Worm crawling out of chicken nostril?

[PluckyClucker99]

I picked up my year-old RIR hen 10 minutes ago only to find a very small, clear and wriggling worm poking out of her nostril. What is this, and can humans get it?

 

[Michael Apple]

I picked up my year-old RIR hen 10 minutes ago only to find a very small, clear and wriggling worm poking out of her nostril. What is this, and can humans get it?

What you describe sounds like capillary worms, particularly Capillaria contorta which infests the crop and esophagus. You can either give 1cc of Safe-guard liquid suspension (Fenbendazole) once a day orally for 3 days, or Valbazen suspension (Albendazole) at .5 cc orally once, and again 10 days later. Dose all birds. If one has them, the others do too.

 

[PluckyClucker99]

Thank you so much! Okay, can I still eat the eggs and should I be worried about other humans somehow getting it?

 

[Michael Apple]

Thank you so much! Okay, can I still eat the eggs and should I be worried about other humans somehow getting it?

A 14 day withdrawal is often recommended. You don't have to worry about humans contracting those worms since they are species specific.

 

[PluckyClucker99]

Do I need to start with wazine first? Do I just mix it with yogurt or water and have them drink/eat it on their own? (I read you should mix it into their food) That dosage is per bird right? Can I administer it with a needle less syringe? I apologize for all the questions, I have never wormed before.

 

[Michael Apple]

Do I need to start with wazine first? Do I just mix it with yogurt or water and have them drink/eat it on their own? (I read you should mix it into their food) That dosage is per bird right? Can I administer it with a needle less syringe? I apologize for all the questions, I have never wormed before.

Don't waste time with Wazine. You don't need to mix it with anything. Get a 1 ml syringe, draw the liquid wormer up in the syringe with no needle, and feed it to the bird.

 

[dawg53]

I've never heard of a worm wriggling out of a nostril before. Worms cannot survive outside their host. Most likely it was bot fly larva.

 

[Michael Apple]

I've never heard of a worm wriggling out of a nostril before. Worms cannot survive outside their host. Most likely it was bot fly larva.

A description of the worm didn't remind me of a grub or maggot.

 

[dawg53]

Worms dont leave their host. The only way is when they are dead or dying, and are excreted.

 

[Michael Apple]

They certainly won't leave on their own. A chicken could expel worms in the crop or trachea by sneezing or regurgitating though. Especially those types of nematodes that migrate from the esophagus and into the tear ducts or eye.