HELP Found my barred rock full of maggots

[Jtaranc]

Mainly

It sounds like she's in good, competent hands with you. I think the wound will heal if you can keep it clean and keep the flies off of it. How does your clinic treat flystrike? You may want to ask your vet for their opinion.

Mainly hydro therapy and flushing the wound and then preferably keeping them somewhere away from flies while they heal. Sometimes we do antibiotics based on infection. There is a spray for cows called screw worm spray you can coat wounds with to keep them from getting reinfested.

We see a lot of ducks with maggots because people tend to keep them in small spaces where they can't dry out and they muddy and wet and get dermatitis/fly strike.

I spent an entire shift one time picking maggots off a pekin duck.

 

[Sally PB]

There is a spray for cows called screw worm spray you can coat wounds with to keep them from getting reinfested.

Is this something you can use on a chicken? Would TSC have it, or is it by prescription only?

 

[Eggcessive]

Is this something you can use on a chicken? Would TSC have it, or is it by prescription only?

It is permethrin and available at many online stores.

 

[Jtaranc]

Is this something you can use on a chicken? Would TSC have it, or is it by prescription only?

Our tractor supply sells it. I have used it on my turkey who got fly strike after a fight with our rooster.