merry go round
Hatching
- Sep 5, 2020
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One of our light brahma chicks got attacked today by a neighbor's dog. There is proof of the dog, as I saw him in my neighbors yard earlier and there are paw prints under a tree, that look like he was running.
The hens name is Rose, and she is around 14 weeks old. She is the biggest out of our chicks. We found her in front of our storage shed. She was laying against the bottom, not moving. When we brought her inside, her breathing was labored and you could hear it. I cut some feathers around her back, where the injury is. There's puncture wounds that look deep and I'm afraid that it could've hurt an organ or something. She doesn't seem to be in pain, but she's sleeping a lot and I'm giving her water through a syringe every so often to keep her hydrated.
I cleaned the area with some saline solution and dried it off, but now I don't really know what to do. She's in a box in the house so she can recover, but I'm not sure what I should use to help the wound heal quick and easy. Her right leg seems to be paralyzed and unmoving, but her left one is still strong. Her right leg was also cold when we found her, and she either let's it hang or curls it up if you pick her up. She's also laying in her own feces and urine and just seems to not have any strength. Any advice???
The hens name is Rose, and she is around 14 weeks old. She is the biggest out of our chicks. We found her in front of our storage shed. She was laying against the bottom, not moving. When we brought her inside, her breathing was labored and you could hear it. I cut some feathers around her back, where the injury is. There's puncture wounds that look deep and I'm afraid that it could've hurt an organ or something. She doesn't seem to be in pain, but she's sleeping a lot and I'm giving her water through a syringe every so often to keep her hydrated.
I cleaned the area with some saline solution and dried it off, but now I don't really know what to do. She's in a box in the house so she can recover, but I'm not sure what I should use to help the wound heal quick and easy. Her right leg seems to be paralyzed and unmoving, but her left one is still strong. Her right leg was also cold when we found her, and she either let's it hang or curls it up if you pick her up. She's also laying in her own feces and urine and just seems to not have any strength. Any advice???