I did say she was aggressive to other chickens, but she is also aggressive with humans (hates when anyone has their hands or feet near her at all).

further edit: I have also given her boiled egg (not often).

 

[SunriseChickers]

It's really great that you are stepping up, I'm sorry you and your animals are in this situation.
If you are able to, it would be very helpful to post some pictures of your hen, her comb, the discharge, her poop, and anything else that looks odd. That way our experienced chicken tenders here can get an even better idea of what's going on.

 

[Eggcessive]

Pictures of the droppings with the worms, and of the face and eye of the chicken with respiratory symptoms. Blood can be common with worms. You can worm the chickens with albendazole 1/2 ml (0.5 ml) given orally, and again after 10 days. Be sure to shake the bottle of wormer well before drawing up each dose with a needle less syringe from the feed store. Albendazole or Valbazen is hard to find, but here is a link for the generic:
https://toltrazurilshop.com/products/albendazole-11-36-liquid-solution/

SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer is another wormer available at feed stores, but should be avoided during a molt. Dosage is 1/4 ml per pound of that one for 5 consecutive days. If you can feel of her crop early morning before she eats or drinks, tell us if her crop feels empty, full, hard, or puffy. Unfortunately wormers and other medicines can be expensive. If she has a respiratory disease, she should not be rehomed. Signs to look for are bubbles in either eye, swelling around any eye or the face, sneezing, gasping for air, or head shaking to get rid of mucus. Tylosin powder can treat some of those symptoms, but if she has a virus, it will have to run it’s course.