I have a 6 month old blue star hen that has a 2 inch long gash i front of it's right leg. Our rooster who is too big was on top of her and slipped off I guess cutting her open. Im certain this was the cause as his right spur being bloody is what made me check the flock for injuries. Our hens are in hardware cloth fencing so no other predators could have caused this. There's not much bleeding from the wound. It looks like the cavity goes all the way up her torso.
We've cleaned the wound in an epsom salt bath. Then used teramycin, followed by hydro-gel covered with a bandage held in place with self stick wrap
We moved her inside so the pen is just pine shavings vs. the sand in the run. She's eating and drinking normaly but with somewhat watery and green poop. I'm not sure what to do. Is this a punctured air sac? Should it be stitched up? I cant get the bandage to apply much pressure in the area without partially wrapping her upper leg. I'm not sure what else to do.
We've cleaned the wound in an epsom salt bath. Then used teramycin, followed by hydro-gel covered with a bandage held in place with self stick wrap
We moved her inside so the pen is just pine shavings vs. the sand in the run. She's eating and drinking normaly but with somewhat watery and green poop. I'm not sure what to do. Is this a punctured air sac? Should it be stitched up? I cant get the bandage to apply much pressure in the area without partially wrapping her upper leg. I'm not sure what else to do.