My dog attacked my chick, and removed a good chunk of skin where I cannot stitch it. And when she expands her wings the skin retrieves, and the wound reopens. I would hate to hurt her more by giving her stitches. Would wound glue help this? Help. First time chicken mom.
Hello everyone,
One of our ducks got injured two days ago (6/18), we think she was hit in the road. She had a few wounds that we had a veterinarian t stitch up. He has experience with poultry.
Around the sutures are a few clear/white bubbles. Does anyone know what they are? Just pockets of...
This information is not a substitute for proper medical care! It is only meant to be used in emergency situations where appropriate medical care cannot be obtained in a timely fashion, but if you can tie a knot or sew a little, you can learn to suture. A common needle and thread or fishing...
I have a young pullet who lays an egg almost every day. She does fine with it but she has a massive hernia on her side which was caused by a ruptured air sac when she was a chick.
She’s seen a vet and it’s not life threatening as long as it isn’t punctured. She basically has her intestines...
I’ve just experienced an attack on one of my hens, a fox attacked her and she has a huge area where her flesh is exposed (approximately 6 inches) with a one inch long deep pucture wound in the flesh. Thankfully she seems quite well in herself and is eating and drinking.
After googling a few...
Hello, I posted about our roo, and crop surgery a while ago. He has been doing amazing came back strong and kicking booty. However we have a slight problem.... the whole in his chest went from the size of a mandarin and is now about the size of a dime. We can not for the life of us get the...
Oct 18th my Turkey was injured in its own cage.. got his leg caught and ripped a large hole in his upper thigh area. The vet had no time and I had no time to waste, so I stitched it.. he's doing quite well as far as I can tell.. its scabbed over and hes calling to get out of his "sick" cage to...
tldr; Week-old fox puncture wounds, antibiotics+no symptoms of infection, behavior and energy all good. Can I avoid stitches/anesthesia risks?
Note: Will include pictures tomorrow. They all look like they've clotted up and have minor yellow discoloration in the surrounding skin.
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Well this is a new one for me. My 3 year old Henrietta was recently introduced to a charming 1 yr old Roo, Casanova...his very 1st hen. They got along great, she squatted & he clumsily & hesitantly climbed on her back & always coo'd sweet sounds for her to eat mealworms, cabbage & melons, he...
My duck was injured nearly 2 weeks ago and got stitches (dissolvable).
She had antibiotics and a quiet indoor pen with a heat-pad for the first week and a half. After a little less than a week she had started behaving normally. Her wounds seem to be healing well.
The days have been...
My Lavender Orphinton, Sue - the sweetest girl I have that follows me around like a puppy - was severely injured today...about 2 hours ago. I have 13 chickens: 12 are hens; 1 Rooster. He is about 23 weeks old and in the past month, he's started showing his rooster behaviors. I am not absolutely...