Hello all!
I've been keeping chickens a little over a year now and I've got a lavender Orpington that's a year and a half and was attacked by a raccoon on Sunday, November 7th at 3:45am. I got in a hurry and didn't count the chickens when I locked them up and she must have been out. I awoke to a terrible scream and rushed outside and saw the racoon running off. Her comb really took some damage with some punctures and tears and her poor beak was somewhat crushed on top and one nostril became more extended. A lot of this is healing fine as I used a lot of the helpful advice on these threads. I cleaned her when it happened and the next day day have just been applying ointment daily. Right now her wattle and lobes are a little pale. She has water available but refuses to eat or drink. I'm going to syringe feed her today. I was able to get her to swallow a little bit if mashed feed yesterday but not much at all cause she's so listless. She occasionally open mouth breaths when her head is down. I was thinking maybe from the injury to her beak. I just gave her half of a 1/4 cup of water with salt, honey(I don't eat/use white sugar) and baking soda. She's also on baby aspirin sectioned and fish amoxicillin 250mg a day. Her tail feathers are up but for the most part she's very lethargic and only opens her eyes when I really mess with her. She just tried preening her feathers and got sleepy. She mostly just sleeps. I've had her in my bedroom safe and warm since the event. The pictures shared are from this morning. Does anyone think she will make it?
I've been keeping chickens a little over a year now and I've got a lavender Orpington that's a year and a half and was attacked by a raccoon on Sunday, November 7th at 3:45am. I got in a hurry and didn't count the chickens when I locked them up and she must have been out. I awoke to a terrible scream and rushed outside and saw the racoon running off. Her comb really took some damage with some punctures and tears and her poor beak was somewhat crushed on top and one nostril became more extended. A lot of this is healing fine as I used a lot of the helpful advice on these threads. I cleaned her when it happened and the next day day have just been applying ointment daily. Right now her wattle and lobes are a little pale. She has water available but refuses to eat or drink. I'm going to syringe feed her today. I was able to get her to swallow a little bit if mashed feed yesterday but not much at all cause she's so listless. She occasionally open mouth breaths when her head is down. I was thinking maybe from the injury to her beak. I just gave her half of a 1/4 cup of water with salt, honey(I don't eat/use white sugar) and baking soda. She's also on baby aspirin sectioned and fish amoxicillin 250mg a day. Her tail feathers are up but for the most part she's very lethargic and only opens her eyes when I really mess with her. She just tried preening her feathers and got sleepy. She mostly just sleeps. I've had her in my bedroom safe and warm since the event. The pictures shared are from this morning. Does anyone think she will make it?
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