Sunshade82
Songster
Found this in some poop today. Does it look like tape worms? None of those white specks were moving...I tried to collect some on a stick and the dang pullets grabbed the stick from me then kicked around and covered the rest
also idk if this info matters...but today one of my six 23 week old pullets laid a jumbo egg. Another one laid a soft shell egg. The one that laid a soft shell egg was very quiet and not moving around much for a couple hours after that. (Sheās back to her wild screamy self btw)
Im assuming the soft shell egg was my fault. We had a cold snap recently with a 40 degree temp change. Because of that Iāve been giving them scratch morning and evening to help warm them up. My soft egg layer is piggy and pretty aggressive to eat more than anyone else Anyway...back to original question...is this tape worm or somehow caused from the excessive scratch?
If itās tape worm, what can I give them that will be less stressful on their new layer/fighting the cold little bodies? Thanks!
also idk if this info matters...but today one of my six 23 week old pullets laid a jumbo egg. Another one laid a soft shell egg. The one that laid a soft shell egg was very quiet and not moving around much for a couple hours after that. (Sheās back to her wild screamy self btw)
Im assuming the soft shell egg was my fault. We had a cold snap recently with a 40 degree temp change. Because of that Iāve been giving them scratch morning and evening to help warm them up. My soft egg layer is piggy and pretty aggressive to eat more than anyone else Anyway...back to original question...is this tape worm or somehow caused from the excessive scratch?
If itās tape worm, what can I give them that will be less stressful on their new layer/fighting the cold little bodies? Thanks!