One of my Rhode island reds has had a small red dot about the size of a quarter on her bottom for about 5 days. She hasn't laid an egg in the last four days, which she has always laid eggs even through molting. Her bottom also feels swollen and hard and part of her comb is purple. I thought she...
I named one or my girls Houdini. She is a Yokohama. She is the smallest one of all my girls and the one who always figured out how to get of the cage as a baby. Now she’s the one who climbs the highest in the coop and is always getting into the most awkward spaces around the yard.
I had a similar injury happen to one of my girls. But she was hurt in the back of her neck. The wound was very wide and had some veins visible. I cleaned her wounds every day. I cleaned off the dried blood and scab until the skin started to look like it was healing. It took three months for...
It doesn’t smell bad. The wound closer to her chest looks a little brownish. I was trying to take off the dead skin so that hopefully new skin grows and seals the wound. But she can’t stay still for that long. I wrapped her in a towel while my husband cleaned the wounds but she starts...
Just wanted to update everyone. My girl seems to be pulling through. At first I just thought her injury was in the back of her neck until I was cleaning it yesterday. She has the gash going down the side. She seems more energized today. I used saline and watered down iodine to clean the wound. I...
Thanks everyone sent my husband to go buy styptic powder. But I do have corn starch for now. She keeps pecking at the wound so I don’t know if it would be best to keep it wrapped. The patch I have is not silver nitrate so I won’t use that. But I do have iodine, antiseptic skin cleanser, and...
Thanks for the replies. I did wash it off with saline water and I wrapped a bandage around her neck. I found a bandage with silver antimicrobial which I’m planning to put on her because it still seems to be bleeding. I thought about trying to sew it together but I think it would cause her more...
I just went outside to give my girls some treats and saw Linksy covered in blood. I cleaned up the wound and wrapped a bandage around her neck but it’s a pretty bad gush. I can’t afford to take her to a vet. Is there anything else I can do to heal her or is it best to put her down? She doesn’t...