What kind of worms are these??

[Lady of McCamley]

I agree and know what you are saying is true. To make matters worse my 2 puppies are eating the stools too! I scoop my entire yard multiple times a day but they get to them anyway.
Thank you for the information and solution suggestions.

Likely no worry. Tapeworms are species specific, so your chicken tapes won't infect your dogs. Also dogs cannot ingest the fertilized egg and get tapes. They have to have the intermediary host, a flea.

So while your chickens need treatment, and your dogs may have canine tapes, they aren't the same parasite.

Per my Vet Tech daughter.

LofMc

 

[Regina Larsen]

My 4 hens free range in my small backyard. I found what I thought were tapeworm segments in one hens droppings a couple months ago. I got medication from my feed store and wormed them all...twice. Once and then 2 weeks later. I thought we were good but started seeing them again so I repeated it again in all 4.
Now I'm wondering if I am worming for the correct worms!! I cannot believe we have that many worms, slugs etc to keep reinfecting my girls. To top it off my 2 puppies, (Lacie the standard Goldendoodle, who is 17 weeks now and her little sidekick Mia, who is 12 weeks old and half mini Aussie and half jack russell) are eating every tasty morsel they can get to before I do!!!
I actually poop scoop my yard multiple times a day not only for my dogs but because of the chickens. Even before I got the dogs I did it.
Anyway I have sent a picture of a fresh sample so hopefully you can see what I do in the stool. I had a sample for my vet last Tuesday but it fell out of my purse on the way to the car.
Thanks for any suggestions!!

Tapes

 

[Granny23]

Yep that's them altho the ones I am finding are very tiny. They scrunch into a little tiny ball when you touch them. I am extremely familiar with canine and feline tapeworms...these in my chickens look similar just much tinier.

Do you see if any of the white specks is moving when it is fresh? What medicine did you treat for tapeworms and how much? Tapeworms are spread by eating an intermediate host, such as earthworms, snails, slugs, grasshoppers, beetles, and if worm eggs are eaten. Sometimes the white specks can be from something else, such as grit, or insect larvae. If you get another sample that looks like tapes, post another picture. Here is a food video of tapeworm segments in poop:

When I lived in SE Georgia, it seemed every time I got my birds tapeworm free, one or two other birds would show tapeworm segments in feces.
I caged the infected birds in the garage and dosed them with either Zimecterin Gold or Equimax equine paste wormers. Then redosed them again in 10 days and released them a day later.
One time, I had 5 birds in separate cages treating them for tapeworms.
After the initial dosing and within one hour, I observed the actual tapeworm(s) excreted in feces.
The tapeworm(s) were excreted in various shapes and sizes; stringy like jellyfish tentacles, twisted 'off white' in color sections with small bits and pieces.

As you already know, an insect is the host for tapeworms, Chickens eat the infected insect and get infected.
Each segment you see in feces carries thousands of tapeworm eggs. The segments work their way onto and into the soil where insects eat them and then become the host, starting the tapeworms lifecycle all over again.

Perhaps you can pen up your birds for a period of time and spray your yard to eliminate insects. Of course it's temporary but at least it will break the tapeworms lifecycle.
Or, section off one part of your yard and treat it as necessary. It's the only way to end the lifecycle.
You have to hit worms hard and fast. Roundworm eggs contaminate soil, same with tapeworms.

 

[Granny23]

Tapes

I see that praziquantel is a recommended treatment but there isn't one specifically for chickens. Do I use it by approximate weight? It comes in bottles of 3 tablets on Amazon...thats dumb and expensive. Maybe I will try Tractor Supply.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I see that praziquantel is a recommended treatment but there isn't one specifically for chickens. Do I use it by approximate weight? It comes in bottles of 3 tablets on Amazon...thats dumb and expensive. Maybe I will try Tractor Supply.

On one of your other threads, product and dose was given (link below)
You can find Equimax at TSC.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/best-wormer-for-my-chickens.1524866/post-25687291

 

[Regina Larsen]

I see that praziquantel is a recommended treatment but there isn't one specifically for chickens. Do I use it by approximate weight? It comes in bottles of 3 tablets on Amazon...thats dumb and expensive. Maybe I will try Tractor Supply.

@Wyorp Rock 's post, info is all there