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Oh gosh I’m not sure I can cull her, I’m the worlds biggest sook. Also here in Australia - guns are not common!

How do you cull?

Oh my goodness what an afternoon, it is horrendous. I gave her a third bath and felt like she was almost dead in my hands. I pulled feathers apart and went looking - and found those dreaded maggots. They were tiny, like I’m talking just hatched so thin but so horrid. I drowned so many of them...

Thank you for this, yes it certainly crawled back up there.. I am very new to chickens hence why researching to try and help her. She’s refused to come out of the box today, not eating or drinking and she looks miserable. I’m so scared for her, what if she’s in pain? I’ve had her for two years...

Thanks - I did already check for that but honestly couldn’t find anything on her? And isn’t flystrike quite quick to knock them down? She’s been off food for now 3 days.

well to update I have seen her drink quite a lot of the diluted apple cider vinegar that was mixed in the water bowl today. I’ve made her a special box filled with sugar cane mulch to sleep in and covered it with a towel for extra warmth and placed her in it and it inside the regular nesting...

Hello, my fist post here but I’m searching for some possible answers and/or advice. My chickens are all about 4 years old, savd from a battery farm so when I got them 2 years ago they had virtually no feathers across their chest etc. anyway they have thrived in our backyard and are lovely...