More questions about Worms

[real_redhead]

I haven't seen an answer to my question abut worms. So here it goes. I Have 11 girls, on Tuesday I saw what appeared to be several small worms in the banty's poop. (It is like having babies always looking at the poop!) Anyway I picked it up and put it in a baggie called the avian vet but they were closed. Haven't been able to get anymore of her poop until today. Since then I have been watching her poop and everyone else's and haven't seen anything else. What appeared to be worms were very tiny less than a 1/4 of an inch long and very thin. I examined her poop from today and do not see anything moving in it. If a chicken has worms will they show signs at each poop? She seems ok, she was broody last week for almost 5 days before deciding she didn't want to be. I Have noticed her crop doesn't get as full as it has in the past, she is no longer sitting in a nesting box except at night. She hasn't roosted the last week. There is some fussing in the hen house at night and I don't know if she decided to stay out of it so that's why she isn't roosting. Any thoughts?

 

[dawg53]

I haven't seen an answer to my question abut worms. So here it goes. I Have 11 girls, on Tuesday I saw what appeared to be several small worms in the banty's poop. (It is like having babies always looking at the poop!) Anyway I picked it up and put it in a baggie called the avian vet but they were closed. Haven't been able to get anymore of her poop until today. Since then I have been watching her poop and everyone else's and haven't seen anything else. What appeared to be worms were very tiny less than a 1/4 of an inch long and very thin. I examined her poop from today and do not see anything moving in it. If a chicken has worms will they show signs at each poop? She seems ok, she was broody last week for almost 5 days before deciding she didn't want to be. I Have noticed her crop doesn't get as full as it has in the past, she is no longer sitting in a nesting box except at night. She hasn't roosted the last week. There is some fussing in the hen house at night and I don't know if she decided to stay out of it so that's why she isn't roosting. Any thoughts?

The worms you saw could possibly have been cecal worms, 1/4" and thin is about the right size. You do not have to see worms in poop period. They could be carrying worms and you'd never know it until your birds start acting lethargic, slowed or stopped eating/drinking, quit laying eggs etc..then death from starvation due to the lack of nutrients that the worms are absorbing from the chickens digestive tract. When you see worms in poop, it means there's an infestation and the worms have nowhere else to go except out the rear end. Also it could mean that there might be a few dead worms being excreted, they live and die just like any other creature/parasite.
I highly recommend that you worm all your chickens with valbazen cattle/sheep wormer or safeguard liquid goat wormer.

 

[real_redhead]

Thank you, I appreciate the help!!