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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    Bernie seems to be getting stronger daily. Last night she sat on a roost stick we put in the dog kennel she's staying in. We've brought her outside daily and she walks around and pecks at things, eats bugs and greens. Today she was trying over and over to take a dust bath. I continued to...
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    Quarantined chicken and pebbles for crop

    My hen, Bernie, is hopefully on the mend from flystrike. We have her in the house for as long as it takes for the exposed flesh to heal. How often does she need to have access to small rocks for her digestive health?
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    Thanks. She is doing well and seems interested in continuing on in her life so we'll keep up with her as best we can.
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    Have you seen the large area without skin heal? I'm thinking she needs to stay inside until there is adequate healing happening. It is also stressful for her to be in a cage, I would guess. I take her out once or twice a day for fresh air and a little sunshine, but don't want flies to have a...
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    Thank you for this article. Very informative. Also, any thoughts on if this injury may fully heal. she has lost her skin from this area. I will post a photo of her body that I took today.
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    We don't have any roosters so, no, not a rooster injury. We only have the two hens. We have had chickens for 20 years, up to 10 at a time. Never have I seen anything like this before.
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    Thanks, we are keeping her inside. She has lost a large patch of skin, totally gone. I can see her muscle tissue. Do you know if this can heal? She is eating, drinking and pooping. I see no more maggots. Might they be inside her and we see no traces of them? She seems in very good...
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    Yes, I am checking her at least twice a day. She is in the dog kennel in the utility room in our home, so very little fly activity in here. Do you know how long it may have taken for this to happen? We had checked both chickens state of health, picking them up and examing their skin, before...
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    open wound, skin gone, maggots in body

    We have a 5 or 6 year old hen, Bernadette, Bernie for short. We got her 3 years ago. We didn't know when we got her but she was infested with mites. She almost died from them. She recovered and has done well. She has laid some of the largest hen eggs I have ever seen, like the size of large...
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    Enlarged, swollen lower abdomen. Not laying eggs for many weeks.

    yes, thanks for this reply and thank you for hosting this site. It is challenging to find folks to ask about these chicken issues. We're challenged by some things going on with our other hen so we're in a wait and watch mode with her. I will incorporate some of your suggestions and post back...
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    Enlarged, swollen lower abdomen. Not laying eggs for many weeks.

    Hi, thanks for this input. she is still eating, drinking and walking around. Also she is able to get up on her roost at night. We're in a wait and watch with her and will give her some of this things you suggest nutritionally.
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    Enlarged, swollen lower abdomen. Not laying eggs for many weeks.

    Our hen, Abby, is about 5 or 6. We got her 3 years ago. We have two hens. Both are not well right now. I will post about the other one, Bernie, later. She's all rusty buff colored, about the size of hens we've had in the past, like a rhode island red or silver laced wyandotte. I don't know...
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