Parasite in Egg

[LadyBlahBlah]

Found this in an egg this morning, within the egg white. It is not round. It has a flat head. Obviously not normal, and have not seen anything like this before. My questions that I am hoping you all can answer:
1-what type of worm or fluke is this?
2-can this or its eggs be transferred to humans with consumption?
3-how to treat my flock of 15 chickens? (I am leaning towards something other than ACV and or DE)
PS no farm vet in my area.
Thank you in advance for any type of light you can shed on this for me!!

 

[Lelilamom]

I have no idea but I'm following to see if anyone can positively ID it.

 

[Emmaloveschickens9156]

Looks like a lash egg. I’ve never heard of one inside an egg so this is a first. Lash eggs are usually a sign of infection so the hen that laid it may need a vet.

 

[LadyBlahBlah]

Looks like a lash egg. I’ve never heard of one inside an egg so this is a first. Lash eggs are usually a sign of infection so the hen that laid it may need a vet.

I’m no expert by any means, and you may be right?? But the egg was completely normal looking, full yellow yolk, hard shell, clearish white yet this thing within it and nothing else looked abnormal! Thanks for your reply!

 

[Emmaloveschickens9156]

Your welcome!

 

[LadyBlahBlah]

The more I look into lash eggs, I don’t think it appears to be that.

 

[TooCheep]

You asked about it being a worm or fluke. Was it moving at all?

 

[LadyBlahBlah]

You asked about it being a worm or fluke. Was it moving at all?

Nope not that we noticed. It had been in the fridge for 2 days. And gathered from the coop within the last week.

 

[ChickyCh00k]

That does not look like a worm to me, but to answer your question, worms cannot be transmitted from chickens to humans. It also does not look like lash material to me. It looks like an egg "tail", although I do not know how common it is to have it inside the egg (rather than on the outside, as pictured below *not my photo - found on web*) :

 

[LadyBlahBlah]

That does not look like a worm to me, but to answer your question, worms cannot be transmitted from chickens to humans. It also does not look like lash material to me. It looks like an egg "tail", although I do not know how common it is to have it inside the egg (rather than on the outside, as pictured below *not my photo - found on web*) :

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Very interesting. Never heard of that in all my years. It does look similar in shape. Will do alittle deep dive into that too! Thanks for the info!