Worming chickens?

[mymilliefleur]

I've wormed a couple of cats. They came to me as kittens, they had worms, I wormed them as needed. I haven't wormed our current cat since we got him 4 years ago. He's fine. As I said, I will not get into a debate over this. There are as many different management styles as there are people here on BYC.

So true!

 

[dawg53]

You got some good pointers from the other members.

I have never used any type of wormers on my chickens, and have never had any problems. I rotate my chickens every other day though, and I know with cattle and sheep rotation helps prohibit parasites, so that may be part of it. I agree with dawg53, about not worming while molting.

You're correct. Rotating on different soil helps, even in small backyards. A good layer of sand about 5 to 6 inches deep in permanent pens/runs helps deter parasites/insects. The key is keeping everything as dry as possible.

 

[FNQAussieGirls]

What intestinal worms are these? Found these worms (pic attach) in observed just laid poo from one of our new pullets. They look like maggots but can't be as it was just excreted in front us during our morning coffee/hand feeding session. Want to make sure we choose the right course of treatment as I understand tapeworm requires diffferent treatment. Does not look like pics of tapeworms or tapeworm eggs, the ones we found are segmented and round.

Our 5 girls are free range, 1 laying and 4 pullets on 2 acres. Have fed them fresh papaya seeds a couple of times in the last week and had read that that helped with worms prior to seeing any signs of worms in the poo. We are in the rainy season here lots of cockroaches, worms, beetles, cicada larvae and grubs.
Thanks in advance.

 

[aart]

What intestinal worms are these? Found these worms (pic attach) in observed just laid poo from one of our new pullets. They look like maggots but can't be as it was just excreted in front us during our morning coffee/hand feeding session. Want to make sure we choose the right course of treatment as I understand tapeworm requires diffferent treatment. Does not look like pics of tapeworms or tapeworm eggs, the ones we found are segmented and round.

Our 5 girls are free range, 1 laying and 4 pullets on 2 acres. Have fed them fresh papaya seeds a couple of times in the last week and had read that that helped with worms prior to seeing any signs of worms in the poo. We are in the rainy season here lots of cockroaches, worms, beetles, cicada larvae and grubs.
Thanks in advance.

I don't know, sorry...but am curious for sure, hope someone can ID.
How many 'worms' in the turd?
That is a great pic and info, good job!

 

[dawg53]

Those are maggots. If I were you, I'd check for fly strike or an injury or wound.

 

[enola]

If you find a maggot filled wound, all of the maggots have to be cleaned out. Fly strike can/will kill a chicken

 

[cottontail farm]

Some of my original chickens are three years old and I've never wormed any of them. Surely the species has managed to survive for a long, long time without humans medicating them regularly. My question is to those of you who do medicate regularly and preventatively, why?
Honestly not trying to pick a fight here… this is something I’ve wondered since I started keeping chickens and would like to know more about.

 

[Julia62]

I just wormed my two hens (we also have three 11 week old chicks). I had a hen die suddenly and while I think she was egg bound, I wanted to be sure it wasn't worms. I took fecal samples to the state vet and my other two had a light case of tapeworms. I used dawg53 advice and wormed them with the "gold" stuff (can't remember the name) and we tossed a lot of eggs between doses (10 days apart). Just got back to eating them this last weekend. They are healthy and laying regularly. My Leghorn's been giving up 70 grams eggs

My plan going forward is to test yearly and treat if there is a problem. The state vet charges $9.00 per bird/sample. Reasonable price so that I know if they have an issue.

 

[ChickEngineer]

I have the same problem the original poster has. I have four hens, 3 are 3 years old one is 2 years old. Noticed two worms this morning, I think from the 2 year old. They look like the picture posted. None of the girls have any wounds. Have used a dash of ACV in their water dish, put a small amount of DE in the the bag of feed to keep the bugs out. The coop has a layer of sand over stone pavers, they also use a dirt run during the day. They take their dust bath in both areas. Have never used anything for mites or worms in the past. They also seem to drink a lot of water in the evening and then pass wet dirty poop, just figured it was cleaning out some of the dirt they had eaten during the day. Could I dust them for the mites and give them something for the worms at the same time? I could have poop test done if I can find some place local.

 

[enola]

Where did you find the worms? In the bedding or in a fresh pile of manure?