Tiny flat worms?

[bug138]

Cleaning out our chicken tractor's roosting area today, we found some tiny little flatworms!

-Smaller than a grain of rice, dark brown in color, undulating movement.
-Mostly seemed to be hanging out underneath the dirty newspaper bedding.

We, like many, are new to hen-keeping, and want to give our ladies the very best in health care. Even if these worms aren't intestinal parasites, we will probably dust with food-grade DE in the next few days.

The weather has been warm and wet here in Austin, Texas, and insect life has been going crazy lately.

Anyone met these critters?

 

[winonajane]

This is no help to you but I just posted that I need help with information on worming a chicken I just bought that the lady said had worms. I will check your answers and you check mine. I am new also. In fact I thought my chicks which I won't move her in with were 3 months old but I posted for the first time when they were just a copuple of days and that was April. I guess they are more like 2 months old. Good luck to both of us. I did get wormer but don't know how to mix it. Jane