Worm eggs?

[Isaac 0]

They certainly weren't small things. Getting on for 2 inches a lot of them!
Cheers

Looks like roundworms.

 

[Hubert Cumberdale]

Looks like roundworms.

Agreed. Googled them

 

[Mylied]

Well, no doubt your chicken had worms. Make sure to deworm again in 10 days.

Now I'm only going to say this so people don't get confused when they see that first picture in the future. I confirmed with my veterinary science teacher who teaches microbiology and parasitology and has been a vet for over 20 years that the egg you showed is an insect egg, not an intestinal worm egg or a segment of a tapeworm. It's important not to deworm for no reason because there are always some intestinal parasites present even in healthy animals and there are always some that survive to breed another day. The ones that survive are more resistant against dewormers. Their offspring are more resistant. It's a big problem in goats. People regularly deworm them and have created really deworming resistant worms. It's caused a lot of problem. Chickens get the same worms as goats and have similar problems. That's why safeguard doesn't work well. Doing fecals is real easy. All you need is a simple microscope, some epsom salt to mix up a float solution, and some slides. Here's a tutorial: https://fiascofarm.com/goats/fecals.htm I've been doing my own floats for years. It's pretty interesting. The reason your eggs have disappeared is probably because of the chemicals in the dewormer chasing off whatever insect it was laying them. So don't be surprised if they return.

 

[Hubert Cumberdale]

Well, no doubt your chicken had worms. Make sure to deworm again in 10 days.

Now I'm only going to say this so people don't get confused when they see that first picture in the future. I confirmed with my veterinary science teacher who teaches microbiology and parasitology and has been a vet for over 20 years that the egg you showed is an insect egg, not an intestinal worm egg or a segment of a tapeworm. It's important not to deworm for no reason because there are always some intestinal parasites present even in healthy animals and there are always some that survive to breed another day. The ones that survive are more resistant against dewormers. Their offspring are more resistant. It's a big problem in goats. People regularly deworm them and have created really deworming resistant worms. It's caused a lot of problem. Chickens get the same worms as goats and have similar problems. That's why safeguard doesn't work well. Doing fecals is real easy. All you need is a simple microscope, some epsom salt to mix up a float solution, and some slides. Here's a tutorial: https://fiascofarm.com/goats/fecals.htm I've been doing my own floats for years. It's pretty interesting. The reason your eggs have disappeared is probably because of the chemicals in the dewormer chasing off whatever insect it was laying them. So don't be surprised if they return.

Ah, nice one. Will definitely check that out.