Dirty eggs with chicken poop

[Miceeatingchicken]

I heard from one youtube homesteader that if chicken eggs have chicken poop, the chicken has worms. Is this true? What do you use to deworm the chicken? Is DE foodgrade the right one to use? Thanks!

 

[Tre3hugger]

In no way, in my experience, does some poop on the outside/shell of the egg mean the chicken has worms. If your chicken does have a parasite, use the medicine specific for that parasite, not DE.

 

[JadeFarms]

Definitely not true. An egg does come out of their butt after all. A chicken could easily be napping in the nest boxes, the nest boxes could have poop in it, they could have poo on their feet of they could be pushing dirty bedding/mud onto the eggs.

 

[kerbotx]

Nope. Sometimes a hen will poop while on the nest, especially if they are prone to luxuriate in there a while afterwards. But generally, dirty eggs mean dirty feet, which is why eggs tend to be dirtier after it rains, when everything is muddy. I like to give my girls a nice runway of thick shavings that they have to walk through to get to the nests, to sort of clean their feet off with, before they hop in. I'm not a fan of DE; I believe its use is more for prevention, not treatment once there's a serious infestation.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I disagree with that.
Sometimes the pullets are just unsure of when that egg will come so they may spend more time in the nesting box.
Sometimes a hen is going broody and spends more time in the nesting box.
And then there are times when one hen will purposely stay in the nesting box longer just because there is a line of other ladies waiting their turn (drama!!).

 

[BigBlueHen53]

A couple of questions: does your coop have roosting bars that are higher than your nests? Are the nests covered on top so poop cannot fall into them from above?

Generally, chickens prefer to roost on the highest surface they can get to. If that happens to be the nests, then the nests will be poopy and dirty, and ... the eggs will be poopy and dirty, too. Clean nests equal clean eggs.

 

[BleuSaphir]

Are you referring to Becky Homestead? She can make up anything just the sake of creating new content.

Chickens can sleep in their nesting box and will poop in their nesting box.

 

[Miceeatingchicken]

A couple of questions: does your coop have roosting bars that are higher than your nests? Are the nests covered on top so poop cannot fall into them from above?

Generally, chickens prefer to roost on the highest surface they can get to. If that happens to be the nests, then the nests will be poopy and dirty, and ... the eggs will be poopy and dirty, too. Clean nests equal clean eggs.

No they don't have roosting bars on top, but I do find poop in there from time to time and I replace the hay immediately. Thank you for your comment!

 

[Aapomp831]

I heard from one youtube homesteader that if chicken eggs have chicken poop, the chicken has worms. Is this true? What do you use to deworm the chicken? Is DE foodgrade the right one to use? Thanks!

I saw that too.... that weird woman is WRONG. DE becomes inactive when wet... ingesting DE does not and cannot prevent worms. I wish someone would disable her You Tube accounts.

 

[Painted Calls]

I saw that too.... that weird woman is WRONG. DE becomes inactive when wet... ingesting DE does not and cannot prevent worms. I wish someone would disable her You Tube accounts.

Just hearing her name makes me cringe.