Hen has little white worms in her poop. What is it?

[backyardigans]

I just looked at my hen's poop and noticed hundreds of little tiny white worms wiggling in it. Gross! They first look like little bits of grain but when you wait a moment they kind of start opening up, the little worm folds out and raise their heads. What are they?

My bantam cochin seems otherwise healthy and is not yet showing any other signs of illness. She lays almost every day.

I found these little eggs last November and took her to a local vet at that time. She and our 3 other hens got a round of Panacur, but I'm not sure if this was the right medication. I consequently lost faith in this particular vet after she treated out silkie several times and the silkie still wasted away and died without ever hearing a clear explanation of the problem from the vet. I heard later that she does not know anything about chickens although she likes to present herself as a chicken doc.

 

[Redsquirrel]

Worms. Do you worm them twice a year? I would worm all your flock in case the others have them. It's simple to clear up, usually.

 

[backyardigans]

But how do I know which wormer to use?

 

[TXmom]

If you want to try a more natural approach, since she doesn't seem to be sick at this point, try Cayenne Pepper. I've read on several posts that this works and is completely safe. Just put Cayenne Pepper in their food...lots of it, so that the food is reddish. The chickens cannot taste the heat of the pepper, but it drives the worms right out.

Also, I read that pumpkin sees are a good wormer. I don't know exactly what you have to do to the seeds (raw? toasted? whole? crushed???) Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

please go to this post as I just posted the amts of ivermectin and using wazine first and ofcourse a 2 week with drawel time of eating the eggs
as when seeing worms in the poo yoiu need some chemical wormer

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=185989

with that said
really if going with a herbal wormer
I would use cayanne pepper
as pumpkin seed doesn't get that amt of worms

feed crumbles 1 gallon
3 tbsp of cayanne pepper feed for 2 weeks
then feed it for life as it will worm them generally right along

 

[NotTheMomma]

They are TAPE WORMS, wazine won't kill them. You'll have to go another route. Gosh, I can't remember which wormer it is... but look here and see if the information is there!! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=185608

Very best of luck. Be sure to treat the WHOLE FLOCK!

 

[Brindlebtch]

Would it be Droncit or Dronsit or something that sounds like that?

 

[sammi]

do they look like rice or spaghetti?

here is a link to wormers..just click on them and there is info of what worms they treat..most are broad wormers that treat several kinda, including tape worms.
if it's round worms..Wazine 17 or Piperazine 17 will do.

do not use Droncit.

http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/store/index.php?cPath=23&osCsid=8103ae57699af7e10ddf8dbc1459ba95

 

[JennsPeeps]

If it's roundworms, you'll need to treat again in a month. The roundworm life cycle is very long and Wazine doesn't kill them: it makes them release from the intestinal wall. Since eggs are affected, they'll hatch and must be expelled with a 2nd treatmet.

 

[mypicklebird]

Sounds like tapeworms- they look like cous cous, and can move when they are 'fresh'. In chickens they come from eating insects (beetles I think). Treatment is droncit/praziquantel or albendazole in general. This is off label in laying hens, meaning no published withdrawal times for eggs. Wazine/piperazine & ivermectin ect will not kill tapeworms.