For all you are doing for Holly I hope she is on the mend and doing well. She is a fighter. I hope you are both doing okay. Please keep us posted on Holly's progress.
I think she looks great and the wound is healing so well I think that as the wound heals that the skin will cover that spot. Keep up the great job. Holly is one special chicken.
A simple wash using a syringe and just squirt the water around the wound would keep it clean you can mix water and betadine to wash it I think that by using an antibiotic ointment and covering it would help keep it clean and moist so that new skin can grow. I would watch her for now, you will...
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im suprised too, its as if the skin was just pulled off the muscle without damaging anything. the only blood now as you can see is where she just got it caught in the cage (god knows how she got the lump through the bars....it must have been swinging and got stuck ) but she tore the...
She seems to be very alert and I would be worried about infection. You might check around some of the older vets might do some farm calls might be able to help you. I would keep the area clean dry and covered I am surprised there is so little blood loss. Good luck I hope some of the more...
I would put some vitamins in her water, keep her in a dark space. I think you should cut off the feathers that are just hanging there. If you think it is causing her more pain then if you just snipped the rest off. I would say this is going to take a while to heal and you will have to care for...