Mucous Poo With Possible Parasite *Picture Included*

[MgnRose]

Hi, everyone. I recently administered a first dosage of Safeguard for my flock, following up with a second dose in 3 days. I came out to this on the patio this morning! I have dewormed my ladies in the past and never have I seen anything like this. The urea is liquid, something that looks like intestinal lining, and some odd looking organisms resembling worms.

My question is: is this normal after an initial application of dewormer? I have dewormed in the past, but have never seen poo this strange!

I have a vet coming to visit on Monday to take fecal samples. Is there anything I can do in the meantime to help the ladies out? This can’t be comfortable.

 

[MgnRose]

Anyone?

 

[cherrynberry]

Anyone?

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[dawg53]

There are no parasites in the feces. However, there is shed intestinal lining which possibly couldve been caused by capillary worms or just a normal infrequent sloughing of intestinal lining. Another possibility is one of your hens might be dehydrated. There are other possibilities but these are the most common.
Give your hens plain boiled white rice mixed with buttermilk, make it abit runny.
Buttermilk is an excellent probiotic that coats intestinal lining protecting damaging coccidia. The rice will help settle the digestive tract.

 

[MgnRose]

There are no parasites in the feces. However, there is shed intestinal lining which possibly couldve been caused by capillary worms or just a normal infrequent sloughing of intestinal lining. Another possibility is one of your hens might be dehydrated. There are other possibilities but these are the most common.
Give your hens plain boiled white rice mixed with buttermilk, make it abit runny.
Buttermilk is an excellent probiotic that coats intestinal lining protecting damaging coccidia. The rice will help settle the digestive tract.

Do the white stringy things not look like worms?

 

[dawg53]

I magnified the photo. The white stringy things are stringy urates. The Safeguard did its job.
Normally after a bird is wormed, the worms detach from the intestinal lining and are absorbed as protein in the digestive tract. You rarely see them in feces unless there was a very heavy load of worms.

 

[MgnRose]

I magnified the photo. The white stringy things are stringy urates. The Safeguard did its job.
Normally after a bird is wormed, the worms detach from the intestinal lining and are absorbed as protein in the digestive tract. You rarely see them in feces unless there was a very heavy load of worms.

Thank you for explaining that- I had no idea!

 

[dawg53]

Make sure your birds have plenty of fresh water to drink and try to keep an eye out for the hen that excreted the white urates. You could isolate her and give her the rice/buttermilk mixture instead of giving it to your whole flock (not that it would hurt them.)

 

[MgnRose]

Make sure your birds have plenty of fresh water to drink and try to keep an eye out for the hen that excreted the white urates. You could isolate her and give her the rice/buttermilk mixture instead of giving it to your whole flock (not that it would hurt them.)

Thank you so much for your responses- I really appreciate it

 

[PopoMyers]

There are no parasites in the feces. However, there is shed intestinal lining which possibly couldve been caused by capillary worms or just a normal infrequent sloughing of intestinal lining. Another possibility is one of your hens might be dehydrated. There are other possibilities but these are the most common.
Give your hens plain boiled white rice mixed with buttermilk, make it abit runny.
Buttermilk is an excellent probiotic that coats intestinal lining protecting damaging coccidia. The rice will help settle the digestive tract.

Buttermilk should say live cultures for it to be probiotic. Advise to read labels when purchasing to get the right kind. Would plain Greek yogurt, with live cultures also work as well? Or even a bit of fresh brewed kombucha?