- Apr 20, 2011
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We have an 11 month old Buff Orphington Hen who has foot problems and so she can't get on the roost at night, she instead lays in a corner of her hen house that we keep nice and clean. Today I noticed that her waste has noticeably started building up on her backside so I decided to clean it very well today, when I started washing her I discovered that some of her body is protruding from her vent and above that there is a wound that has maggots in it (the brown circle, you can't make out the maggots in the picture but there are a TON of them). I have no idea what to do. She will never be able to roost and therefore able to keep from soiling that part of herself during the night. Am I going to be going against the slope of nature to even try and resolve this?
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