Solitary chicken - need advice

[Electricbarbarella]

Ok long story short I picked up my cat to cuddle him, very long haired, I felt something wet underneath him and picked it off, it looked like an earthworm, only a bit smaller, could have easily got tangled in his fur. Anyway easiest thing to do I walked over and chucked it in for the chooks who devoured it at a rate of knots.

Only then did it occur to me that it could be worm owrms, i have been and got wormer for the cats but am now worried that I have fed a parastie to the chooks.

Please tell meeither it would have been an earthworm as parasites don't look like that, or that it is ok anyway.

Please.

[Egluntyne]

Not the end of the world.

 

You can always worm the hens a s a precaution.

[Olly]

It was probably a slug, longhaired cats always seem to come in with a little collection of livestock!

 

It probably isn't anything that the girls wouldn't have picked up for themselves if they were free-ranging - they are bound to eat worms of all sorts. It's not very likely to be a chicken parasite if it was clinging to the cat, different species and all that!

[beach chick]

yeah, I reckon a slug. my long-haired cats seem to love to bring them in!! (bless their little hearts...)

[Electricbarbarella]

but that makes me feel a whole lot better, it was just my first instinct to feed a worm to the chooks, gave Charlie cat a good brush.