I’m new to raising chicken for egg production

[cfletchrun]

If you're seeing rice in poop, you're seeing tapeworm segments. You'll need to purchase Equimax Equine paste and dose the bird that excreted the tapeworm segments.
Dosage for Equimax is 0.03ml per pound or 0.15ml for 5 pound hen given orally.View attachment 2957283

If you're seeing rice in poop, you're seeing tapeworm segments. You'll need to purchase Equimax Equine paste and dose the bird that excreted the tapeworm segments.
Dosage for Equimax is 0.03ml per pound or 0.15ml for 5 pound hen given orally.View attachment 2957283

 

[cfletchrun]

When I've dealt with tapeworms, I toss eggs in the garbage after the first dosing and after the second dosing ten days later. (2 weeks after the 2nd dosing.)
Keep in mind that unlike the different types of poultry roundworms, with tapeworms, you dont have to worm all your birds, only the one(s) that show rice-like segments in feces.
Chickens get tapeworms from eating an infected insect which is the host for the tapeworm.
Not all birds in your flock eat infected insects.

Ok….. I’ll try and figure out which of the 16 hens are infected…. Might be challenging thank you

 

[cfletchrun]

Ok….. I’ll try and figure out which of the 16 hens are infected…. Might be challenging thank you

Also I have one hen who’s legs seem really red… she not as energetic as the others…. Any ideas

 

[dawg53]

Are the hens scales on her legs raised and/or have debris between the scales? Also, is there a round dark in color scab on either footpad?

 

[dawg53]

Ok….. I’ll try and figure out which of the 16 hens are infected…. Might be challenging thank you

If your birds free range; once you let your birds out in the morning, just follow one group of birds, usually 3-5 birds. When one bird excretes, just quickly inspect it for the segments. Make sure you note what bird it was and follow the others and repeat until they have all been checked.
Repeat this procedure each morning but just follow a different group each morning until all are accounted for. It takes a little time and patience. Besides, there's nothing saying that you have to worm all tapeworm infected birds in one day.

 

[NatJ]

I’m seeing what looks like rice in poop

Is it in fresh poop, or poop that has sat around for a while?

Because "looks like rice" could also describe fly eggs or maggots. Those would only be in poop that has sat for a bit, not poop that is fresh from the chicken. (Because first the chicken has to poop, then the flies go lay their eggs in it, and later the eggs would hatch into maggots that eat chicken poop and grow larger and more noticeable.)

 

[cfletchrun]

Are the hens scales on her legs raised and/or have debris between the scales? Also, is there a round dark in color scab on either footpad?

I will get a close look tomorrow!

 

[cfletchrun]

It’s fresh poop! And not all chickens have it! I’ve got to pinpoint which ones

 

[cfletchrun]

I will get a close look tomorrow!

The hens scales are not raised and she has nothing odd on her pads…. She seemed somewhat better todays…