- Sep 2, 2013
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Today I found a long (about 2 inch) skinny white worm ON one of my eggs in the coop. I threw away the clutch (about 3 eggs) that I found it on and have checked inside some eggs from other clutches. The eggs looked pretty and clear inside. So I don't seem to be finding worms IN the eggs but finding the one ON the egg freaked me out a bit.
Other data: I forgot to close the coop last night and there was an eaten egg in that clutch. Probably a possum. Could the worm have come from another animal? Also I had a chicken die recently. She laid very messy eggs and always had a nasty loose backside. But she showed no other signs of illness, I wondered if she died from an infection secondary to her rear end condition. but now I wonder if she may have contracted worms, perhaps due to her condition. (she was attacked by a dog about a year ago and seemed to never be quite right since that event). But wouldn't I have notice worms bad enough to kill a chicken before that? I would think so.
Another note about my poor loose butt chicken; she laid HUGE eggs and also laid more eggs than any other chicken I have. This I know because the quantity of eggs has significantly decreased since her passing. A part of me thought she may have died from having depleted her life force from laying so many huge eggs! That is how amazing the size and quantity of her eggs was.
I don't want to have to medicate for internal parasites of course unless absolutely necessary. But I will of course.
What I am doing: I cleaned out the coop, through away the eggs that were nasty, and am getting DE and will consult with the folks at the farm supply store.
Any advice, hypothesis, or brainstorming would be greatly appreciated. Also further questions will be gladly answered.
Other data: I forgot to close the coop last night and there was an eaten egg in that clutch. Probably a possum. Could the worm have come from another animal? Also I had a chicken die recently. She laid very messy eggs and always had a nasty loose backside. But she showed no other signs of illness, I wondered if she died from an infection secondary to her rear end condition. but now I wonder if she may have contracted worms, perhaps due to her condition. (she was attacked by a dog about a year ago and seemed to never be quite right since that event). But wouldn't I have notice worms bad enough to kill a chicken before that? I would think so.
Another note about my poor loose butt chicken; she laid HUGE eggs and also laid more eggs than any other chicken I have. This I know because the quantity of eggs has significantly decreased since her passing. A part of me thought she may have died from having depleted her life force from laying so many huge eggs! That is how amazing the size and quantity of her eggs was.
I don't want to have to medicate for internal parasites of course unless absolutely necessary. But I will of course.
What I am doing: I cleaned out the coop, through away the eggs that were nasty, and am getting DE and will consult with the folks at the farm supply store.
Any advice, hypothesis, or brainstorming would be greatly appreciated. Also further questions will be gladly answered.
