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  1. Thegoodwife

    Milky poo and yolkless eggs-possible internal laying

    Henny died during the day. Now only two chickens left and one is getting a dark looking comb, not sure what this means :( hasn't been a good week.
  2. Thegoodwife

    Milky poo and yolkless eggs-possible internal laying

    Oh no.I think we are about to go through the same thing as you. I just had another chicken PTS for a terrible case of fly strike and this morning I went to feed the girls and one was sitting by my back door in a puddle of what seems to be clear milky fluid. I noticed her comb going darker this...
  3. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    The maggots ate away all the dead skin so it was a huge gaping wound. I cleaned it but as quickly as I removed the maggots more were appearing. I put her in a bucket of water and literally hundreds of 2 millimetre long maggots floated but there were still more coming out. She was eating and...
  4. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Well I went to bring henny in for the night yesterday and had a look at her bum and it was fly blown again with maggots eating out several different areas around the original wound. I should have kept her inside instead of letting her with the flock so soon. I cleaned the wound this morning but...
  5. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Hello friends!!! Henny is still alive. I have been putting her in the pen during the day and coming in at night. She has some of her vigor back but is keeping her bottom down favouring the area. It has reduced in size still and no fluid is below the skin. I am not being too harsh removing dead...
  6. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Its quite stiff so I cant really rub away the tissue. I have been trimming the edges as it comes off though. What kind of antibiotic cream could I use? I dont want to take off the dead skin completely because her poo still runs down the back and it would just infect an open wound. Not sure...
  7. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Henny was more perky this afternoon when I got home from work. I let her out and she began eating grass and scratching the dirt. She was out for about 2 hours before getting tired and I put her back in her cage. Still cleaning twice a day with warm water and salt. The leathery patch is still...
  8. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Well the wound is healing and she is eating and drinking but is still lethargic so I will let her take her time and keep her away from flies and the heat until she is better.
  9. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Eggcessive I havent got her antibiotics yet but if she makes it to the weekend I will. Well heres the update - I found the wound on friday night and removed all the maggots drained the wound and cleaned it. I have kept her inside since then with only a few short times in the garden to get some...
  10. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    @ seminole wind I think you have hit the nail on the head. I think it is a fly blown wound with dead skin over it and the liquid in under the superficial layer of skin. It is like a balloon and is not hard at all, I have felt through around the are for any EYP and cannot find any. I phoned the...
  11. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Well she made it through the night. Once again the black area is looking even SMALLER, soaked her in warm salty water this morning and cleaned the area. No maggots, she is eating and drinking lots and is just resting in her cage. Its quite a warm day here so she is inside away from the flies and...
  12. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    It certainly seems like you can get the fluid but it doesn't help the cause of it being there. It the most simple terms I can use for this situation ****. Now what do I do, wait to see how she goes or take her to the vet to put her to sleep.
  13. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    I have just made a small incision through the dead tissue and used a syringe to suck out what I can. It was yellow like urine with a few floaty bits. Her bum is SIGNIFICANTLY smaller today then it was yesterday. I uploaded a pic so you can see the difference. I emptied as much out as possible...
  14. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Look she isnt a family pet really, just here for the gardens and the eggs. I couldn't kill her myself though, I don't have it in me. I'd rather try everything possible before I take her to the vet to get put down.. I felt around the area and it was mostly just clear fluid which we let out. I...
  15. Thegoodwife

    Poultry Fly Strike...a cautionary tale with GRAPHIC photo progression.

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/935865/chicken-butt-problems-cant-find-any-info-online I have just read your thread after posting my own cry for help, do you think it could be the same thing? My hens butt wound seems to have healed over and is full of clear fluid and was hot when we drained it.
  16. Thegoodwife

    Chicken butt problems - cant find any info online!!!!

    Tonight when I let my girls out for their arvo free range time in the yard I noticed one was dirty around the bum so I got a tub of warm soapy water to wash her and when I picked her up and had a closer look I realized there was a much worse problem. Her bum hole is fine and she has been...
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