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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    Thank you both for the added advice. ❤️ After a round of antibiotics and daily epsom salt soaks there was no marked improvement. I couldn’t watch her get worse after stopping the antibiotics so I made the decision to cull her. Definitely a learning experience and even though it didn’t work out...
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    Thank you for giving it to me straight. I’ve had chickens for over 6 years and have lost many. I still have a really hard time caring for a sick chicken and having to be the one to say when enough is enough. If she takes a turn I’ll know what to do.
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    I wasn’t sure about the fecal matter in the wound until this morning. After her soak I let her wander around the yard a little to scratch and peck and be a chicken. She tried to jump up on a golf cart and didn’t quite make it. That caused her wound to hit against the golf cart and it EXPLODED...
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    We fought all spring and most of the summer with traps but they’re too smart. I would keep moving them but I was catching one every three days if I was lucky and seeing dozens when I went out at night. We finally broke down and bought poison a few weeks ago and now it’s silent when I go out...
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    Thank you!
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    Thank you so much! It could be rats, we’ve have one of the worst years this year. I do have some fishmox, how do I know how much to give her?
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    Thank you all! I have her separated from the flock in a rabbit cage, she is under a shelter away from the blazing sun and has a fan on her for comfort and to keep the flies away. I will soak her longer tomorrow, I’ve been doing 20 minutes and she seems to enjoy it. She’s not eating but still has...
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    Help please! My hen has a large hole under vent, no signs of flystrike.

    Hello, I’m new here but have been using backyard chickens for many years and have always been able to find an answer to the problems I face with my chickens. After searching for hours I came up empty and am hoping that someone here can help. Sunday I noticed one of my girls looking bare in...
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