African goose "puncture" type wound on neck

[sillygoose]

Hi there,
My 3 month-old male african goose was minding his own business today when my mother's young goat (who ALLLLWAYS breaks into the goose pen to eat their feed) JUMPED off the goose house and landed directly on top of my four geese. They all seem fine except for one of the males, who got a decent puncture-type injury on his neck. The wound is about 1 cm deep and 1 cm across, I suspect it was from the goat's hoof when it landed. The goose seems alright, no neck deformities other than the wound. It isn't bleeding much, the only reason I even noticed it was because the feathers were ruffled out. Do I need to be overly concerned about this? Should I get the goose some antibiotics or would it be better to just leave it alone? The goat weighs probably about 40-50 pounds so the mechanism of injury is pretty much what concerns me the most. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[manoktok]

why not pluck the feather sorrounding the wound area and apply wound spray(dichlorofenthion) protects the wound from flies and has antibiotic effect and give some antibiotic injection but dont ever forget to put him in a solitary confinement.geese seems like to peak on red things especially wounds.hope it helps

 

[CMV]

Clean it out well, cut back any feathers that are hanging into it, cover it with a dab of Blukote and set him free into his flock. Make sure that no one is paying any attention to the wound and picking at it, but the Blukote should hide it enough so that won't happen.

I don't treat birds prophylactically with antibiotics. I prefer to wait until there is an actual infection to treat before I douse them with a med that will kill not just bad bugs, but good bugs as well.

Good luck.