We currently have only five but have kept as many as 30 chickens and I have wormed TWICE in 25 years. The first time because I didn't know any better and the second time when a hen came to us with worms (and mites). I had to confine her the whole time she was being treated because I didn't want her toxic poop in my gardens.
I do check the poop under a microscope now and then and send poop to the vet for screening if they are stinky and wet or if a hen looks 'wilted' and the usual measures don't perk her up in a few days. I know that some posters here don't believe that pumpkin, active culture yogurt and pepper seeds work but I doubt that my free ganging birds have never been exposed to worms so I maintain that prevention by keeping their guts inhospitable to worms settling in and breeding is the way to go.
I also clean the coop and the run daily in warm weather to prevent spread of illness and cut down on flies. We keep a few inches of 'Stall Dry' on the floor and scoop in up with a cat litter scoop. On winter we cover the floor with 4-5" of cedar bedding in the coop and hay in the run becasue the stall dry (volcanic sand) gets very cold (and wet) so I clean it less since the hens scratch the poop down thru the bedding into the sand below, but I do check for odor and loose poop when I go out to get the eggs and attend to things as needed.
BTW I have used cayenne (in capsules) to treat pin worms in my kids as an alternative to prescribed medication and it worked.
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