Thank you. Yes, you were right about what the "bubble" was. I was not familiar with the term, but that is what the vet said. I didn't end up trying pine tar.
Update - Thank you all so much for your help. Last night I could not find any more maggots and she was drinking water. This morning we bathed her again and only saw 2. We went to the vet who was extremely kind and helpful. He did recommend euthanasia, particularly because of her age and her low...
I think? Light shines through. Because we weren't here, I don't know if that was there before the flies and is unrelated, or if its resulting from the flies.
Thank you so much for replying. I'm attaching photos. I'm sorry, they are unpleasant. One shows the large marble sized thing. It is soft, below and to the right of her vent. Other photo shows skin on her right that the maggots got. It is dry currently there. Other photo shows now-clean spot on...
Thanks in advance for any help regarding this.
We went away for 10 days and the day we came back one of out older hens was acting sick. When I looked at her her back side was covered with maggots. They were centered around a marble sized abcess of some sort, which is not open. I have never dealt...