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  1. FarmGirlNE

    Open wound and maggots! What do I do?!?

    Thanks y'all... it's been a rough night, I haven't slept... I guess I need to suck it up and realize that's farm life... but it hurts a lot Quote: Yes, I know, wolfpacker, and knowing it wasn't anything that could be amputated and hopefully cured in that way, I knew I had to put him...
  2. FarmGirlNE

    Open wound and maggots! What do I do?!?

    I put him down tonight before I saw the posts here about not using tobacco, we dipped him... started pouring as soon as we got him dipped, once it stopped pouring I went back out to check him over, clean him up, pick off the maggots... he was in a lot of pain, wouldn't let me touch his back...
  3. FarmGirlNE

    Open wound and maggots! What do I do?!?

    Quote: I don't know what betadyne is, I'll look it up though.... bf's old German method for killing fleas is to boil tobacco into a "tea" solution, strain it, and spray/pour it on the animal... sounds sorta like what you're talking about, but with tobacco instead... do you think this would...
  4. FarmGirlNE

    Open wound and maggots! What do I do?!?

    Quote: I bet... seeing that yesterday was the nastiest thing I've ever seen... I don't have that much of a weak stomach, but it really grossed me out. bf was questioning my wanting to go into raising poultry and having a hatchery because of how grossed out I was and the fact that you have...
  5. FarmGirlNE

    Open wound and maggots! What do I do?!?

    We checked him over today, the Sevin killed a lot of them, he looks much better, we mixed up peroxide and water and put that on him... and I don't know how good this is, but sprayed flying insect spray on him to keep the flies away, did that last night because we couldn't clean him up last...
  6. FarmGirlNE

    Open wound and maggots! What do I do?!?

    Ok, not a chicken problem, but... I got this turkey from my neighbor, I didn't check him over when I got him... he acted healthy, his feathers were a bit ragged at the ends, but they were kept in a coop with no outside run, I figured he'd look healthier after free-ranging for awhile... also it...
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