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    Prolapse and Flystrike

    Did your hen recover? Interested to know as I've been told flystrike is practically untreatable as it 'strikes' so fast ....
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    Flystrike

    Unfortunately I lost my 6-year old hen yesterday to flystrike. The vet said she was 'too far gone' to be treated, even though I thought I'd caught it very early as I do check her bottom regularly. She hadn't seemed out of sorts or distressed, just dripping from her vent which is what alerted...
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