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  1. avoelker

    help - large external ulcer [w/graphic pic]

    Update - Day 17 I believe my hen has survived the fly strike. She's acting normal for her in her flock, and healing, etc. Attached are some pictures. After Day 7, I started her on Penicillin G, 0.25cc per day for 5 days. She was noticeably peppier after two days of that treatment. Around...
  2. avoelker

    help - large external ulcer [w/graphic pic]

    Update - Day 4 My hen is still doing okay. She still eats all the mealworms I put in front of her, and is running around when I let her. For the first three days, she got multiple Epsom Salt baths. The maggots were finally all gone on Day 3. On Day 2 she got an irrigation with H2O2 +...
  3. avoelker

    help - large external ulcer [w/graphic pic]

    I appreciate the posters above for identifying this issue as fly strike. I had no idea, and it must have manifested from nothing to the current situation in just a couple days. Now that I've investigated the matter, I shall endeavor to provide the intensive treatment required. She is eating...
  4. avoelker

    help - large external ulcer [w/graphic pic]

    Today, I found my 3 year old Rhode Island Red hen, with a large area of torn skin, just below the vent. I soaked her a few times in an Epsom Salt bath, and removed 100+ maggots and drained the yellow area, and removed part of a soft egg from her vent. I covered the area with a gauze pad and...
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