I know you said that her fecal test came back negative but could the worms have just not made their way through the body yet? Not trying to defend the vets office just trying to learn as much as I possibly can about ALL things chicken. I am a fairly new chicken mom my I got my girls as just a day or so old chicks back in July. I am SO glad I found the BYC forums.
Glad you know what is wrong with Ruby now I am hoping that she pulls through.
Glad you know what is wrong with Ruby now I am hoping that she pulls through.
I will say that I used to work at a vet & with dogs & cats if you could see worms in their poop then they most likely were infested & a fecal test should show the eggs, many eggs in fact. I don't think it could be that much different for a chicken. There are some cases where a dog could have them & it not show up on a fecal test but that rarely happens. I guess it's possible BUT knowing her timeline of normal poops to the one with 1 worm, I feel there should have been something on that fecal. Also the receptionist checked the fecal so I'm not too sure how trained she was.
