Flystrike

[Plinky]

She seems better. Actually stood up. She is very thin though. I thought I read not to use the penicillin for more than 4 days. Gosh I certainly don't want to mishandle antibiotics and contribute to creating resistant super bugs.
I'm worried about getting the bad tissue off. I have too many doubts about how and how much, etc. to do it myself. I want to post a picture but my antiquated electronics are not cooperating. I stopped by a vet that had treated another chicken a couple of years ago (at great cost). Unfortunately they want $65 just to look at. Add on to that for treating or euthanizing.

 

[coach723]

Penicillin is usually very well tolerated. It's worse to stop too early. Without pictures it's hard to know exactly what you are dealing with. Keep it clean, continue putting neosporin (or what you are using) on it. You can also use veterycin spray on it, that is very helpful with healing. I would clean it daily, you can use a warm, wet, clean washcloth, or gauze pads to clean off any debris or dead or dying tissue. And watch for any more maggots. If it's not getting worse, the tissue should start looking healthier, and bad odor should be going away. A clean wound should just smell like, well, chicken. You should be able to tell the difference between scabbing, and dying, infected tissue.
This link has some pictures of a wound (not flystrike) during healing and what it looks like, may help you:
http://richie-cunningham.com/2012/04/11/chicken-wound-healing-process/

 

[Plinky]

I truly appreciate the help of those who have given me advice here. Blinky is standing up and ate some watered down egg yolk mixed with a bit of feed. She is pooping some. It is green and liquidy. However, the last stuff I really saaw her eating were some dandelions I threw into the run last Friday. She must have already been in bad shape, but she ate them. I am posting a picture. It's graphic and gross. You can barely see her vent at the bottom of the wound. The goopy stuff is remaining neosporin before cleaning and re-medicating. I think it goes through to her insides and that the dark areas are necrotic.
The big question is: can a chicken recover from a wound like that w/o removing tissue and stitching, or even then?

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