Poopy eggs

[ehunter]

I've heard that eggs with chicken poop on them mean the chicken has worms, and you should provide dewormer in their feed. Is that true? Are "dirty" eggs different from "poopy" eggs?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Yes, poopy eggs can be a sure sign of worms. Feed the chickens pumpkin seeds and DE.

 

[milola]

It can also just be whatever they happen to step in before they jump in the nest to lay the egg. And a dirty egg would be if they walked thru mud and then laid the egg. Sometimes it is not the chicken who laid the egg that got it poopy or dirty but any subsequent chicken getting in the nest afterward.