Deworming for tapeworm-question

[dawg53]

No, you only have to treat the birds that have tapeworm segments in the feces. Insects are the vector for tapeworm infections in poultry. Not every chicken will eat an infected insect, and not all insects are infected with tapeworms.
You do not have to treat the coop nor dirt floor.
It's unlikely there will be tapeworms in the eggs.
There is usually an egg withdrawal period of 14 days after dosing chickens with Equimax equine paste.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

I only had 7 chickens and it took me days to find out who had it. In the end I decided to treat them all, and while dosing them early in the morning on their roost, I saw the segments right below the culprit. So that’s the only one who got the second dose. The tapes are gone and have not come back .