Worms or Shed Intestinal Lining - Yucky Pics!!

[Tamara119]

I think that's referring to the eggs of the worms and two weeks after they are ingested by a chicken, not a two-week old chick.

 

[subhanalah]

I think that's referring to the eggs of the worms and two weeks after they are ingested by a chicken, not a two-week old chick.

it is talking about embryonation happening in 6-8 days from the time it is laid and/or expelled from the host?
Maybe someone else with more technical knowledge can chime in?

 

[Tamara119]

"The adult worms may be embedded in the lining of the intestine. The eggs are laid and passed in the droppings. Following embryonation that takes six to eight days, the eggs are infective to any other poultry that may eat them. The most severe damage occurs within two weeks of infection."

This is saying that worm eggs are found in the chicken poop and the worm embryo takes 6-8 days to grow in the egg before it is infective. In other words, a 2 day old worm egg ingested by a chicken will not infect the chicken. Once an infective worm egg is ingested by a chicken the effects will be noticed within 2 weeks.

I'm pretty sure about this; I'm a biologist.

 

[subhanalah]

Okay, so how long is the egg laid before it is expelled, typically.

 

[Tamara119]

Eggs will be laid by worms in the chickens' intestinal tract and expelled with the next passing poop, so a fresh poop will contain worm eggs only a few hours old. There are several species of capillary worms, however, and multiple routes of infection. Some species of capillary worms live in intermediary hosts such as earthworms, and the chicken gets the capillary worm(s) by eating the infected earthworm. The main issue for me regarding a 10-day old is whether it's safe to give them the medication. This I don't know. The youngest chick I've medicated was 9 nine weeks.

I hope this is helping! I'm not an expert, but I do dig through journal articles to find as much info as possible, especially where my own experience is limited. Maybe others around here will have more info about or experience with treating young chicks.

 

[subhanalah]

Okay, so how long does it take from ingestion of the infectious egg and adult reproducing stage? Does the wormer kill all stages but eggs?

I'm just trying to figure out the best way to worm so as to cover them through the point that all eggs on the ground have passed embryonation (8 days to estimate) and kill the subsequent parasites that hatch from the eggs already eaten by the chicken.

 

[chicknmania]

thanks, I think I'll just wait and deworm her in the next round. she seems to be feeling ok, and by then the chick will be old enough to deworm too. It's a tiny baby and I just am afraid he/she might get into the dewormer water if I give the hen any. Actually the vet didn't give much specifics. It's the Chicken Dr that recommended the Levamisole and he hasn't really responded to questions about the young chick. I thought I would gradually back off on the dewormer over time, we'll just have to see how it goes. I hadn't dewormed them for a long time, that's my fault, but someone told me free range flocks aren't susceptible to infestations ( I know, i'm an idiot for believing that....

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[subhanalah]

I don't think the wormer would hurt the baby. Chicks develop and mature much faster than mammals.

The problem with waiting if it's capillary worms is the most damage is done in the first two weeks of the infection. Better to nip it in the bud if that baby has been exposed to the eggs/ground.

 

[chicknmania]

I've read that after two weeks of being hatched, the capillary worms do a lot of damage. I would worm the baby after it has been exposed to the ground for 8 days?

hmmm...this is the baby's second day outside...they haven't been able to go out much due to the rain. Still in the tractor of course, but outside today. they are in a part of the yard that the flock does not frequent much.

 

[subhanalah]

hmmm...this is the baby's second day outside...they haven't been able to go out much due to the rain.  Still in the tractor of course, but outside today. they are in a part of the yard that the flock does not frequent much.

if her mother has worms, she's been exposed to them.