Chicken with what appeared to be maggots

[robo coop]

I had witnessed the strangest thing today, this one chicken had been getting slower and hanging around the door of the coop when I looked at her today I smelled the
foulest odor and saw some what looked like maggots around her tail feathers and vent. Needless to say I took here out of the coop and put her out of her misery and cleaned out the coop thoroughly. Can anyone tell me if they have ever experienced such a thing before and what the hell it was?
Thanks so much,
Grossed out

 

[redhen]

Ugh... she probably had a prolapsed vent or a wound of some kind and the maggots got to her because of the open wound..
Poor thing..

 

[sourland]

If you have a rooster, check your other hens to make sure that his toenails or spurs aren't lacerating the hens' sides or backs. This damage frequently becomes maggot infested this time of year.

 

[chkn]

You can bathe the chicken and then apply Swat. It suffocates the little buggers.

 

[robo coop]

Thanks for the information, I did have a rooster but got rid of him because the poor girls were bare backs, it was tough to see . What a gruesome thing to see, maggots on a living thing instead of on the bottom of the trash can this time of year.