Most people are saying intestinal shed, just want to be sure

meliissaamurray

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I can’t take these to get a fecal float unfortunately. But I’d like to hear what y’all think. Most of fb groups with vets input say intestinal shed/lining. (These chickens have lice and I’ll be treating soon with elector esp) ..other than that they look very healthy/active! A couple are 6 years old the rest (24) are about 10 months. They’ve had these poops for a few weeks now. When it started it was almost every single poop I saw/opened up. The past few days I’ve only found 1 or 2 in my morning searches. There has only been the one poop (first 3 photos) that was iffy looking like a possible worm , but it was stretchy like lining.🤷🏼‍♀️

Also thought I’d add that the little white specks are not tapeworm eggs or other eggs.. that’s feather dandruff from molting and the lice 🤦🏼‍♀️
 

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There are no worms in any of the feces that I can see. However, that is too much shed intestinal lining. If your birds were much younger I would say that it would be due to coccidia.
Worms CAN cause sloughed intestinal lining. I recommend that you dose your birds with Valbazen. Dosage is 1/2ml given orally to each bird, then repeat dosing in 10 days.
Here's a link for you to read on how to worm your birds:
Please read posts #2 & #4:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/worms-in-chicken-poop.1575508/#post-26765905
 

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