Chicken open and closes mouth

[willowbranchfarm]

 A chicken can have worms without seeing them in poop.

Yeah. I was just seeing if she/he had seen any.

 

[Bchicken]

What other symptoms are there to make you suspect she has worms?

She keeps 'yawning' and stretching her neck, also she became much less active and I haven't seen her eat.

 

[dawg53]

I recommend that you follow the instructions in post #2. Then worm a couple days later if you wish.

 

[Bchicken]

I recommend that you follow the instructions in post #2. Then worm a couple days later if you wish.

Like I said, they don't have wormer here.

 

[dawg53]

Like I said, they don't have wormer here.

I reckon you'd better get a script then if you suspect worms or your birds will eventually die from starvation, a slow and painful death.

 

[Bchicken]

I reckon you'd better get a script then if you suspect worms or your birds will eventually die from starvation, a slow and painful death.

Well now she was doing quite normal, so it could've just been from the heat or something, I'll see tomorrow.

 

[kellanv]

At about two to three weeks our girls started doing something similar and still do to a point. I self diagnosed with the idea of worms but after observing that they would do it most after eating pine shavings or other non food items I just figured it was them coping. They still do it a bit but are otherwise healthy!

 

[Bchicken]

Well I don't use pine shavings, I use hay.

 

[kellanv]

My point was that they were eating something not normal or easily digestible. Have you checked its throat for gape worms? They are rare but who knows.