Culled a chicken and found "a" worm...

[Jeffross1968]

So we just culled our first chicken for food. After cutting the head off, my wife observed a white roundish worm in the neck. It apparently crawled back into the neck and we never saw it again. I inspected the stomach, crop, intestines, and never found another one. Is this something I should be concerned about? Also, if I do worm, is there ANYTHING that can be used that will not require a 28 day withdrawal period?

My birds all seem healthy, and lay great. Not sure if I really have a problem here...the culled bird was a 6 month old mixed roo.

 

[stoopid]

Sounds like Gapeworm...

 

[CMV]

No, gapeworms are y-shaped and red.

Are you sure you didn't see the trachea or esophagus slip back into the neck after decapitation? I can't think of any white worms that would be up that high in the GI system, but the trachea looks distinctly like a worm if you are seeing one for the first time. (This is a dawg53 question. He knows more about worms than I. Hopefully he sees this and chimes in.)

Eprinex has no withdrawal time for meat or eggs. The stuff costs a pretty penny, but I love it. It's my wormer of choice.

 

[Jeffross1968]

No, gapeworms are y-shaped and red.

Are you sure you didn't see the trachea or esophagus slip back into the neck after decapitation? I can't think of any white worms that would be up that high in the GI system, but the trachea looks distinctly like a worm if you are seeing one for the first time. (This is a dawg53 question. He knows more about worms than I. Hopefully he sees this and chimes in.)

Eprinex has no withdrawal time for meat or eggs. The stuff costs a pretty penny, but I love it. It's my wormer of choice.

Isn't the trachea the big thick hose? She's stomping her feet up and down swearing it crawled out, then back in the neck

 

[CMV]

Yeah, but the esophagus isn't as thick and is also pale white-ish.

 

[dawg53]

I've never heard of a worm coming up the esophagus in poultry. However, I know it happens to humans in third world countries...I've seen photos. That said, I would say it could possibly happen in poultry. The only way to tell would be to open up the intestines and look for worms. Most of us know that a worm can work its way into the chickens oviduct and into a forming egg. It's a fact that infrequently a worm can be found in an egg when cracked open.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

I thought I saw the the same thing when I processed my first roo, I was able to grab it and pull and realized it was the esphougas(sp?)

 

[Jeffross1968]

She refuses to believe it was anything but a worm!!!

 

[Jeffross1968]

No, gapeworms are y-shaped and red.

Are you sure you didn't see the trachea or esophagus slip back into the neck after decapitation? I can't think of any white worms that would be up that high in the GI system, but the trachea looks distinctly like a worm if you are seeing one for the first time. (This is a dawg53 question. He knows more about worms than I. Hopefully he sees this and chimes in.)

Eprinex has no withdrawal time for meat or eggs. The stuff costs a pretty penny, but I love it. It's my wormer of choice.

How do you administer Eprinex?

 

[dawg53]

How do you administer Eprinex?

1/2cc for standard size birds on bare skin on the back of the neck. 1/4cc for smaller birds.