Update: After posting yesterday, I read a lot on the site and thought this was tapeworm. I went and got the Safeguard Dewormer for Goats (Fenbendazole) and mixed it per ThreeHorses' dosage and mixed with 2# of chicken feed. They ate it last night and finished it this morning. I wanted to know if anyone knows how long it takes to kill the worms? I found a fresh pile of droppings today with more worms (still alive and moving in it). See the pic:
I'm sorry this is so gross, but I truly am not sure what to do next. For anyone who has experience with this, could you please give me your opinion? Thanks so much! We've never had this happen before since our chickies are relatively young. I change their pine shavings in the coop every week and use liberal amounts of DE in both their feed and in the coop and dusting holes. I'm just at a loss of what to do.
ORIGINAL POST:
Hi everyone,
Let me first say how thankful I am for this forum! I feel a bit bad asking this with all the other emergencies, but am not sure what to do after trying to search about worms through the other posts.
We have a flock of 10 birds altogether (2 cockerels, 5 hens and 3 pullets). My son noticed that in one of their fresh droppings were small (1/8" to 1/4") white worms. They were very white and looked almost flat. They were moving. The dropping was not runny or anything.
We examined all of the birds vents and didn't see any signs of injury or bleeding on any of them and didn't find any worms around the vents of any of them either, just a little poo, here and there. But no other sign of worms.
I really am inexperienced in this area, so I don't even know what type of worms they are, but I don't think they are maggots by looking at other pictures.
The worms looked like flat white grains of rice in the poo.
This is our first experience with this and I'm wondering the best way to treat this. I did try to put together a chicken first aid kit, so I do have some wazine on hand. Would this be the best to use? How much and how often. Also, 1 cockerel and 1 hen are bantams, will the dosing be different for them?
Thanks so much!!!
Christy
I'm sorry this is so gross, but I truly am not sure what to do next. For anyone who has experience with this, could you please give me your opinion? Thanks so much! We've never had this happen before since our chickies are relatively young. I change their pine shavings in the coop every week and use liberal amounts of DE in both their feed and in the coop and dusting holes. I'm just at a loss of what to do.
ORIGINAL POST:
Hi everyone,
Let me first say how thankful I am for this forum! I feel a bit bad asking this with all the other emergencies, but am not sure what to do after trying to search about worms through the other posts.
We have a flock of 10 birds altogether (2 cockerels, 5 hens and 3 pullets). My son noticed that in one of their fresh droppings were small (1/8" to 1/4") white worms. They were very white and looked almost flat. They were moving. The dropping was not runny or anything.
We examined all of the birds vents and didn't see any signs of injury or bleeding on any of them and didn't find any worms around the vents of any of them either, just a little poo, here and there. But no other sign of worms.
I really am inexperienced in this area, so I don't even know what type of worms they are, but I don't think they are maggots by looking at other pictures.
The worms looked like flat white grains of rice in the poo.
This is our first experience with this and I'm wondering the best way to treat this. I did try to put together a chicken first aid kit, so I do have some wazine on hand. Would this be the best to use? How much and how often. Also, 1 cockerel and 1 hen are bantams, will the dosing be different for them?
Thanks so much!!!
Christy
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