tiny worms on my chickens egg

[lapopreston]

Tonite when my husband brought in the eggs he showed me a couple of tiny live worms about 1/4 in long, white on the exterior of one eggs shell. He said there were a bunch underneath the egg just like these. I have never seen this before. Anyone know what they are. They almost looked like tiny maggots but smaller around. We have had about 4 out of 5 days of heavy rain. Over 6 inches this week. I use pine shavings in their coop nesting box. They have sand in the floor of their run. They are free to roam the property during the daytime hours.

 

[lazy gardener]

Was the bedding wet? do a google search for tape worms. check that out as an option, but I sooner think they might be maggots. Just to be sure, you might want to do a vent inspection on your girls to see if you see any signs of parasites.

 

[aart]

Was the bedding wet? do a google search for tape worms. check that out as an option, but I sooner think they might be maggots. Just to be sure, you might want to do a vent inspection on your girls to see if you see any signs of parasites.

Ditto Dat^^^^

Always good to take some pics, with a coin for scale, of anything odd for IDing and future reference