back wound-maggots- HELP

[Megs]

blue kote is not for deep wounds, i have some handy but dont want to use it since she has a deep puncture. I also have her isolated with her 4 remaining chicks, i wont put her in with other full grown birds until shes healed

so no need to worry about it being picked on.

Im in BC, i did go to a farm supply store where i got antibioducts to put in her water (as i posted earlier), though i dont think they are *supposed* to sell medications.

 

[Dar]

Ok.. you probably have access to the same OTC meds as I do... i can get a few meds but not the really good ones..LOL good luck with her... I have a chickens in ICU myself right now..

 

[geebs]

You need to keep the flies out.... Flystrike.. which is what you are dealing with is very dangerous for the bird... Maggots secret toxins that will poison the birds... Pick every single one off and cover the wound... The bird must be maintained in a fly free environment... Chickens have an amazing ability to heal... I don't know what you have access to but some of the basics for cleaning and such... Vitamin C in high doses in the water are a very good painkiller and also a healing agent... Tea tree products are nice if they are available.. Anything to cover the wound...If the wound is wet.... use a powder... If it is dry..use a salve... There are lots of products to try that are not antibiotic...and therefore possibly more available... such as.. colloidal silver etc.. Essential oils can also help. comphrey...

 

[redkan]

I had a bantam rooster attacked by a fox 2 years ago and first, as encouragement, he's still with us. Like you I had no experience with this sort of thing and based on advice I received here, I added antibiotics to the water supply for him (and his hens). Additionally I cleaned his wounds with a weak solution of betadine & warm water and then dressed them with Triple Antibiotic ointment twice daily. I was also dealing with shock & listlessness for the first few days which made treating him easy. Once he started feeling better I was only able to catch him to treat him once a day, still cleaning with betadine & then putting the ointment on. His wounds healed nicely and other than the back half of his body being completely bald (all feathers, including tail, were pulled off by the fox) in just over a week he was back on the gate crowing away as master of his domain. Good luck with your girl. As long as you can keep the wound treated it sounds like she'll make it.

 

[Megs]

i moved her to a fly-proof enclosure (aquarium with screen lid) immidiatly upon seeing maggots in the wound, i got them all out in 2 sessions with the tweezers. there has been NO fly contact with her since, happy to say the wound is looking excellent, no puss since day 3, its dry as a bone, and she is behaving like her old self..... which is crazy!! i think she would take a chunk out of my hand if i tried to touch her babies, so this is very promising! doing excellent so far

i know the medications i buy at the feed store are not the best, but in canada there is very limited stuff available, my vet did not even reccoment selling me anything extra than what i had.

redkan- happy to hear you successfully rehabbed your roo! gives me hope! wish mind had been as lucky (roo was ripped to shreds by the time i got out to the pen, i was just happy the hen was still alive).

 

[Megs]

just wanted to update this hen is doing magnificently

skin is starting to grow back and i have put her into my polish pen with her 4 remaining babies, i have no doubts that she will make a full recovery

 

[pontoosuc]

just read the full thread. very nice to read your last post Meg.

 

[Gingersprite]

Read this post from start to finish and was very happy to hear how she's doing. I lost one of my favorite hens to a raccoon and it was just awful, the whole ordeal. I ended up shooting the raccoon 2 days later which wasn't gratifying and was hard being an animal lover, but I did it for my Lily. I hope your hen continues to mend, God bless her!
Shelagh M.

 

[mmaddie's mom]

So glad she's doing so well

... great job