Tapeworms

[Ronniep101]

Hatching
hi my name is Rhonda, i have a problems with tapeworms. We built this coop and run about 2 years ago. I have 8 hens, 4 jrs, and 3 newly hatched chicks. 2 of my chicks look to be frizzles, and I have 2 hen frzzles. 2 of my hens love going broody. Especially 1 hen. She has gone broody 4 times in a year. I need good advice about ridding my flock of tapeworms. I give apple cider vinegar. Garlic, the pellets for worms also ivermectin. I'm at a loss. I found a large pile of pooh with blood, and many tapeworms (see attached photo.) Help!

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[Sue Gremlin]

I cannot see any of the photos you posted other than the first one. It's very difficult for me to confirm that these are tapeworms, but if you're convinced they are, you can treat your chickens with fenbendazole (safe-guard, panacur, and probably a few other brand names). Calculate 20 mg/kg in 5 once daily doses and that should take care of it. Nothing else you're using will kill tapeworms.
Tapeworms are a two-host parasites, so chickens get infected by eating other things, like beetles and earthworms, depending on the species. So if you do treat them, they will probably get re-infected unless you change something in their environment.
They will not transmit tapeworms between themselves.

 

[pibb]

None of the other pics show up for me either. I don't see any tapeworms either in that first pic. I do see alot of intestinal lining which usually means worms or coccidiosis.

 

[dawg53]

The only photo I see is the "blue glove."
Anyway, they are NOT tapeworms in the photo (I blew up the photo.) Tapeworms are flat and segmented, even segmented in the 'stringy jellyfish' type tentacles that I've dealt with. Also they are off white in color. I've never seen red or orange type tapeworms, even in bloody feces. That is shed intestinal lining that can be caused by coccidiosis or capillary worms.
I recommend getting birds over 5 weeks old started on Safeguard liquid goat wormer as stated by Sue Gremlin, follow her dosing instructions and make sure it's given orally to each chicken using a syringe without a needle. It'll take care of capillary worms.
Chicks under 5 weeks old are too young to have worms. Consider giving them Corid 9.6% liquid solution. Dosage is 9.5ml per gallon of water for 5 days. Make it fresh daily and dont add anything else into the mixture.
Once your worming regime is completed with the older birds and they are still shedding intestinal lining, get them started on the liquid Corid as well, same dosage and time frame as the chicks.

 

[Ronniep101]

None of the other pics show up for me either. I don't see any tapeworms either in that first pic. I do see alot of intestinal lining which usually means worms or coccidiosis.

I only have the one photo with the blue glove. I assumed they were tape worms by the way they look. How do I treat coccidiosis

 

[Ronniep101]

The only photo I see is the "blue glove."
Anyway, they are NOT tapeworms in the photo (I blew up the photo.) Tapeworms are flat and segmented, even segmented in the 'stringy jellyfish' type tentacles that I've dealt with. Also they are off white in color. I've never seen red or orange type tapeworms, even in bloody feces. That is shed intestinal lining that can be caused by coccidiosis or capillary worms.
I recommend getting birds over 5 weeks old started on Safeguard liquid goat wormer as stated by Sue Gremlin, follow her dosing instructions and make sure it's given orally to each chicken using a syringe without a needle. It'll take care of capillary worms.
Chicks under 5 weeks old are too young to have worms. Consider giving them Corid 9.6% liquid solution. Dosage is 9.5ml per gallon of water for 5 days. Make it fresh daily and dont add anything else into the mixture.
Once your worming regime is completed with the older birds and they are still shedding intestinal lining, get them started on the liquid Corid as well, same dosage and time frame as the chicks.

How often do I give the safeguard to the older ones?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I only have the one photo with the blue glove. I assumed they were tape worms by the way they look. How do I treat coccidiosis

You should probably get a fecal exam for your chickens before you treat them for anything. But you can buy Corid (amprolium) at a feed store and put it in their water, or you can give them medicated feed that contains amprolium to control coccidiosis. It will not kill coccidia, but it will stop it from multiplying.