HELP.... Enlarged Crop and worms

[AMF447]

I'm in desperate need of help!! I'm new to the chicken world. A little background info. I got 4 chicken in feb, everything was fine till about last month. I started allowing them to free range and they got worms, I wormed with Wazine as directed(one when had large round worms, but others had very small rice size worms in poop) large worms gone but still had rice size worms so I worked with safe guard (fenbendazole) pea size amount and then 10 days later again. Since 1st treatment i haven't seen anything.....till today!! I added 4 more chickens to my flock during treatment when I saw nothing....
Yesterday I noticed the whole flock had large soft crops, and now one pile of poop had rice size worms.. I'm so lost as to what to do... They are all acting fine, eatting, normal poop (besides one with rice) , free ranging, scratching the ground, etc... Happy Chicken... Please help

 

[TexasSam]

Diatomaceous Earth!!!! Google search it and get some your life will be better for it and so will your chickens

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Use safeguard for goats at a 1 cc dose

 

[AMF447]

Diatomaceous Earth!!!! Google search it and get some your life will be better for it and so will your chickens

I have it and use 1cup a week in sand bottom of coop

 

[AMF447]

Use safeguard for goats at a 1 cc dose

I got the one for horses and use a pea size.... Any suggestions for large crop?

 

[TexasSam]

I have it and use 1cup a week in sand bottom of coop

Have you used it mixed in their food?

 

[coach723]

Rice size worms are actually tapeworm segments. A worming med with praziquantel works best for tapeworm. Equimax Paste for horses or Zimectrin Gold are two that are usually available here in the US (I don't see your location in your profile, so don't know if you are US). Dosing info for both is in this thread, post #6. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tapeworms-that-wont-go-away.1130035/
Diatomacious earth will NOT work on internal parasites, I know many people believe it does, but it does not. If it did, chemical wormers would be obsolete.

 

[Eggcessive]

X2 on the small worms being tapeworms. DE will not get rid of either worm. DE can also be dangerous for you or your chickens to breathe.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a video of tapeworm segments moving around, and a link about how chickens get tapeworms:
https://poultrykeeper.com/digestive-system-problems/tape-worms-or-cestodes/

 

[TexasSam]

Rice size worms are actually tapeworm segments. A worming med with praziquantel works best for tapeworm. Equimax Paste for horses or Zimectrin Gold are two that are usually available here in the US (I don't see your location in your profile, so don't know if you are US). Dosing info for both is in this thread, post #6. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tapeworms-that-wont-go-away.1130035/
Diatomacious earth will NOT work on internal parasites, I know many people believe it does, but it does not. If it did, chemical wormers would be obsolete.

They are obsolete but vets and pharmaceuticals don’t make money when natural stuff works. I never have chickens with worms and that is all I give them once a month in their food. Not to be argumentative but pumping chemicals into my chickens and then eating the eggs with said chemicals is probably not the healthiest thing to do.

https://beckyshomestead.com/how-to-tell-if-your-chickens-have-worms-and-what-to-do-about-it/