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    worms

    Definitely. I checked the others and they are fine. Our coop is pretty much fly-resistant. I think it must have happened on the day when I was cleaning the coop and had them in their outside cage which is definitely not fly-proof. What I question is why the hen had stuck poop in the first place...
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    worms

    Thank you for all the responses. Unfortunately she didn't make it. I tried really hard to help her and spent two full days caring for her wound and pulling maggots out but it was way too late.. I really wish I caught it earlier 😢 She was basically a pet and a family member. I will share my new...
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    worms

    Thanks again. I gave her two baths, cleaned her well and then spent a long time pulling the maggots out of her vent with tweezers. There were hundreds of them and probably many more will keep coming out of the vent. I am afraid she is full of them if they went in? I will monitor and repeat the...
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    worms

    Thank you so much!!! This was very helpful. I asked 5 of my chicken friends but nobody has experienced this and I wasn't finding anything helpful on the internet. But by your description, it looks like it might be flystrike. I will bathe her immediately and do more research on this topic. Thank...
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    worms

    I don't even know how to clean the poop off, any good tricks? It is hard and really stuck to the feathers all around her bottom.
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    worms

    Hello, I just discovered one of our 4 hens has a lot of stuck poop on her bottom and when I looked closely, I saw a bunch of worms in her vent. It is quite gross and I am not able to take a photo to show. Any idea what it might be and what I can do to help her? She is eating and drinking and...
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