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    Will this heal or should I euthanize?

    I have a 2 year old barred rock rooster that appears to have been attacked by a hawk. He is a big big boi so I’m assuming the hawk couldn’t take off with him. I’ve had him inside for about 2 weeks putting Smz cream on/in his two major wounds, but it doesn’t appear to be closing. I’m wondering if...
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    Hatching chick with egg full of maggots 🤮

    Ok the second chick has passed and I feel like it’s for the best sadly. I did find a maggot under its skin so I’m certain it was injured in the egg. After looking at it closely it’s legs didn’t look normal. They were straight and the toes just didn’t look right so I think it must’ve started to...
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    Hatching chick with egg full of maggots 🤮

    Ugh one of the chicks died. It had maggots coming out of its eyes. The one that hatched out of the gross egg isn’t looking good either. I took it inside and put it on a heating pad and tried to give it some electrolytes. I’m so grossed out. My nest is very clean. I just replaced the hay to make...
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    Hatching chick with egg full of maggots 🤮

    Oh gosh! I never thought about that! I will definitely check her tomorrow and see. The nest was clean when I peaked in but I live in the south and the flies have been horrible this year with all the rain and humidity. I hope those other eggs aren’t full too. I hope they hatch tonight and save me...
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    Hatching chick with egg full of maggots 🤮

    I just had the freakiest thing ever happen!! I have been out of town for 3 days and came back home and told my husband I thought maybe there was a rotten egg under our broody hen. So I went to candle it tonight and saw the egg had begun to unzip and figured the chick died and was beginning to...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    Thanks for the support! I do think it looks better today. She seemed a little stressed this morning after I gave her meds so I just sprayed with the silvaklenz and neosporined her wounds and let her be today. She ate well tonight and seemed more at ease. I’ll soak her again tomorrow and see what...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    I’m gonna keep documenting this because this has to be the worst skin infection of a chicken on the internet right now. I texted a few pictures to my vet to get his thoughts on the progress and he told me to try and debride the wound twice a day. I went by and picked up Silvaklenz spray from...
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    Flystrike and Now my hen can't walk

    Im sorry that this has happened. I don’t have much advice but I’ll bump your post in hopes someone else can help. I think you are doing a lot by keeping her warm and quiet. I wouldn’t put her back in the coop. Maybe place her in a cardboard box in a warm spot with a soft towel to lie on? I have...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    What do y’all think about this being a brown recluse spider bite? She has two sores on her back (pictures above) and a tiny little circle hole under her right wing. Just trying to figure out what caused this.
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    Warning pictures below are kinda gross. Ok, thank you. I did a lot of work on her last night removing loose scabs after her soak. It does smell better today, but man, it’s a little alarming to see it without the scab on it this morning. She was preening away this morning while I took pictures...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    Ok, thank you so much for responding! Would activia yogurt be ok? I live far from a grocery store but they had that at the dollar store, which are everywhere. I am also giving her probiotic sav-a-chick and nutridrench in her water too. She has a mix of medicated chick feed and laying pellets...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    Today’s graphic pictures. She pulled a rather large scab off and it has a lot of yellow cheese underneath it and it smells a bit stronger today. She still seems relatively normal for her. Eating, drinking, pooping. Uggh does anyone have suggestions on the cheesy scabs or the removal...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    Im having a hard time taking pictures of her because she doesn’t like to be flipped over onto her back and she has so many feathers but these are from when it initially was discovered a little over a week ago... this was after an initial chlorohexidine soak and prior to me spraying her with blue...
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    Silkie hen with strange infection *Graphic pics*

    I’d like to preface this post with she has been to a vet and is on heavy antibiotics and *seems* to be improving in the last two days. I wanted to post this because I have scoured this site and can’t find much information on what this could be so I’d love opinions. Also, I actually took her...
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    HELP! broody died eggs are dying

    Agree with bringing them inside for sure. You need to get them up to at least 97 degrees to hatch but I do t know what to do about humidity. Maybe a warm wet wash cloth underneath them, but then that make them cool too. Sorry, I'm not much help. Someone has to have had this happen. Maybe search...
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