Severe flystrike, urgent!

[jonalisa]

Check for parasites? That’s the most common reason for head shaking I’ve seen.

She has since stopped and doing very well, but she's in my kitchen and I'm always with her...watching.

 

[cherrynberry]

Good luck!

 

[jonalisa]

I just bathed her. She's agitated and wants out of the crate and out of the house. I have been bathing her 2x a day and then slathering her with Neosporin. No maggots since day 2. Today I bathed her and blow-dried her. She's still a little damp, so I sprayed her with Veterycin and put her crate half in a sunny area. When she is fully dry I will do Neosporin again. The edges of the round wound area are getting thick, tough and crusty...like a moist scab.

 

[jonalisa]

Good luck!

Thanks so much for the support, I really appreciate it!

 

[Eggcessive]

Your puppy is so cute. Glad that your chicken has no more maggots. Can you get a new picture in the next few days?

 

[jonalisa]

Well, her skin is mostly scabbed over with no maggots since day 2. How will I know when she can go back with the flock? I am worried that her rear is all skin and no feathers, so if I am able to crate her in the coop and eventually get her accepted - will they attack her bare skin?

 

[jonalisa]

Your puppy is so cute. Glad that your chicken has no more maggots. Can you get a new picture in the next few days?

I will get a pic today!

 

[cherrynberry]

Well, her skin is mostly scabbed over with no maggots since day 2. How will I know when she can go back with the flock? I am worried that her rear is all skin and no feathers, so if I am able to crate her in the coop and eventually get her accepted - will they attack her bare skin?

Not for me, Stacey has a bare butt still. I check it nearly every day, the others dont bully her.

 

[Eggcessive]

You can try some supervised visits to see if they peck her. I have used BluKote blue spray to hide wounds before with good results. My 2 polish hens got their heads pecked and scalped a couple of times a years. Some say it doesn’t work for them. Others say that vaseline, Neosporin, bag balm, or similar ointments will keep them from pecking because it is sticky on their beaks.

 

[jonalisa]

Well my photos are not sharp because I'm shaky, but I'll upload a few and then a video that is easier to see. I let her out today in a small area. My husband then let the chickens out while I was out, because, well, husbands.
Nothing happened. So he feels justified that he is Master of the Chickens.