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    Antibiotics for chickens - suggestions?

    Duramycin. It is labeled for cattle and swine, but my vet uses it off-label for poultry and other animals as well. It is a broad spectrum antibiotic (oxytetracycline) and is well tolerated in chickens. Available at Tractor Supply
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    Help! Hen's vent covered in maggots. Treatment?

    Yeah I know, but new information may prove useful to others finding themselves in similar situations.
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    Help! Hen's vent covered in maggots. Treatment?

    You asked to be corrected if what you said about "nothing will kill maggots" is not true. Ok, so this is your "correction"! ;) Maggots are easily treated with 1% Ivermectin injectable, .1ml into the breast muscle for a standard sized chicken, in my case, a Buff Orpington. 1% Ivermectin is...
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    Need help diagnosing/fixing sick chicken with flystrike. What caused this? *GRAPHIC PICS*

    Maggots from Flystrike, or any maggot infestation, is best treated with 1% Ivermectin injectable. Soaking is good to get off the ones on the surface and anywhere the water can reach, but an abscess can be full of them and a water bath will do no good. Also, any freshly laid fly eggs will also...
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    Need help diagnosing/fixing sick chicken with flystrike. What caused this? *GRAPHIC PICS*

    This is not entirely true. Yes DE will not kill maggots but it WILL control the fly issue so they don't GET maggots to start with. FYI
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