Help! My last barred rock is on one leg! Literally!!!!!

[Kiki]

Another chicken pecking her can rip her open like that too but double check for a nail or staple.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The biggest thing is to get all the maggots out of the wound. Applying ointment can wait a few hours (until you can get some).

 

[Eggcessive]

Flystrike, which looks like it to me on the wound over her tail (and the preen or oil gland is closeby,) may require several baths over a day or two to get all of the maggots out. Use soapy water or whatever you have available. Do you have some plain vaseline that you could combine with betadine or not, and coat the wound? That would help to smother the maggots, and vaseline or petroleum jelly is the base for most antibiotic ointments. Get some plain neosporin or bacitracin when possible. You have received good advice on electrolytes and treatment. Try to get her to eat and rest between treatments. Good luck.

 

[Stajemahal]

Flystrike, which looks like it to me on the wound over her tail (and the preen or oil gland is closeby,) may require several baths over a day or two to get all of the maggots out. Use soapy water or whatever you have available. Do you have some plain vaseline that you could combine with betadine or not, and coat the wound? That would help to smother the maggots, and vaseline or petroleum jelly is the base for most antibiotic ointments. Get some plain neosporin or bacitracin when possible. You have received good advice on electrolytes and treatment. Try to get her to eat and rest between treatments. Good luck.

I do have some petroleum jelly?
Could I apply this to the wound or even both wounds to help until i can get some ointment? I also have some surgical grade cleanser.
Will any of these work???

 

[Kiki]

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I do have some petroleum jelly?
Could I apply this to the wound or even both wounds to help until i can get some ointment? I also have some surgical grade cleanser.
Will any of these work???

All three look good to use to me.

 

[Stajemahal]

All three look good to use to me.

Will any of these kill the maggots?

 

[Kiki]

Will any of these kill the maggots?

I'm not sure.
Vaseline will smother them out.

 

[Stajemahal]

I'm not sure.
Vaseline will smother them out.

Okay. Thanks so much

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree that you can use those--just follow the directions on the label. The antibiotic ointment is equal to Polysporin, and fine. Any soap or antiseptic soap and waterwill help to kill maggots. Use a magnifying glass and tweezers if necessary. Since your Epsom salts mixture with ginger and clay is for humans to soak in, it should be safe for your chicken as well.

 

[Stajemahal]

So... update.
My BR is eating. Still not drinking. But I have been giving her water filled vegetables.
Still alive.
Legs been treated with ointment and antibiotic spray as seen above.
I saw her vent today.
Maybe it is the stress, but I believe it has prolapsed.
I watched a video instructing me to push the protrusion back in using petroleum jelly.
Could she be egg bound?
How would I be sure?
The video also instructed me to try and push the egg back in so that she could try and pass it.
Why couldn't I just remove it?