My favorite egg laying hen had her claws/foot mauled by a bobcat two days ago. It appears all four toes are damaged and cut short but they are present and the foot pad is swollen. I put her in a small crate with straw food and water and soaked in warm water and put iodine on her wound. She is eating some but difficult to move and she has started pecking at her foot now that it’s healing. This morning there was also some greenish tinge in a few areas.
I read chickens are not prone to bacterial infection due to their warm body temperature but I’m wondering if I should acquire oral antibiotics for her.
She is a coocoo Marian and is about three years old.
I read chickens are not prone to bacterial infection due to their warm body temperature but I’m wondering if I should acquire oral antibiotics for her.
She is a coocoo Marian and is about three years old.