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I'll get a picture when it's light outside. There are 1-2" gaps for ventilation that the chickens will stick their heads through to grab grass, even at night, so I'm assuming that's when it happened. The coyotes can't get into the coop, but my hens aren't afraid of other animals either so even...

It seems as though a coyote has tried attacking one of my hens. She has a nasty wound on her neck with a hole. I thought there was grass stuck to the wound but instead it is the grass she has been eating that is coming out the side of her neck. She is still acting fine, walking, eating...

I didn't see any maggots but I do plan to get a better look tomorrow when I clean it with vetericyn and will update everyone then. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.

Fortunately I didn't see anything in the wound other than what I'm seeing in this photo. I do plan to get a better look tomorrow when I try cleaning it with vetericyn. She still seems to be eating and drinking fine but flies have been awful this year for us which makes me think it could be...

Thank you so much! I appreciate any guidance I can get. It has been a while since I owned chickens so I'd say I'm still a little rusty on my knowledge. I haven't seen any maggots in this wound at all and it doesn't appear to go super deep but it does resemble all the photos I've seen of...

Can someone tell me if this is flystrike on my hens chest? I've had chickens my whole life and never dealt with flystrike before. If it is flystrike, how do I treat it?