Help! Chicken sick for 2 months

[Eggcessive]

Tapeworms should be treated. Tapeworms are spread by worms, flies, snails, and slugs who serve as an intermediate host. Removal of droppings and these hosts after treating your chickens can help to control tapeworms. Otherwise, the chickens will get them again. Being out on fresh grass and perhaps cleaning out the coop bedding would help as well.

I would get a fecal test as well before treating if possible. That will tell you if other worms are a possible problem. Chickens can get roundworms, cecal worms, tapes, gapeworms, and capillary worms. The other worms require another type of wormer, and the dosage can depend on which worms may be present. Capillary worms which are more rare, are very deadly.

 

[Crystacide]

Yes get the Equimax. Tapeworms don't just go away by themselves.

Tapeworms should be treated. Tapeworms are spread by worms, flies, snails, and slugs who serve as an intermediate host. Removal of droppings and these hosts after treating your chickens can help to control tapeworms. Otherwise, the chickens will get them again. Being out on fresh grass and perhaps cleaning out the coop bedding would help as well.

I would get a fecal test as well before treating if possible. That will tell you if other worms are a possible problem. Chickens can get roundworms, cecal worms, tapes, gapeworms, and capillary worms. The other worms require another type of wormer, and the dosage can depend on which worms may be present. Capillary worms which are more rare, are very deadly.

Cant believe I've put my girl through this for so long I had no idea what I was looking at. Thank you! Will any fecal float test confirm what kind of worm it is or does it have to be a special one? Also the wormer I took an image of, is that okay to stick with for my other girls or should I treat them with different wormers too?

 

[Kiki]

Cant believe I've put my girl through this for so long I had no idea what I was looking at. Thank you! Will any fecal float test confirm what kind of worm it is or does it have to be a special one? Also the wormer I took an image of, is that okay to stick with for my other girls or should I treat them with different wormers too?

Take some fresh poop to the vet.
They will tell you what worms you are dealing with by performing a fecal float test.
They are cheap tests.

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree with getting a fecal test. You know already that you may have tapeworms, but it would be good to rule out other worms, since those require a different wormer medicine. Tapes are unique, in that the usual wormers such as Valbazen and SafeGuard, are not an adequate enough treatment. Valbazen will work, but it requires higher and more frequent dosing.

 

[Crystacide]

Take some fresh poop to the vet.
They will tell you what worms you are dealing with by performing a fecal float test.
They are cheap tests.

I agree with getting a fecal test. You know already that you may have tapeworms, but it would be good to rule out other worms, since those require a different wormer medicine. Tapes are unique, in that the usual wormers such as Valbazen and SafeGuard, are not an adequate enough treatment. Valbazen will work, but it requires higher and more frequent dosing.

Okay will get some samples to the vet this Thursday. Thanks guys will let you know what kind of worm it is.

 

[Crystacide]

I agree with getting a fecal test. You know already that you may have tapeworms, but it would be good to rule out other worms, since those require a different wormer medicine. Tapes are unique, in that the usual wormers such as Valbazen and SafeGuard, are not an adequate enough treatment. Valbazen will work, but it requires higher and more frequent dosing.

Take some fresh poop to the vet.
They will tell you what worms you are dealing with by performing a fecal float test.
They are cheap tests.

Vet unfortunately couldn't find any traces of any kind of worm in the samples I gave him, even after I showed him the below image he said it didn't look like tape worm segments and said he'd expect her to have diarrhea if the case. Bringing her in on Saturday for a full check.

 

[Kiki]

Vet unfortunately couldn't find any traces of any kind of worm in the samples I gave him, even after I showed him the below image he said it didn't look like tape worm segments and said he'd expect her to have diarrhea if the case. Bringing her in on Saturday for a full check.

Thanks for the update.

Double check which type of fecal test he performed. I have had a negative direct smear test once.
There were actually tapes and Roundworms in my poop.
I think tapes can't be detected in a direct smear. ( I think.)
How is your chicken doing today?

 

[Crystacide]

She seems to be getting more tired. The vet said something about spinning it in a centrifuge and examined under microscope. He seemed quite confident there was nothing but if he cant find anything tomorrow I'll ask for it to be sent away for a float test.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would keep an eye on the poops for more white specks like we see in the poop. Tapeworm segments will usually be moving, and there will be a larger end. Here is a good video showing the segments and the movement:

 

[Crystacide]

My beautiful girl Ying was put to sleep today at the vets. On examination the vet told us she had pneumonia and every system in her body was deteriorating. There was no treatment or surgery that could have helped her. On autopsy he had found an abrasion had happened just under her gizzard had resulted in scarring which made a blockage. Her gizzard was twice the size it should have been. Although she was pooping she was unable to absorb any nutrients and had gotten skinny from that. Pneumonia was the last effect.

She was I injected with a drug that made her unconscious before she was euthanised so she died without suffering. I held her as she went.

Thank you everyone for your help I have learnt a great deal to help my other chooks in the future