![]() Slugs are an intermediate host, which means they carry one or more parasites that will infect a chicken only when the chicken eats the host. Worms inside a chicken aren’t aren’t always a problem, but when they are, they can cause disease, infection and death. When the chicken gets sick or otherwise stressed, their immune system is taxed and internal parasites have the opportunity to overpopulate. ![]() A healthy chicken can manage a reasonable worm load. Either a chicken eats infected droppings from another bird or the chicken eats an insect carrying worm eggs (earthworm, slug, snail, grasshopper, fly, etc). HOW DO CHICKENS GET WORMS?īasically, chickens get worms from something they eat. (Lawyers ruin all the fun.) I’ll take any information I can get for my chickens and yours from highly regarded and experienced poultry veterinarians though. While most of the treatment information below is regularly distributed by one of the vets to their patients, their legal department prefers no attribution. I consulted with board certified poultry veterinarians and a board certified veterinary pathologist while writing this article.
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