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Barnette said:
Let's talk about gross chicken diseases! Ooh how about fly strike???
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LTAY1946 said:
Never had it with my chickens. I think that is a maggot feeding on live chickens is it not? Tell me more. Pictures? Cause? Cure?
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I had it once on a senior Buff Orpington. Unfortunately she passed away the next day. I think from all the stress of the handling and everything or maybe just her injuries? She liked handling but having to take care of the wound and everything. The cause is usually a wound a fly lays eggs in. You have to bathe them and/or pick every single maggot out. If you leave even one it’s bad news. I also heard spraying with salt water kills them so I did that. I think it was too much on her. :hit
 
I've got to make the coop rounds. Might get a shower of rain later but chance is slim. It's going to get mostly cloudy by 11 so I'm turning the pump on and start watering the bean and main corn patch. Mostly likely I'll get a nap in after lunch while the corn is getting a much needed drink.
 
LTAY1946 said:
I've got to make the coop rounds. Might get a shower of rain later but chance is slim. It's going to get mostly cloudy by 11 so I'm turning the pump on and start watering the bean and main corn patch. Mostly likely I'll get a nap in after lunch while the corn is getting a much needed drink.
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I’m going to clubhouse today. I need it lol
 
LTAY1946 said:
Never had it with my chickens. I think that is a maggot feeding on live chickens is it not? Tell me more. Pictures? Cause? Cures?
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Well... I won't send pictures. I've never seen it myself, but my parents had to deal with it before I was born and my mom says she still has nightmares. But it's basically when a chicken gets past butt and flies lay eggs in the poop on the butt. When the eggs hatch, well... dinner! It's horrible. It can be treated by picking out the maggots, and prevented by bathing the chickens with pasty butt. That's all I know. I'm curious how many people have had to deal with this and if they had nightmares afterwards?
 
Barnette said:
Well... I won't send pictures. I've never seen it myself, but my parents had to deal with it before I was born and my mom says she still has nightmares. But it's basically when a chicken gets past butt and flies lay eggs in the poop on the butt. When the eggs hatch, well... dinner! It's horrible. It can be treated by picking out the maggots, and prevented by bathing the chickens with pasty butt. That's all I know. I'm curious how many people have had to deal with this and if they had nightmares afterwards?
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We clean pasty but in the brooder by washing as soon as we see it. Also ACV in the water along with sugar instead of electrolytes helps prevent it. Treats of boiled egg yolk crumbled up fine in a very moderate amount keep them well fed along with starter crumbles.
 

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