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I got new pics today, I will upload them soon. Carmel is doing great.I think the thing that kept out the infection was liquid silver. It helps heal everything.

She is doing great. Her feathers are growing back and she looks great.I am still trying to decide whether to take out the stitches or not. Any advice in that area??????

She is doing great three days since the surgery and still no infection. As far as I can tell. I will post new pictures so everyone can see what she looks like!!!!!!!

She is doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everybody , thanks for posting, I might post some more pics later . Everything looks about the same, if anything it is better. I didnt seperate her,she hates being in any sort of confinement ,because she is used to free-rangeing. She is molting as you can see. i will cotinue with...

Quote: Thanks for the advice. Its to late to undo the stiches ,now so Ill just have to see what happens.

Carmel looks good .She is eating and drinking fine. As far as taking out the stitches, I think we are going to keep them in. There is no sign of infection so far. No pus or yellow discharge. I have not had anything this bad all of my chicken farming years so I guess I've been blessed. Ill post...

Just a bump.

Here are the pictures of the "operation." This is showing the exposed windpipe... After we pulled the feathers directly around the wound and took a cotton ball w/ peroxide on it and wiped around it. A few stiches later... More stiching... After all of the stiching is finished and...

One of the reasons we stiched it was because the way her skin was ripped, her windpipe was exposed and showing. I will post some pictures later, but the stiching looks good so far! Thanks!

I'm sure the wound is less than a day old. It still looked wet. They were out while we were away this morning. A Hawk went after the same chicken and our bantam rooster about a week ago, but we saw it coming and scared it away before it could have got them.

Thank you for the advice! We weren't for sure what to do but did what we thought was best.

As I type, surgery is being performed on our three year old Buckeye hen, Carmel. While taking pictures for the molting photo contest, blood was noticed on her neck. We found the cut in her troat skin as pictured below and are now sowing it shut wuth a needle and regular thread. We have two...