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[kittyl]

I sadly lost my lead hen to this yesterday, thankfully I found her & got her to the vet - too late to

save her life but at least I saved her from an awful death. She was a big personality & the garden is

quiet & too big without her

I bought some Rearguard from the vet to protect the others, I used it on a couple but it made their skin

very red & I'm worried about using it now. I've sent for some F10 spray to try. I found some old discussions

on here about this & wondered if anyone here uses these or anything else that seems to work.

Pickle had just been treated for a bad case of worms which may have attracted the flies. Its impossible

to stop the occasional poopy bottom, but in future any of my hens that have an increased risk I want to

protect. So I'd be grateful for any new information about this.

[The Dogmother]

Basically they have pretty sensitive skin, so anything sprayed on will make it go red for a bit. I'd wash any hens with dirty bottoms and spray with some diluted citronella oil to deter flies.

 

It might be worth looking at their diet and husbandry to see if there's a clue there; if you want to post here about their diet and your hen-keeping routine then we'd be happy to help.

[kittyl]

my hens are very clean, they freerange nearly all the time, I use Auboise in coop & run. I clean the coop

every morning, & poop pick the garden twice a day (& hose any mess I cant pick up) I dont have a fly

problem. They eat organic layers pellets & some corn/mealworms as treats in the afternoons. The week

leading up to what happened Pickle had worms, I had just finished the 7 days Flub treatment & was

intending to repeat this in a few weeks. I have read on RSPCA site that parasitic infection can make an

animal more susceptible to flystrike. I do clean up messy bums when needed, with scissors if it becomes

a problem. But I dont bath them every day - who does? They get cuddled alot so arent allowed to get too

smelly! It only takes one fly & 2 hours for this to happen, I know others on this forum have experienced

this, and I'm sure most will have been horrified like me & gone to lengths to prevent it ever happening

again, I'd love to know what they found that works. Citronella oil sounds a good idea to start, I could use

this around the vent holes of the coop too- this must be where the fly got in - thanks.

[Chic Chick]

I did a post about my hen having flystrike on August 11. It was too late to do anything for her. There is a very useful 'sticky' about flystrike in the questions about poultry health on the forum. This info is listed after my original posting. I hope you find something that works for your remaining hens.

[kittyl]

Thankyou chicchick, it's a sort of relief to here of someone else thats had this happen.

I've bought some F10, this kills the maggots as well as keeping flies away. Its expensive but

something I will now aways keep in the cupboard & use at this time of the year especially on any

vunerable hens. I believe that the flies got to Pickle very early that morning in the coop, by the time

I let them out they had started burrowing but she was eating so I didnt know to check, 2 hours later

she had become ill & it was too late, when she got to the vet she was too ill to even struggle

I think she'd gone into shock.

[Sheilaz]

Sometimes, as in your case, its just very bad luck that flystrike occurred in one place and not another.

I know how beastly it is as my neighbour's rabbits succumbed and they too had faultless animal husbandry, probably the least likely pets in the world to catch it! You did well to get her to the vets for the inevitable, and your precautions sound great.

You have my sympathy and best wishes x