I have an emergency

[chickity-chick]

There are white maggots in my chicken feeder. They are small and white with black dots on one end as a head. I’m so scared what do I do? Do I remove the feeder that has the food infested? Are they ok? Please help me!

 

[sourland]

Sounds like your feed got wet and spoiled. I would empty, sanitize and dry out the feeders before refilling them.

 

[chickity-chick]

Sounds like your feed got wet and spoiled. I would empty, sanitize and dry out the feeders before refilling them.

It’s new feed- I emptied out that feeder and hoses it per your recommendation. I don’t see any maggots in my trash can fill of the rest of that bag of food- but I’m not sure they are really small and hard to see. Should I toss that too? Even if I don’t see any? Are my chickens going to be ok if they ate some?