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How did you take care of those maggots? I have had friends remove them with tweezers and I have had friends use a solution to rinse the area and the maggots fall out. They got that solution from a vet.
It is important to keep the chickens free from poop. Flies get in the poop and lay maggot eggs which then hatch and the maggots feed on the poop and then feed on the live bird.
Any wound or poopy spot on a bird is a fly magnet........
We have taken birds to the laundry room and done a little 'butt wash' to make sure this doesn't happen. Would be good for us to hear how you helped your bird.
Grandma: I'm not sure how the maggots started. I've never seen her with any poop on her, or anyone else around here. She does have a lot of trouble with laying rubber eggs, regardless of the oyster shell we feed her. She had a lot of what looked like egg material seeping out of her vent, so I am guessing she had an egg crack inside. Either way, she was in distress, it was 90 degrees outside, and we're leaving for vacation Thursday. Her comb was almost white, and she gurgled when she breathed. We did what we thought was the humane thing, and put her down. Two days prior, she was up and running around. I think the combination of the excessive heat, and whatever ailment befell her, caused the problem to worsen quickly. On a different day, in different weather, I would probably have given her castor oil, a bath, and a crate to lay in. Hopefully I never see something like that again, though. It's haunting me.
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