Wormy poop

[Imachickenmama]

I've had a super sick chicken. I believe, and the vets suspects Mycoplasma. She has swollen eyes, off balance, stopped eating, drinking, standing. She's been treated with Tylan. Now she just pooped with a bunch of live little grain of rice looking worms. They are wiggling away. I can't get a great pic.
What should I use to treat it? And should I treat the whole flock? I did see some mites on her and I just got a spray to treat them.
Help!

 

[Eggcessive]

A clearer picture would be helpful. It is important to distinguish roundworms from tapeworms, or the pressence of maggots in the poop. Is the vent area messy?

 

[Imachickenmama]

A clearer picture would be helpful. It is important to distinguish roundworms from tapeworms, or the pressence of maggots in the poop. Is the vent area messy?

It's not too messy. They did kind of look like maggots, but came out inside her poop. I saw her poop and ran over there to check. I found one of her poops previously and it looked like a dried piece of hay in it, so I've been checking just in case it was a worm.

 

[Eggcessive]

Look closely at her vent to see if you see any maggots. Flies may lay maggot larvae on a soiled vent or if there is a wound or a prolapse. They may also have laid some on the droppings after it was deposited. Try to get another picture in focus to look for what you are seeing.

 

[Imachickenmama]

Look closely at her vent to see if you see any maggots. Flies may lay maggot larvae on a soiled vent or if there is a wound or a prolapse. They may also have laid some on the droppings after it was deposited. Try to get another picture in focus to look for what you are seeing.

I've had a super sick chicken. I believe, and the vets suspects Mycoplasma. She has swollen eyes, off balance, stopped eating, drinking, standing. She's been treated with Tylan. Now she just pooped with a bunch of live little grain of rice looking worms. They are wiggling away. I can't get a great pic.
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Checked her vent it looks really good. But did see lice. Lots of it. She only had a few poopy feathers, trimmed those. Trimmed what I could of the lice eggs, but they are too close to the skin.
Possibly works from the lice? Or lice in the poop? How do I treat this? I sprayer her down with a lice spray tonight.

 

[Henriettamom919]

So for the lice, permethrin spray.

For worms I'd suggest Valbazen ( I just ordered some) because it worms for everything. That being said I don't think it you should give her worming med until the lice are no longer visible to make sure that's not the problem.

Out of curiosity, did the vet spot the lice OR test for parasites in her poo? Maybe give her nutridrench to boost her immune system while she's going through so much.

I'm really sorry!

 

[SurferchickinSB]

I've had a super sick chicken. I believe, and the vets suspects Mycoplasma. She has swollen eyes, off balance, stopped eating, drinking, standing. She's been treated with Tylan. Now she just pooped with a bunch of live little grain of rice looking worms. They are wiggling away. I can't get a great pic.
What should I use to treat it? And should I treat the whole flock? I did see some mites on her and I just got a spray to treat them.
Help!

Sounds like tapeworms

 

[getaclue]

You have at least 2 problems going on. Let's address the mites first. Either Hi Yeild, or Meyer's 10% Permethrin Indoor/Outdoor formula will do the job. Same stuff, different brands. There are 2 nearby feed stores near me that each carry one of the brands, so you stand a good chance of your feed store having it, or you can order it on Amazon. I mix it according to directions in a 2 gallon sprayer, then pour some of that into a spray bottle. First, spray the chickens with the spray bottle, getting it under their feathers some, especially the vent area. Be careful not to get it in their face, or eyes. For that, spray some onto your fingers, and rub it on their comb, wattles, and head area. You don't have to soak them down.

Next, move the chickens out of the coop, and all their food, and waterers. Remove all bedding/nesting material, and dispose of it. Now, spray the coop, especially all the wood, getting into the nooks, and crannies where the mites hide. Spray the roosting area good, and the nest boxes.

While that dries a bit, wash all waterers, and feeders inside and out, with soap and water, paying attention to the outside of their waterers, and feeders, in seams, crevices, rims, etc., where mites can hide. Rinse it all well, then put all new bedding in the nest boxes. Fill the waterers with fresh water, and the feeders. In 7 days you will repeat this on both the chickens, and your coop. After you repeat this, go out later that night with a flashlight, and look at the roosts, nest boxes, etc. to see if there are anymore mites. Northern Fowl mites only come out at night. If you see any, repeat for a 3rd. time in 7 days. If you don't see any, you don't have to repeat the 3rd. time.

Now for the second problem. Little grain of rice looking worms usually means it's going to be tapeworms. That might not be the only worms, just the ones you're seeing. Valbazen is pretty broad spectrum when it comes to worms. Since you are probably dealing with tapeworms, and it's unknown about any others, Withold feed for 24 hours, then dose the chickens by weight. Repeat in 10 days.

Weigh, and record the weight of your chickens. If you have quite a few, and they are similar in size, take a random sampling, and weigh them.

 

[getaclue]

BTW, don't put this off. Parasite overload can kill chickens, so you want to do this soon.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

If it is tapeworm, Valbazen won't work. You need Praziquentel which you can get in horse paste.

Treat the lice. Closely examine for worm type. It's important to use the right stuff if it is tapes.

My thoughts
LofMc