PLEASE H HELP HEN WITH FLYSTRIKE VERY SEVERE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO HELP

[TesoroSena]

One of our meatbirds we noticed had a lot of poop on her butt so we decided to check it out, and it turned out to be very bad flystrike. The hole is from her wing to her butt. We are very concerned for her, but really, really don’t know what to do. We are bathing her giving her peroxide spay and Vetericyn and she’s going to be with us for a while in the house. We are getting her a Chicken diaper to help cover it up below her butt hole. If you have any suggestions, they would be very appreciated please. Thanks

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Cut out all the poop around he butt and vent. Don't be afraid to cut the feathers.
Maybe @Tookie or @Eggcessive might have something to say!

 

[JedJackson]

I've not experienced this, but here is a good article about it. https://the-chicken-chick.com/flystrike-in-backyard-chickens-causes/

 

[Wyorp Rock]

One of our meatbirds we noticed had a lot of poop on her butt so we decided to check it out, and it turned out to be very bad flystrike. The hole is from her wing to her butt. We are very concerned for her, but really, really don’t know what to do. We are bathing her giving her peroxide spay and Vetericyn and she’s going to be with us for a while in the house. We are getting her a Chicken diaper to help cover it up below her butt hole. If you have any suggestions, they would be very appreciated please. Thanks

Sorry about your hen.

If she's a meat bird, then it may be kindest to put her down.

Otherwise, flush the wounds, you can use warm soapy water (dawn), get all the maggots out of the wound, pick them out by hand if necessary.

Do not use Peroxide anymore, one time is o.k. but further use can destroy tissue.
Once you get out every maggot, then spray with the Vetericyn or apply a layer of triple antibiotic ointment in the wound to keep it moist.

Can you tell if the maggots have breached the abdominal wall? Sounds like the area is quite large. Photos may be helpful.

 

[TesoroSena]

Sorry about your hen.

If she's a meat bird, then it may be kindest to put her down.

Otherwise, flush the wounds, you can use warm soapy water (dawn), get all the maggots out of the wound, pick them out by hand if necessary.

Do not use Peroxide anymore, one time is o.k. but further use can destroy tissue.
Once you get out every maggot, then spray with the Vetericyn or apply a layer of triple antibiotic ointment in the wound to keep it moist.

Can you tell if the maggots have breached the abdominal wall? Sounds like the area is quite large. Photos may be helpful.

She is a breeding meat bird and we have had her for about a year now and we love her very much, putting her down isn’t an option for us. We washed her, she is in my room where it is rlly warm, probably 77 degrees. We blow dried as much as we could without touching the wound. We won’t use any more peroxide, thank you for that. We learned that vinegar will kill maggots and won’t hurt an open wound… would that be a good idea? We did vetericyn but what is the abdominal wall? Here are the photos.
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[Wyorp Rock]

She is a breeding meat bird and we have had her for about a year now and we love her very much, putting her down isn’t an option for us. We washed her, she is in my room where it is rlly warm, probably 77 degrees. We blow dried as much as we could without touching the wound. We won’t use any more peroxide, thank you for that. We learned that vinegar will kill maggots and won’t hurt an open wound… would that be a good idea? We did vetericyn but what is the abdominal wall? Here are the photos.

That's pretty severe. She may recover from this with care, chickens can be resilient.

Personally, I'd still cull her do the severity and damage she's suffered. I don't say it often nor lightly.

I've never used vinegar on wounds so couldn't say how effective it would be. Soap/water, saline, chlorhexidine, Povidone Iodine can be used to clean/flush wounds.

Sometimes maggots will eat away at the skin and tissue and breach to body cavity and begin to invade inside too. Hopefully this is not the case for this poor hen.

 

[TesoroSena]

I checked and the wound did reach the abdominal wall but it is all in one piece and no maggots are on it. It is not past that tho just right there. Thank you for ur suggestions.

 

[TesoroSena]

The organs are not visible either

 

[Eggcessive]

Vinegar (even half strength) is very harsh on mucus membranes. I would use only saline mixed 2 tsp of salt to each quart of water. But my feeling is that she should be put out of her misery. I don’t know how the poor thing is still alive.

 

[TesoroSena]

Thank you all for your suggestions we have not done anything since yesterday except keep it clean and spray the Vetericyn and she is so much better! She is active, walking around and eating and drinking. The wound is dried up, no sign of maggots, but we will continue the treatment. We are hoping in a couple weeks she can be released it it is too early to tell. However we are still getting her a chicken diaper bc she smells!! Thank again for the advice.
Her wound before

After