Bear invaded, injured birds

[tkyte]

I'm very new here, but i have a few questions...
Last night we had a bear in our coop (I think I left the door unlatched) He got a couple of our hens and my husband ran out at him thinking he was a coon and the bear hopped out and ran off, chicken in his mouth. At first we thought we had lost all 7 hens and the rooster, but this morning they started showing up. The hens came home first and then this afternoon the roo showed up.
Of the 5 hens that are left one has a pretty good gash on her back. I treated it with calendula and then goldenseal tinctures. Is there anything else I can do for her? She is resting a lot and the other hens are laying with her, guarding her and not picking on her at all. I've read I should separate her from the others, but do I really need to do that since they aren't harming her? (its very warm here so she doesn't need alight or warmer while she heals)

Now the rooster, he is hurt too. He has a pretty good limp. They is a small abrasion on the leg that we treated.Nothing seems broken and we've given him a look over several times. But he is not crowing!! not at all! He is usually a very noisy guy. Could he be injured in a way that is impairing his ability to crow? Could it be shock? (he is unusually docile) He is eating and drinking and walking around with his ladies.

Any input would be great, thanks!

 

[TeamChaos]

I bet they are all in shock. (I'd be in shock too1) Your rooster probably doesn't feel well enough to defend his ladies, so he doesn't want to crow and give up their location. My first thought on the hen with the gash is that you mention it is warm there- take measures that flies cannot get at the wound or she will have maggots in it in no time and that's a headache/heartache all on it's own. I'm glad she's got the comfort of her flock mates, but while she's got an open wound I'd be very concerned that she'd decide to dust bathe and pack it full of debris. I'm glad you had some survivors! How scary!