Hatchability in turkey eggs stored for 15 days prior to setting improves if the incubator temperature during the fi rst 7-14 days of incubation is increased (Christensen and colleagues in 2003).
Add stinky to the list of preferred fly aromas and a dirty chicken butt is a recipe for flystrike. After the fly eggs are laid on or in the skin, the larvae can hatch into maggots in less than 24 hours; the maggots then begin feeding on the skin, causing deep, painful sores that can become infected.
Fly strike in my cockerel. The place to discuss the health of your chickens. Please remember the advice offered by people should not constitute a diagnosis and does not replace the advice of a qualified vet. Fly strike in my cockerel. I don't actually believe this has happend to my poor bird after he survived a horrible virus.