HELP!! Parasites?

[Chickenunsernam]

Alright! I hope this works. Also I have 3 week old chicks, can they also be dewormed with this? I'm scared they're too small for it but they have been foraging with their mother too so I figured I should also deworm them.

 

[Kiki]

I do not think I would worry about worming the 3 week old chicks.

 

[rebrascora]

I believe @dawg53 who has experience with tapeworms advocates only worming those birds that have an active tapeworm issue..... I hope I am correct in saying that.
My feeling would be that 3 week old chicks are probably too young to have developed a worm burden but be guided by @dawg53 in this matter if he suggests otherwise.

 

[dawg53]

I agree with Rebrascora. The chicks are too young to have worms, especially tapeworms.

 

[Chickenunsernam]

Great, thanks everyone for the replies! I really appreciate it. I separated the chicks and treated adult hens and the silkie. It looks like they're already dropping out like the worm eggs.

I guess that's a good sign right? (feeling less scared about this whole worms situation Thanks everyone!!!! )

 

[dawg53]

Great, thanks everyone for the replies! I really appreciate it. I separated the chicks and treated adult hens and the silkie. It looks like they're already dropping out like the worm eggs.

I guess that's a good sign right? (feeling less scared about this whole worms situation Thanks everyone!!!! )

Good luck with the fenbendazole. It will kill some types of tapeworms. My experience with it in treating tapeworms in chickens; it didnt work, probably due to different type of tapeworms. However it will kill all nematodes, no problem.

 

[farmfreshhens]

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Hey everyone.

I found THIS on the vent of a young silkie rooster I have. I hadn't seen him have any sort of digestive issues or looking ill. I don't know what it is and I'm immediately thinking its worms (now this is me being super scared of parasites).

I bought him from someone at the market and he seemed find aside from a cold ( sneezing, and runny stinky nose) that was tough to go away but finally did. I also bought along with him one of the midget chickens (idk the breed ) and she had this problem that she'd stay stiff as if she was laying an egg but she's not laying and she was trying to poo. This gooey, egg-like consistency poo finally came out of her and then she walked off. Still it wasn't anything like THIS and I gave her some yogurt because I thought she was constipated. But I think its probably this same thing and he's also having some constipation like problems.

I don't know what this is.

I'm super paranoid and scared.

I need some help. Please everyone.

It's a tapeworm. They get them from ingesting fleas. You may also find things that look like grains of rice. Those are tapeworm segments that have dried on contact with the air.
praziquantel is what you need to get rid of them. Sorry I have no idea of dosage for chickens.

 

[dawg53]

It's a tapeworm. They get them from ingesting fleas. You may also find things that look like grains of rice. Those are tapeworm segments that have dried on contact with the air.
praziquantel is what you need to get rid of them. Sorry I have no idea of dosage for chickens.

It's true that fleas can infect dogs and cats, other mammals. It's not common for chickens to get fleas, except the stick tight flea in southern areas of the US. The stick tight flea does not carry infectious diseases nor tapeworms.
Insects such as flies, beetles, earthworms, termites and ants are more common tapeworm infective carrying vectors. Rice like segments are true indication of tapeworm infection in chickens feces like you mentioned, but the segments are actually squirming towards the soil to release their eggs by the hundreds.

 

[farmfreshhens]

It's true that fleas can infect dogs and cats, other mammals. It's not common for chickens to get fleas, except the stick tight flea in southern areas of the US. The stick tight flea does not carry infectious diseases nor tapeworms.
Insects such as flies, beetles, earthworms, termites and ants are more common tapeworm infective carrying vectors. Rice like segments are true indication of tapeworm infection in chickens feces like you mentioned, but the segments are actually squirming towards the soil to release their eggs by the hundreds.

I did not say the chickens HAD fleas but rather that they ATE them. This can easily happen to free range chickens where there are dogs, wild life such as rabbits, mice and squirrels and snails, all common vectors. Also if they get hold of a carcass or kill a mouse and eat the stomach and bowel they can get them that way as well.
The stage of the tapeworm that is in the dried segment needs to be ingested by fleas or rodents (depending on the type), to have the next stage develop.
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear in my first response.

 

[dawg53]

In that context, you're absolutely correct Farmfreshhens.