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    Fly STrike in two roosters two months apart - something underlying must be going on?

    Thanks for any help you can give! I had a silkie rooster with an awful case of fly strike a couple of months ago. (Fly strike = poop stuck in the feathers, which causes sores, where flies lay eggs and then maggots take over) He lost a good lot of his skin, but he's recovering just fine and...
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    Any powders you suggest on mites?

    I had a terrible mite infestation (my kids decided to decorate the coop with vulture feathers unbeknown to me). Nothing seemed to work, but what finally did was giving each chicken a small squirt of ivermectin pour-on (made for cattle) on the back of their neck. I used maybe 1/8 tsp per bird...
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    Mom or Brooder for hatchling with wry neck

    Thanks. I'll go put her back and perhaps just go back and forth for feedings / giving her a break from her siblings. I feel like she really got a lot stronger on her own without the other chicks knocking her over. Rachel
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    Poultry Fly Strike...a cautionary tale with GRAPHIC photo progression.

    I thought I'd give an update for anyone else who runs into this thread in the future... Our little roo is doing great. 24 hours after his initial bath / de-maggoting, he was covered again in really tiny worms. We went thru the process again (found zero big worms - yeah!) and cut off all his...
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    Mom or Brooder for hatchling with wry neck

    I've got a bit of a dilemna and was hoping for advice from some of you more experienced chicken breeders. This is my second time raising chicks and first time using a hen (silkie). Four eggs, four chicks, but one has wry neck. It could be genetic (I've read silkie's are more prone...), but it...
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    Giving Terramycin ointment orally in emergency situation?

    Never mind. I found a Tractor Supply that is open till 8 that has an antib for my roo. I can't figure out how to delete the original post though!
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    Giving Terramycin ointment orally in emergency situation?

    Hey - I have a Silkie Roo with a bad case of fly strike (maggots eating him from the outside in on his butt) this afternoon. It all happened super fast and we got him cleaned up, (hopefully) maggot free, doused in beta-dine, and in our sick-chicken cage. I'm going to keep on with the...
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    Poultry Fly Strike...a cautionary tale with GRAPHIC photo progression.

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for posting this! I noticed one of our Silkie Roos was acting lethargic, checked his butt and saw what I thought to be diarrhea and little white worms. They didn't look like either roundworms or tape worms, but kind of familiar. In my continued search for what...
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