Help please...my pet chicken is infested with maggots. How can I remove them or should I just cull him?

Question

I have a pet chicken that was fine a couple of days ago. I went out side to day to feed him and noticed that his rump was covered in f***s. When I went to clean him off, I found hundreds of maggots. I don't know if I should try to remove them or if I should just cull my chicken...I really don't want to do this because I love my pet chicken a lot! Please if anyone can offer some advice it would be greatly appreciated.

There are NO vets in my area that help chickens...I've already looked and called around. I've already tried to remove some of them, but they are VERY difficult to remove.

And please...no negative comments of how I don't take care of my animals and blah, blah, blah. I care for my animals and that is why I am seeking help.

Thank you all very much :)

Answer 1

The poor thing! This may sound horrible, but it sounds like the chicken had an open wound, and it was exposed for too long without treatment, and has developed gangreen or septicemia. Maggots and leaches normally help alleviate any infection (they are used in medical surgery) but if there are too many, its a problem. Get some betadene, Dettol, savlon, or any other disinfectsnt that you can find, and dab it where the maggots are. It will poison them slowly and kill them off.

THIS NEXT OPTION IS A LIFE SAVER FOR MANY CASES LIKE THIS:

Alternatively, you could go to your local drug store, and buy some pure peroxide. A 40% strangth is good for this case. You take some warm water and cotton wool, or earbuds, and mix about 50ml water, and 50ml peroxide, and dab it on the wound. It will fizz and ooze with puss if the wound is infected, dont worry, it is normal. Doctors use this in severe cases with patients that have chronic infections in open wounds, gangreen, or septicemia. Its the Ultimate bacterial killer and it works.

1. Dab some on the open wound

2. Wait 2 mins, and rinse it well with water.

3. Dab it again

4. Rinse it again.

5. Repeat this at least 3 times a day until the maggots and infection (pussing & oozing) is gone.

Make sure to rinse it off well when you are done Dabbing it on the wound. This has worked miracles for many people, and animals.

Seeming that there is no Vet close to you, this is the best thing that you can do for it. Dont kill it, it would be cruel. If its still alive, i believe it has a fighting chance.

Hope this helps you and good luck =] I wish for the best for the chicken!!

Answer 2

I think your best bet is to try to remove the maggots. And if there aren't any vets nearby, you just have to travel. It depends on how much you love your chicken...

Or maybe you could try looking up something online and order some sort of medication.

Answer 3

I would recommend cleaning as much of the f***s off as possible and looking for a wound or a broken pin feather in the area that may have attracted the flies in the first place.  The good news is that maggots only eat dead flesh so you don't have to worry about them harming him further.  Many human doctors use sterile maggots in wounds that won't heal to help promote healing.  The bad news is that the maggots you have are not sterile and may introduce infection into the wound.  If you want to clean them out a pair of tweezers and someone to hold your chicken will be very helpful.  Make sure to separate your chicken from the rest of the flock as they can be cannibalistic when one is injured.  Keep a close eye on appetite as well as defecation.  Make sure you chicken doesn't have loose stool.  Hope that helps!

Answer 4

umm theres vets and specialists online yuu can talk to.

Just go to google and type "talk to the vet"

be aware that yuu may be charged for chatting with a vet or asking a ?

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btw, i dont think its a good idea to pluck out itS feathers and put it in hot oil but then again idk everything so dont listen to meh...

Answer 5

bathe the chicken and remove them manually...if you can...put some type of antiseptic on it and keep checking it for maggots...it must have had a sore or something for the maggots to be laid on there anyway...how horrible a job...good luck dear!

Answer 6

Heat  5 cups of Olive oil to about 270 degrees.

Pluck Chicken feathers.

Place chicken in oil for about 10 minutes.

No maggots.

Salt and Pepper

Answer 7

Here's all I've found on the internet so far about a chick that had maggots:  "There was a hole the size of a silver dollar under its wing and small maggots on the wound. You could see the insides so I didn't think it could make it but set out with tweezers to remove the tiny maggots. Washed and dried the wound and applied PolySporin and that lucky chick stayed in the house for a long while. He survived and thrived."

Good luck with it.  You might try spraying the maggots with something to kill them, but it might injure the chicken through the open wound.  

Answer 8

i have no idea, but maybe you can try buying chicken dewormer. For now, i would say give him a bath if he will let you.

http://www.cheappetstore.com/Farm-Livest...

that is all i could find. Good Luck. PS what does cull mean? Kill?

Answer 9

Are you sure the chicken isn't wounded?  Maggots feed off off dead flesh.  You may have to flush the area with a water hose.