Hi everyone. I have a problem. My favorite and first chicken, ( only one left from 1st Generation ) Daisy is lethargic! I will go into the details, She is not walking around hardly at all. She is not eating. She has not layed since 3-4 days ago. At first I thought she was just on a normal egg- break. But she has gone too long without laying! She is a 2 year old Buff Orpington hen.
She lives with 2 flock mates Spice and Hailey Both 1 year old Rhode Island Reds. They eat Dumor 16% Layer crumble. And they have fresh food and water available to them at all times. But that is not all, she has maggots in her feathers. All of my chickens are free range. Every morning I open the coop door to see my chickens and in out in the yard. Daisy is in critical condition and she is not even standing! Just laying over with her head drooping! Please help my baby! Without her I am not the same! That's why my profile name is DaisyBuff! I hope you can help me! I know maggots can get into all types of toxins she may of ate some and became sick? Or egg bound? Some gastrointestinal infection? I found her laying in an awkward position earlier and I am worried, do I need to separate her? Pictures below.
She lives with 2 flock mates Spice and Hailey Both 1 year old Rhode Island Reds. They eat Dumor 16% Layer crumble. And they have fresh food and water available to them at all times. But that is not all, she has maggots in her feathers. All of my chickens are free range. Every morning I open the coop door to see my chickens and in out in the yard. Daisy is in critical condition and she is not even standing! Just laying over with her head drooping! Please help my baby! Without her I am not the same! That's why my profile name is DaisyBuff! I hope you can help me! I know maggots can get into all types of toxins she may of ate some and became sick? Or egg bound? Some gastrointestinal infection? I found her laying in an awkward position earlier and I am worried, do I need to separate her? Pictures below.
I am going to treat her asap before this gets worse. Yep, it looks like she has flystrike. My camera has failed to work ( as usual) but even though I don't have the ability to post pictures now , I will keep you all updated!
She layed yet another egg! She is eating and drinking and laying great! Like she doesn't even have fly strike! I am still going to wait a bit longer before returning her to her flock since Hailey and Spice might start bullying her and pecking on her wound. She went to her flock for about 5 minutes this afternoon like a little visit. No luck with cam!
I've tried everything! Sorry! Here is what her wound looks like now. Round shape directly under vent. Sticking out about 3 centimeters, has a big black, ( that's dried blood ) patch right in the middle. Swelling has gone down a lot. She is very brave! I might release her to her flock later this week, depending on her wound. Since you never want to let an hurt or injured chicken into their flock before fully recovered,( that is a recipe for disaster ) Anyway she is recovering well, and I think she is going to make it!
Good news she is going back to her flock tomorrow morning! Thank you everyone for helping us on our journey! As I have never dealt with fly strike before you helped me so much, and if any other chicken gets fly strike again, ( which I hope will never happen ) I will know what to do. I really wish I could post a recent photo now! Still no luck with camera....
