The more mature looking Ivory Sasso is a little fiesty, which got me thinking rooster but also crouches down if I pet it which I'm thinking is hen behaviour ?
Quick update: There have been no further maggots. I kept her inside for a week spraying with vetericin, then putting on polysporin a couple times daily, soaking as needed. She's eating drinking and pooping well. Behaviour seems back to normal. She has a scabbed area on her bottom. I let her go...
Thank you!! So far no more maggots for 36+ hours but I will keep checking for a couple more days just in case. Does anyone know how long they can continue to reoccur? I am using vetericin several times a day after cleaning but now that there haven't been maggots I will add polysporin.
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I am in Canada. My local feed mill doesn't have it. I don't see any more maggots today, but I'll keep soaking and treating. She is eating some and pooping. I will kepp treating with the Vetericin. I'm still not confident about recovery but she seems a little brighter
Thanks, I am going to check if I can get permethrin today but not sure it's something available in my area. I read to use polysporin on one website but then also read that the moistness promotes a more favourable environment for the magots so I wasn't sure to use or not.
OK, thanks so much for the advice. I did read to only use peroxide once or twice and I've started putting Vetricyn on after, which I've had good luck with in the past with other wounds.
I just did one more soak and clean up before bed and it seems like I was able to get most if not all out for...
Our favourite hen is 7-8years old - the last couple days she seemed quieter and been panting, but we're in a heat wave. I noticed her bottom was poopy so I brought her in to soak and clean her up and was going to keep her out of the heat for a couple days inside the house as she doesn't do great...
Wondering if anyone can help me out with sexing these two Orpington's (lavender and golden laced) -8 weeks in these photos. I have been assuming they are both pullets but the Orpington hen I have been comparing with has a much larger comb and wattles than usual I noticed now that I have been...
Dang, I think you may be correct. Here a couple poor photos I snapped tucking them in tonight, didn't do well to get the comb in the lighting as it kept blurring but I think those are some saddle feathers 🤦♀️
I have a pair of silver laced Wyandotte's, 8 weeks old. I have been thinking a pullet and a cockerel pretty much all along...am I correct in assuming this based on colour and combs? I know Wyandottes can have more colour to their combs earlier so I could me wrong but the assumed male has had a...