What kind of worm is this?

[CrazyTownChick]

We have one 3 yr old Isa Brown (Amelia) who has been sick for about 5 days. We had been giving her Nutradrench and electrolytes in water, plus scrambled eggs and quinoa. Yesterday morning we discovered blackish brown liquidy poop in the nesting box she slept in that night. She was obviously sick and was laying in the coop, wings spread out when we went to check on her. When I picked her up I saw many of these worms beneath her where she had pooped.
We started her and the other 7 chickens on a Safe Guard wormer regime of once a day for 5 days. We also put her in warm epsom salt bath and saw many worms coming out of her. We are not sure she's going to make it.
We only had the Safe Guard so started with that. I just ordered Valbazen dewormer at JeffersPet but it will take a week to get here. Would be really helpful to know what kind of worm this is. (other than disgusting and horrible)
Thank you for any help you can give. We are so sad and upset for our infested girl and are taking new stringent cleaning measure in the run and west wing where they spend a lot of time.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

That is a maggot.
Your hen has Flystrike, you'll need to try to pick them off. Soakings in warm soapy water may help the come off too.
She has a wound somewhere, likely around the vent under her feathers, you may need to trim feathers so you can see better.
Deworming with Safeguard is not going to help, the maggots have to be physically removed.


https://the-chicken-chick.com/flystrike-in-backyard-chickens-causes/

 

[CrazyTownChick]

never mind with the questions. I see the answers are in the Chicken Chick article you sent. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply. Not good news for her. Oddly, we've had a cool spring for the most part and haven't seen many flies at all. We will pick them off (ugh!!) but will Valbazen also help when it arrives?
And is it contagious? She is quarantined right now. We also gave the others Safe Guard. No reason to continue that.

 

[dawg53]

No. Valbazen will not help, no wormer will help. Maggots are not poultry worms, they are fly larva. Fly Strike is not contagious. However, flies are attracted to feces stuck in feathers and fluff, feces in and around the vent area, and on the skin on the rear end.
They enter into the skin via an injury, an open sore or wound, sometimes directly into the vent.
Removing stuck feces from the chickens rear end prevents fly strike. The easiest way is soaking the hen in warm water which loosens stuck feces from feathers and fluff, then can be easily removed. Make sure you wear disposable gloves.

 

[CrazyTownChick]

No. Valbazen will not help, no wormer will help. Maggots are not poultry worms, they are fly larva. Fly Strike is not contagious. However, flies are attracted to feces stuck in feathers and fluff, feces in and around the vent area, and on the skin on the rear end.
They enter into the skin via an injury, an open sore or wound, sometimes directly into the vent.
Removing stuck feces from the chickens rear end prevents fly strike. The easiest way is soaking the hen in warm water which loosens stuck feces from feathers and fluff, then can be easily removed. Make sure you wear disposable gloves.

Thanks for the reply. We've washed many a chicken butt to remove poo. We had already given her a warm bath in Epson salts last night and removed many of the maggots that we thought were worms. this morning we did the same thing and pulled as many of them off as we could. in doing so we noticed that there is some kind of strange bulge, either a tumor or possibly a hernia, two areas that look raw and bloody, some kind of open sore or tumor BELOW her vent. that's where is seems the maggots were coming from.

UPDATE: I had typed this reply on my phone yesterday and the app blew me out, so I figured the reply was gone. (Today, Sunday I just discovered it was still there.)

However, Amelia got worse and worse Saturday, even after we had bathed her twice and pulled many maggots off. She was sore and raw, and again, some kind of black thing sticking out. She deteriorated to the point where she couldn't raise her head to eat eggs and water we offered her. we couldn't touch her without her "screaming" in pain. So with much sadness, more than I can tell you, and tears, we decided the humane thing was to cull her. My husband who had never done this before but had watched an experienced person do it, had the sad job of separating her at the neck. So she's gone now. And buried. And our hearts are broken. She was such a good girl, a great layer, and a very spunky, adventurous chicken who will be missed. I can tell the others are already missing her. Now we're down to 7.
Thank you all for your help. I spent the rest of yesterday cleaning, scouring, disinfecting, and permetherin-ing the coop and run. Hung up fly traps and will hang up more. initiating an all out war on flies. This will never happen again in our coop or run.

Thanks again for the responses.

 

[CrazyTownChick]

And Happy Mothers Day to all!

 

[dawg53]

I'm sorry for the loss of Amelia. I wish you the best.

 

[coach723]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks for the reply. We've washed many a chicken butt to remove poo. We had already given her a warm bath in Epson salts last night and removed many of the maggots that we thought were worms. this morning we did the same thing and pulled as many of them off as we could. in doing so we noticed that there is some kind of strange bulge, either a tumor or possibly a hernia, two areas that look raw and bloody, some kind of open sore or tumor BELOW her vent. that's where is seems the maggots were coming from.

UPDATE: I had typed this reply on my phone yesterday and the app blew me out, so I figured the reply was gone. (Today, Sunday I just discovered it was still there.)

However, Amelia got worse and worse Saturday, even after we had bathed her twice and pulled many maggots off. She was sore and raw, and again, some kind of black thing sticking out. She deteriorated to the point where she couldn't raise her head to eat eggs and water we offered her. we couldn't touch her without her "screaming" in pain. So with much sadness, more than I can tell you, and tears, we decided the humane thing was to cull her. My husband who had never done this before but had watched an experienced person do it, had the sad job of separating her at the neck. So she's gone now. And buried. And our hearts are broken. She was such a good girl, a great layer, and a very spunky, adventurous chicken who will be missed. I can tell the others are already missing her. Now we're down to 7.
Thank you all for your help. I spent the rest of yesterday cleaning, scouring, disinfecting, and permetherin-ing the coop and run. Hung up fly traps and will hang up more. initiating an all out war on flies. This will never happen again in our coop or run.

Thanks again for the responses.

I'm sorry to hear about Amelia.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss.