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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    She slept outside with the other chickens for the first time since her injury last night. She's still getting bossed around by our little Sebright Lina and Sebright/silkie mix Nine, but Honey, our Orpington (and her mom), and Molasses, our Australorp/silkie (who was also hatched by Honey the...
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    Midget Chick?

    I had a silkie that started off growing really slowly. She wore out faster than the other chicks we got and was barely managing to keep up with the growth rate of the two Sebrights we started with. She ate and drank and pooped well, but she seemed to tire out a whole lot more than the Sebrights...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    UPDATE: she's healing up well and we're even getting new feathers coming in. I started keeping the room darker so she'd be less likely to lay eggs and focus more on healing up. she's going outside in a little corral part of the day and getting some closely observed wandering time too. Honey...
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    Chick got scalped (GRAPHIC PICS)

    I meant bad as in the wound wasn't quite that bad. she's a good hen, her sister Sugar was a bit of a trouble maker, but Sweetie, the injured one, is a very docile bird. she's gotten bullied because of how docile she is before and even got a mild injury once requiring us to take her in for a...
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    Chick got scalped (GRAPHIC PICS)

    I had one of my silkie/Orpington girls get scalped by one of the other chickens recently (we think it was one of the roosters, one's a horny little crap and she's the most passive of the hens). she wasn't quite that bad (but it was still pretty bad) but I took her in, put her in a pet carrier...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    yeah, I plant to use some chicken wire for a corral for her while the rest are roaming the backyard. she's also been in my room, which has a sliding door to the backyard in it, she's right by it and they've been on the back deck talking to her the last couple days too. I'm pretty lucky with...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    whoo, I'm pretty sure the amount of skull showing is getting smaller and her health is back to the point where she's laid 2 eggs in less than 30 hours (her previous normal) instead of every other day. we also got rid of the roosters and the most aggressive of the hens (who I was worried would...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    I got her crate in my room now since she's been complaining about being alone in the breezeway. having company seems to be perking her up even more. she's right near where my Pomeranian likes to lay down too, so even if I'm not around he probably will be. some dogs I'd be worried about being...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    did she grow skin back? I'm not sure my Sweetie is getting much growing back and I'm worried her skull will still be exposed and if it stays exposed what kind of special care she may need. I've dealt with chicks that got strips of skin taken off by blue jays before, but there was only flesh...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    still looking for advice/tips.
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    she's perky and popped out another egg this morning, but I'm still worried about complications.
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    here's a pic. the salve I put on her is dark colored and still kind of sticking in places, we switched over to a poultry wound spray that I'm putting on with a dropper to make sure it doesn't get into her eyes. the swelling on the side of her face has gone down and it's an issue anymore, I'm...
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    advice for chicken with a head wound?

    so, a little over a week ago I found one of my hens, a sweet little silkie/orpington mix named Sweetie, with a very nasty head wound. skin was missing, you could see part of her skull, and half her face was bruised to the point one eye was swollen shut. I separated her and put some drawing salve...
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    My chickens whole head was shredded, skull is showing

    she's doing better, I'm just a little worried about any complications an exposed skull could cause in the long run if it doesn't grow over. I've had special needs birds before, but not from something like this. and I was kind of replying like that since I thought maybe they had it set up to...
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    My chickens whole head was shredded, skull is showing

    how did it turn out? did the skin grow back over? I'm curious because one of my hens got a similar looking injury about a week ago and I was wondering about what I can expect with it healing. we think with her it was one of the roosters responsible with her (one of them is such a horny thing...
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