#flystrike

  1. Honey_the_Pekin

    Pekin Duck with flystrike ???

    I just moved to Alabama from Ohio and I brought my two pet Pekin ducks of course. well on one of them I noticed there was what looked like dirt or poop all over her behind/vent area. Well when I got a closer look there were maggots everywhere on her skin, just eating away at her 😢. There was no...
  2. D

    Fly Strike

    I was devastated to find Marybeth my silver laced Wyandotte with fly strike Wednesday morning. I started bathing her to remove the maggots. I did this about 7 times that day and continuing 3xs a day through Friday. Saturday I bathed her twice and once Sunday since I was no longer seeing any...
  3. vonmatter

    Flystrike or broken knee? Thanks for any help.

    Hey guys, Good morning, Thanks in advance for all suggestions and comments , I’m located in a partially isolated area and can’t reach a vet easily so I appreciate any help. I’ve been absent for a week on my return my Orpington hen was not walking, on close observation I came across those...
  4. HOW TO CURE FLYSTRIKE!

    HOW TO CURE FLYSTRIKE!

    Hello everyone! This is a guide about how to save your chickie or duckie from flystrike! I'm going to put the how to first, just in case you’re in dire need of this information. At the end of this article I will write about my story and how I came to find this. *Epsom...
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  5. G

    Help!! Flystrike!!!

    Help!! I have just found one of my chickens of deaths door, so I checked her over and I have just found maggots in her vent!! So I’m understanding is that this would be flystrike, we have never had this in any of our chickens before!! What do I do by prevent my other chickens getting this...
  6. fuscia

    What Happened to Petra

    I had 2 hybrid chickens and I read they only live 3-4 years. The day after the first passed the other began limping. I took her to an exotic vet expecting euthanasia and was surprised when she wanted me to try pain meds and antibiotics. She was closing up shop and would not be able to follow up...
  7. R

    Flystrike and Now my hen can't walk

    Please help! Last week I discovered that my favorite hen had flystrike. I gave her four salt baths and removed all the maggots. This all happened just 1/2 an hour before I had to leave town for 3 days. I wasn't able to give her the care I would if I was home, so I returned her to the coop and...
  8. LittleBird123

    Flystrike Please Help!

    I noticed today that one of my hens has a huge wound covered in maggots right under her vent. I washed it out, picked out all of the maggots, put peroxide on it, then put screw worm medication on it, after that I put some peroxide diluted in water on it and got some dead tissue away. lastly I...
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