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Jenski, The hen is netween 2 and 3 years. We adopted a flock that was being replaced for low egg production. They seem to produce just fine here. JP

Monday update about 6:30 PM Again thank you all for responses and advice. After a visit to the vet today, they are in fact maggots apparently from fly strike as described. The wound however while immediately adjacent to her vent is not from the vent. The vet says it is a tumor which expanded...

Crazy Chicken lady, We lived in Fulton County, central NY I guess, in the foot hills of the Adirondacs. We had Holstiens, a bunch of hogs, some ducks and some chickens. We live in MD now, I escaped the farm almost 30 years ago, look now, I'm trying to farm, go figure. Mtnhomechick, I...

Thank you both for your advise. We did do the bathing in saline solution as it seemed like a good thing to do, thanks for confirming that. We also used the prep H on the protrusion. Crazy Chicken Lady, I'm a New Yorker too, lived on a Dairy Farm, we had a few chickens there and I guess I...

We're new to having chickens, (about 3 months now. We adopted a mature flock. We have a hen with what I think appears to be a protuding vent. I can't say for sure as we haven't seen one before. While examining and trying to push it back in I saw what look like maggots. Are these worms which...