Flystrike

[cherrynberry]

Here is today's:


Its looking better...hoping its just a glitch.

I am positive it was a one time thing. Her egg from yesterday:

 

[HeatherKellyB]

The past Saturday, just after midnight I finished reading this thread, I got a sinking feeling that I needed to go check my girls. Well, sure enough my Barred Rock Hen, "Curly Sue", had a really dirty butt. I don't know how I missed it, but it was to the point where every poop was building up. I took her into my shop and placed her in the dog tub and washed her bottom. She had an area below her vent that was bright red & inflamed. Thankfully there was no Flystrike, moist & raw or open skin. Since it was around 1am, I wasn't up for drying her, so she slept in a dog kennel in my shop for the night. She rejoined her flock the next morning with dry & clean butt fluff. I've kept a close eye on her ever since and she's not had any other problems. Thank you for this thread. I feel confident that my sweet Sue would be suffering with/from flystrike if it wasn't for this reminder. From my flock to yours, I wish you the best

 

[cherrynberry]

The past Saturday, just after midnight I finished reading this thread, I got a sinking feeling that I needed to go check my girls. Well, sure enough my Barred Rock Hen, "Curly Sue", had a really dirty butt. I don't know how I missed it, but it was to the point where every poop was building up. I took her into my shop and placed her in the dog tub and washed her bottom. She had an area below her vent that was bright red & inflamed. Thankfully there was no Flystrike, moist & raw or open skin. Since it was around 1am, I wasn't up for drying her, so she slept in a dog kennel in my shop for the night. She rejoined her flock the next morning with dry & clean butt fluff. I've kept a close eye on her ever since and she's not had any other problems. Thank you for this thread. I feel confident that my sweet Sue would be suffering with/from flystrike if it wasn't for this reminder. From my flock to yours, I wish you the best

Thats good to hear! I definitely think this thread could give people encouragement because most threads on flystrike ended up badly. Good luck to your flock! And good night!

 

[trudyg]

So, this is my problem--how do you catch your chicken to do all the washing? Mine are wild. I can only get them if I grab them at night and put them in a crate until daylight. I'm afraid they'll hurt themselves flapping as I get them out of the crate. I do fine getting them at night to dose with oral medication, but the butt washing baffles me. I just can't catch them when it's convenient for me to do the wash. I leave the house at 5 am and don't get back until 5 pm. If I could easily catch at least one a day, I'd wash them often. But I can rarely catch even one. So, I get 2 every night (I have 2 crates) and then, once I get home, I do the butt wash. And it's hot here, so I hate to leave them in the crate all day even if they are under cover. any suggestions?

 

[Sally PB]

I go into the coop after dark. I have a headlamp with a red light, and they know something is in there, but I can do what I need to do.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So, this is my problem--how do you catch your chicken to do all the washing? Mine are wild. I can only get them if I grab them at night and put them in a crate until daylight. I'm afraid they'll hurt themselves flapping as I get them out of the crate. I do fine getting them at night to dose with oral medication, but the butt washing baffles me. I just can't catch them when it's convenient for me to do the wash. I leave the house at 5 am and don't get back until 5 pm. If I could easily catch at least one a day, I'd wash them often. But I can rarely catch even one. So, I get 2 every night (I have 2 crates) and then, once I get home, I do the butt wash. And it's hot here, so I hate to leave them in the crate all day even if they are under cover. any suggestions?

Sounds like late evening when they go to roost would be the best time for you to catch your hens and tend to them.

Are you having to constantly wash them?

 

[trudyg]

I don't want to hijack the thread but, yes, they constantly have dirty butts.

 

[cherrynberry]

I don't want to hijack the thread but, yes, they constantly have dirty butts.

Make sure to keep up with it. I had to wash Stacey's butt several times after her wound healed as well, because poop can cause irritation to their skin as well, plus she is still missing her feathers on her butt, she looks quite silly right now