What is wrong with my chickens?

[Mother hen 119]

We have a Tractor Supply

 

[MissChick@dee]

Okay if you got them from the Amish then I completely doubt they have ever been wormed and the load of worms (dead) is not from a recent dosage.
Go to the tractor Supply place and pick up some dewormer the people there will know. I live way out in the country and all I can get is wazine. It will say for swine (pigs) but there’s dosage for turkeys and chickens. When I broke it down it was one ounce per gallon of water. I’d give them only one water dish and I would dump it and replace it with fresh dewormer water for two days. Wait and do it again in 12-14 days so any eggs that hatch will be killed in the second treatment. And there will be worm eggs. I would not eat their eggs during this time. You could however scrabble them and feed them back to the chickens. The extra protein would do them a world of good. This is my advice. Best wishes

 

[MissChick@dee]

It’s best not to eat the eggs for two weeks after each treatment. FYI

 

[Mother hen 119]

K thanks

 

[Mother hen 119]

This is what they gave me at Tractor Supply

 

[MissChick@dee]

Okay. Follow the directions.
I haven’t seen that brand before. Do you mix it with water?

 

[Mother hen 119]

Yes you Put in the water

 

[rebrascora]

I don't believe those are worms. They look like maggots to me. @dawg53 and @casportpony, what do you guys think? If so, either they have passed through the chicken's gut without being digested or flies laid eggs in the poop and hatched (but the poop would have to be several days old for that to occur) or the chicken has fly strike.
First thing to do is check the new chickens butts thoroughly. If they are soiled with poop, give them a bath. If they are not caked with poop and vents look normal and no sign of a wound or maggots, then if the poop is fresh, they probably came through the digestive tract without being broken down which indicates a gut problem. The colour being so red also indicates an intestinal issue and unless they have been eating some red berries, I would be treating for coccidiosis first with Corid which can be found in the cattle section of Tractor Supply
How old are they and how long have you had them? I hope you are practising a strict quarantine between them and your own flock.

 

[dawg53]

Those arnt tapeworms. @rebrascora is correct, they are maggots.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would take the wormer back that TSC sold you. There are much better products to use. Those are maggots, and you need to look over each chicken around the vents to see if there is poop built up or an injury. Remove poops, and keep vents clean.

Coccidiosis, worms, and enteritis can cause bloody mucus in the poop. Try to find out if there are maggots outside or they are comming from inside.

Do not worm until you figure out the maggot issue. If you need to worm them at some point, get SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer and a syringe. Give each chicken 1/4 ml per pound, and repeat it in 10 days. Or you can use Valbazen, and we can bive dosage.

For coccidiosis, get Corid at TSC. Dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid per gallon of water for 5 days, and make fresh daily. After completion of Corid give vitamins for poultry for several days. Also, make sure that the maggots are not an issue first.