Help please: How can little teeny 4d old chicks have tiny wormies crawling out of their butts?

[aliris]

They look so sweet and happy ... but this can't possibly be good. What to do oh sage ones please?! Thank you!!

 

[Debbie292d]

I can't really tell but try put out fresh paper towels for them all to poop on so maybe you can get a better look at what it is.

It's very rare for chicks this young to have ingested something already causing worms so perhaps it could be intestinal lining or a cecal poop?

 

[Altairsky]

Did chicks come in contact with stuff from the outside? Soil, compost, leaves, dirt?

 

[aliris]

Turns out their mother has tons of these little critters coming out of her...

I'll try to get a picture. Though she's still protecting them it seems like I should take her away and wash her and blow dry her.... anyone agree?

 

[aliris]

Did chicks come in contact with stuff from the outside? Soil, compost, leaves, dirt?

Chicks didn't come in contact with that, but I do use it in their house as bedding... though nothing new since the nesting started.

 

[aliris]

I can't really tell but try put out fresh paper towels for them all to poop on so maybe you can get a better look at what it is.

It's very rare for chicks this young to have ingested something already causing worms so perhaps it could be intestinal lining or a cecal poop?

No there's little bugs. They're fast... And crawling in and out of their vents. How deep in they're going I don't know.... but in their fluff and in and out of the vent.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Is a vet a possibility? I hope these are not maggots.

Turns out their mother has tons of these little critters coming out of her

How about a nice clear pic of the mother's vent, maybe we can see something more clearly from that.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Could Mom have Flystrike?

 

[aliris]

Is a vet a possibility? I hope these are not maggots.



How about a nice clear pic of the mother's vent, maybe we can see something more clearly from that.

Sorry I tried but these are not clear!!

 

[aliris]

Can you see anything in here? They're little round hardish, light-colored scooty things.

I'll go try to get a better photo.