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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    Into October and the hen is doing well after her molt. But she likes nestling down in potentially grubby spots. Watching for repeat flystrike
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    We just lost our mare to colic the week after the flystrike. We were determined to try and save this hen bc we were helpless when the vet gave us no hope. It was a day of surgery for hotses and colic. The closest hospital had 3 surgeries scheduled for 2 vets so our gal had to travel 45 min...
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    Post injury Day 47. Skin edges contracting to small point on their own. Hen weight stable. Activity normal
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    July 23, 2024. Watching weight. Loss 3 or 4 oz. Normal color and activity. Monitoring bowel function. Sprinkle probiotic on feed. Wound healing nicely.
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    Flystrike - back in the chicken hospital (dog crate in my mud room)

    Hens when stressed often don't lay. Mine stop during the moult and my hen is still not laying 3 weeks post flystrike. Could it be that your hen is developing sepsis or blood poisoning from her bout of fly strike? I started my hen on oral human amoxicillin I had left over from last winter's...
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    Does anyone know if we need to report cases to the DNR? Looking up screw flies they developed irradication programs by dropping sterilized males in the south because of herds and flocks being decimated. But I'm not sure what insect caused this. My son sent me a video he altered for our...
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    Looks even better one day later. I guess needed to get rid of the scab. https://photos.app.goo.gl/n7p1UznWrCQUs5iG7
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    No one I know of that has chickens around here even knows what fly strike is when I ask.. We didn't. Most fly maggots reproduce on carrion or manure. These maggots penetrate wounds or healthy tissue and can kill quickly.
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    Fly strike

    Any extra redness or swelling? Heat beyond normal? Is that a weeping trail of drainage? I just posted photos but of advanced fly strike = hole in abdomen packed with worms. Might be initial fly strike. Best to keep an eye on it. Did you cut the feathers or did she pluck them in irritation...
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    No one I know of that has chickens around here even knows what fly strike is when I ask. We didn't. Most fly maggots reproduce on carrion or manure. These maggots penetrate wounds or healthy tissue and can kill quickly. I posted so that folks don't give up on their chickens even with deep...
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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

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    Hello. Northern IL. Our hen has survived severe flystrike

    Our silver lace wyandotte hen was found to have a maggot filled hole below her cloaca on a hot day when my son was cooling our hens down in a wading trough on June 17, 2024. There was a sizeable cavelike hole coated in mat black left after all maggots were removed successfully with a modified...
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