Please help diagnose

69E41746-26AD-4112-9A14-B33088D00146.jpeg
So here are the pictures of my hen. The first one is a few days after the flystrike (August 27) where you can see her internal lining bulging out where her skin was eaten away by the maggots. (I initially thought it was an abscess, but thankfully the knowledgeable folks here told me it wasn’t before I did something like lance it which would have certainly killed her!). The second two are 4 days later (August 31) and the area is starting to thicken up. The fourth picture is 4 days later (Sept 4) and you can see it’s still trying to slowly heal up. The 5th picture is a little over a month later (October 11) where it just looks caked with dirt and debris as it continued to heal. This is the way it stayed for a very long time - I couldn’t see what was happening under the dark caked area. The 6th and final picture is the one I took today( November 28) where I tried to get a shot of her backside behind all her fluffy feathers. It looks like she has some dry flaky skin that maybe is the last remnants of the healing, but other than that, there is no sign there was ever even an injury of any sort. I will get a better look when they molt next, but she is back to new. So don’t give up hope on your chickens. I don’t know if there is a way I can rename this thread “Flystrike” so it can help others in the future? If there is, please let me know. Thank you again to everyone that helped.
 

Attachments

  • DA8EA1AF-F63C-489E-BDB6-D6F9F0027413.jpeg
    DA8EA1AF-F63C-489E-BDB6-D6F9F0027413.jpeg
    494.9 KB · Views: 2
  • 5C3440E2-7E93-415D-8F89-F583E963018C.jpeg
    5C3440E2-7E93-415D-8F89-F583E963018C.jpeg
    560.9 KB · Views: 2
  • 3A45914E-CBA5-4266-90D5-0A06A0DBA40C.jpeg
    3A45914E-CBA5-4266-90D5-0A06A0DBA40C.jpeg
    529.4 KB · Views: 2
  • 461611F2-946F-4BF7-BD82-0D4DCC658642.jpeg
    461611F2-946F-4BF7-BD82-0D4DCC658642.jpeg
    478.2 KB · Views: 3
  • 8C0F37E9-F324-4E22-A262-BED1C1F7B195.jpeg
    8C0F37E9-F324-4E22-A262-BED1C1F7B195.jpeg
    397.4 KB · Views: 3

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom