Worms??

[Aoife123]

Hi everyone.

Can anyone identify these worms? I've never seen them before. Poop was watery and res looking like they caused bleeding. Have since wormed and poo returned to normal but hens crop has been slow and now dealing with sour crop. Just wondering if the worms has anything to do with it. Thanks in advance

 

[DobieLover]

They look like threadworms.
Yes, an overload of worms can slow a crop down. I have had good luck with acidified copper sulfate water to treat sour crop.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would say cecal or roundworms. What is your location, and that will help us to recommend a treatment. I use Valbazen 1/2 ml orally once and again in 10 days for most worms. SafeGuard liquid goat wormer 1/4 ml per pound given orally 5 days in a row also treats mist chickens worms except tapeworms. I will tag @dawg53 for an opinion.

 

[Aoife123]

They look like threadworms.
Yes, an overload of worms can slow a crop down. I have had good luck with acidified copper sulfate water to treat sour crop.

That's what i was thinking but I googled everything and I cant find anything exactly like them. I've treated with fenbenazole and her poop had returned to normal but still has the slow crop. I'm wondering if anyone has dealt with these worms before I'm wondering if they do damage to the digestive tract enough slow digestion

 

[Aoife123]

I would say cecal or roundworms. What is your location, and that will help us to recommend a treatment. I use Valbazen 1/2 ml orally once and again in 10 days for most worms. SafeGuard liquid goat wormer 1/4 ml per pound given orally 5 days in a row also treats mist chickens worms except tapeworms. I will tag @dawg53 for an opinion.

I've had chickens with round worms before and they are much bigger these worms are so small I probably wouldn't have seen these except it was in concrete and I saw them move when they first came out they are tiny and very thin.

I'm in Ireland. I've already dosed her with fenbenazole and her poop had returned to normal but the slow crop continues. I'm wondering if someone had experience with worms like this if they cause damage to the digestive tract enough to cause crop stasis. As you can see by the colour of the poop it looks like a fair bit of blood caused by the worms. I'm not sure if this is the reason for the slow cropvor whether ther is an underlying reproductive problem.

I've had a hen die about 3 weeks back with a slow crop with reoccuring sour crop. She had her crop emptied and flushed twice, 3 bottle of nystatin and a tube of daktarin(miconazole) antibiotics, anti inflammatory, emprid( digestive stimulent) probiotics digestive enzymes. I tried evesything and it was pointless. She laid right up to the day after she first developed the slow crop and I was sure it couldn't be reproductive but I lost her no matter what I did.

It's like deja vu the loss of the last hen is still quite fresh and I'm wondering now if I missed something and if I can do something different.

I'm wondering if worms as the cause of the last vit she never had diarrhoea like that not did I ever see any worms but in my googling I've come across something called crop worms and now I'm wondering if any type of worm could cause enough damage in a digestive tract to cause crop stasis

 

[townchicks]

I did a little sleuthing in my parasitology book and this is what I found. It seems to fit. Sorry it's fuzzy, but I think it's still readable.

 

[Eggcessive]

Fenbendazole 10% liquid or paste dosage is 0.25 ml per pound given orally for 5 consecutive days for treadworms or capillary worms, as well as most other worms except tapeworms. Here is a picture of threadworms (capillary worms) from Texas Tech:
https://www.heritageacresmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cecal-worms-crop-u30160.jpg

 

[Aoife123]

I did a little sleuthing in my parasitology book and this is what I found. It seems to fit. Sorry it's fuzzy, but I think it's still readable.

Thanks. That could be them. Seems to be no photos on google of what they look like in chicken poop. Have you any experience with them can they cause lasting damage to a hens digestive tract?

 

[Aoife123]

Fenbendazole 10% liquid or paste dosage is 0.25 ml per pound given orally for 5 consecutive days for treadworms or capillary worms, as well as most other worms except tapeworms. Here is a picture of threadworms (capillary worms) from Texas Tech:
https://www.heritageacresmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cecal-worms-crop-u30160.jpg

I done a dose of .5 per kg for 3 days. Do you think that was enough. Her poop definatly improved after it. I could do it for 5 days for her second dose 10 days later?

 

[Eggcessive]

How long ago was the 3 day dose? I would be tempted to do 5 days if it has been more than a couple of days.