Thanks for your ideas-- I'm definitely learning a lot from dealing with this! She gets very agitated when I apply any pressure to the scab. She's a lot weaker today and not eating well. I think I'm stressing her. On the one hand, hens are so tough! And on the other, they're little bodies...
I've been a reader on this forum for a while but haven't posted until now-- when I'm not sure what to do! I came back from vacation and found my speckled sussex had a maggot infestation around her vent. When I cleaned her off, I discovered she had something that looks like a mix between a...