WHAT IS THIS WORM???

[skjoller97]

my hen recently died from a worm infestation I really want to know what kind of worms these are and where they came from.

 

[Eggsoteric]

Hard to tell but that looks to me like a fly maggot.

 

[emmaie892000]

Was it live in the poop? Any intestinal worms passed through the chickens will not be alive when you find them in poop.
It looks like a fly larvae to me as well (maggot). Was the maggot on her body or did you find it in poop?

 

[skjoller97]

i put her in a bath and they were suddenly everywhere I couldnt figure out where they came from and they don't look like maggots but I don't know

 

[emmaie892000]

It sounds like she may have flystrike. Its where flies lay eggs in their skin, normally below her vent. Check for a hole on her bottom. If you find one, look up flystrike in the search bar on here for treatment info.

 

[skjoller97]

Well she's already dead I just wanted to know what killed her

 

[skjoller97]

I looked up fly strike and her rear didn't look like what pictures had shown it wasn't nearly as bad is that just because it was that bad yet?

 

[emmaie892000]

Well, it could have been flystrike as a result of a different illness. If she was laying down a lot and pooping on herself because of another problem, she could have gotten flystrike, then died from the other problem. That's about all the help I can give.

 

[skjoller97]

I'm looking at my other chickens is this fly strike

 

[emmaie892000]

Nope that looks like a healthy vent to me. Where the poop and eggs exit the body. If it's fly strike it would probably be a gross hole right underneath that.