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An update on Rascal - 2 weeks after the attack she is healing quite well. While much of it is hidden under her wings, feathers are coming back in in the areas with less damage. Her energy is good and she is eating well. We are grateful!

We are concerned about leaving the wounds uncovered since she is pecking at them. We are going to try a saddle tomorrow. Hoping that keeps her away from them!

I appreciate all the thoughts about keeping Rascal’s wounds clean. After a week they are looking much better but a new challenge emerged today. We have been keeping her away from our other chicken, but she has started pecking her wounds herself. We have cleaned them, applied Neosporin, and...

Thanks, all, for your concern and suggestions. After three days, Rascal's wounds have darkened considerably, and she is showing more and more of her usual feistiness. We are hopeful that she will make it! Chicken Chick advises cleaning deep wounds with Dakin solution, which we used till we...

Thank you for the info. Rascal is pulling through so far. Her energy is lower than usual, but she’s still feisty - like when she doesn’t want to be sprayed with the antiseptic. Hoping this tend continues!

I forgot to mention - Rascal ate her feed and drank water freely after we cleaned her up.

Questions upfront, story with pics below (warning: images are gory): 1: Have you seen a chicken survive with wounds like these? 2: What besides the cleaning and clipping described below would you do to keep her clean? 3: How can we keep this feisty girl from going crazy while she is contained...