we all learn from these sad incidents... and unfortunately flystrike in poultry is more common than you might think (people hesitant to report) ...
:aww so very sorry you lost him...
get your self soem of those cheap disposable surgical type gloves (they come in handy for soooo many things especially when having to clean after animals!!!) ... that will help your natural repulsion of having to deal with the icky stuff /maggots on the bird...
Pouring nicotine tea (which by the...
http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction/kocan/vpar5333/5333ot5d.htm
...at the bottom of the article read about "blow flies"... these are usually the type you have problems with in poultry
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...the above statement is true...maggots should be vigorously controlled and removed and for the first two days you will need to do this every few hours cheking into the deeper tissues (including the vent!!!) and will probably need tweezers to remove the smaller ones that are embedded...