seriously annoyed.lol help

[notsorandom]

That sounds like tapeworms. Get a picture when you can. Tapeworms are more difficult to get rid of than other worms in chickens, and if that is what you have, you will need a wormer with praziquantel in it. Valbazen can work with multiple dosages, but Equimax horse wormer is good. I will look up dosage. Here is a video of tapeworms:

thats exactly what it looks like

 

[Eggcessive]

Equimax dosage is 0.03 ml per pound of weight. For a 6 pound hen that would be .18 ml which you could round up to 0.2 or 1/5 of an ml. To give you an idea of what maggots look like to compare to tapeworms:

Maggot larvae

 

[Eggcessive]

Tapeworms need a host. Chickens get them from eating worms, flies, snails and slugs. It helps a lot to control the hosts and to keep the droppings of an infested chicken picked up. I would probably treat all chickens individually. You can get a fecal test at your vet’s to confirm tapeworms on some fresh droppings.

 

[notsorandom]

Equimax dosage is 0.03 ml per pound of weight. For a 6 pound hen that would be .18 ml which you could round up to 0.2 or 1/5 of an ml. To give you an idea of what maggots look like to compare to tapeworms:
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Maggot larvae

it looks like the worms ....i clean their coop regularly how could they have gotten worms??

 

[aart]

Great pics and vid @Eggcessive !

 

[notsorandom]

Tapeworms need a host. Chickens get them from eating worms, flies, snails and slugs. It helps a lot to control the hosts and to keep the droppings of an infested chicken picked up. I would probably treat all chickens individually. You can get a fecal test at your vet’s to confirm tapeworms on some fresh droppings.

do you think april ( prolapsed vent has them too) if so could i just have them check hers tomorrow? and then treat all?

 

[Eggcessive]

This picture shows a 1/2 ml syringe with 0.26 ml which would be the dosage of Equimax for an 8 pound chicken:

 

[notsorandom]

This picture shows a 1/2 ml syringe with 0.26 ml which would be the dosage of Equimax for an 8 pound chicken:

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i dont have a scale how can i give the correct dosage?

 

[Eggcessive]

You can find this at most feed stores and online for $10 to 15.

 

[Eggcessive]

What breeds are they and are they full grown? Many use a kitchen or postal scale, and to get a rougher weight, you can hold the chicken on your bath scales, and then weigh yourself, and subtract your weight. Best to weigh on kitchen scales. Many hens will weigh around 4-6 pounds, but heavier weight birds can weigh 7-8 pounds. Bantams range from 1-2 pounds. Roosters can weigh a lot.