Another chicken got bitten on the stomach. Will she live?

[JuliaSunshine]

Is there a way to get current photos of what the wound looks like now?
Any bad odors, angry red tissue or pus?

If you want to try to treat the wound, then I'd get some Hibiclens (Chlorhexidine) and clean the wound really well. Trim the feathers away from the wound so it stays cleaner.
Normally you would not wrap a wound on a chicken, but since this is underneath her, this is what you will want to do. Once you clean/swab the wound with Chlorhexidine, apply a small amount of triple antibiotic ointment onto a nonstick gauze pad, apply to the wound, then wrap the pad onto her using vetwrap/sports wrap. You are going to need to change the dressing daily, so you will need supplies.

Wrapping her may be more comfortable, but she may also benefit from you providing some rolled up towels for her to prop against so she can rest.


What dose of Penicillin G are you giving? Dose for Penicillin G is 1/4ml injected into the breast muscle 1/4" deep given once daily for 3-5 days alternating sides.

The wound is not in a good spot and it's going to take a long time to heal, so you will need to spend time daily tending to her wound care and seeing that she stays clean, is eating/drinking. Only you can determine the extent of her injuries and whether she's in great deal of pain/suffering and needs to be put down.

I took a picture of the wound this morning.

Thankfully, the smell is a bit less than yesterday. It didn't smell until I squirted saline solution into the wound.
Also the wound looked like it's starting to seal a bit from inside.
I feel relieved a bit now.
After rinsing her wound I squirted penicillin into the wound and wrap her body with a fabric tube.
She's been whining but she can move a couple of steps and even preened herself after I put her back into her cage.
She drank water and ate some oats as well as wet chick starter this morning after I fluffed it up a bit. She didn't eat the starter before maybe because she didn't have enough power to peck the somewhat matted wet food.
I'll give her scrambled eggs again in an hour.
I cried so much yesterday after writing the last post because I thought about the chicken that died in the early summer. Her name was Crook.
Oh I started to cry again. I think I better look into dealing with losing pets. Whenever I talk about Crook, I start to cry. I've lost a few other chickens and even butchered a sick pullet and a few cockerels but it's different with Crook. I guess she was my pet.

Anyways I hope this pullet can live much longer and healthier life than her.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hopefully you can get the wound cleaned out. Smelling bad is not a very good sign.

Can you get Amoxicillin or Baytril? If you can, I would start her on one of those.

I do hope she heals o.k. but have your Vet Tech friend come back out and reevaluate her wounds and give you more pointers on her care.