Think the little one got caught in something. Don't think is was a peck due to location of entire wound.
The standardized questions:
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
* Mutt, 3 1/2 weeks, no clue on weight. Same as other chicks.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
* Normal behavior.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
* Injury happened between 1 PM and 7 PM Friday, May 11th.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
* No.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
* There was evidence of slight bleeding. Wing motion seems normal. Feathers appear scraped away. Raw skin showing.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
* Not exactly sure. I'm guessing baby got stuck somewhere and panicked.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
* Feed is Purina medicated crumbles. Water has probiotic/vitamin supplement. Eating / drinking normal.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
* Poopy is normal.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
* Took baby inside and gave her a bath with Dawn, washing wound area thoroughly. Wrapped a warm towel around her and held her for about 30 minutes. Applied a liberal amount of Neosporin to wound area. Then wrapped her up like a papoose swaddling, to give Neosporin a chance to do it's thing without interference from baby's primping. Kept wrapped like that for an hour. Let her roam freely inside a makeshift hospital room. Flushed wound area and reapplied Neosporin and papoosed regularly since Friday.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
*Treat on my own.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
* The minute I noticed wound on Friday in the run.
After initial tubby...
A shot of under wing after initial tubby.
Random shots of wound throughout weekend.
Pic Monday morning. Caught pic during morning aerobics class.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
* Currently in hospital room as seen in last pic above. Planning on utilizing this broody jail with a floor insert and placing in the run during the day so the rest of flock can see her but not peck her.
Is what I am doing the right course of action? Wounds have no oozing or bleeding. She does peck (preen?) at them though...but doesn't draw blood.
How long until feathers grow back to cover bare skin?
The standardized questions:
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
* Mutt, 3 1/2 weeks, no clue on weight. Same as other chicks.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
* Normal behavior.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
* Injury happened between 1 PM and 7 PM Friday, May 11th.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
* No.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
* There was evidence of slight bleeding. Wing motion seems normal. Feathers appear scraped away. Raw skin showing.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
* Not exactly sure. I'm guessing baby got stuck somewhere and panicked.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
* Feed is Purina medicated crumbles. Water has probiotic/vitamin supplement. Eating / drinking normal.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
* Poopy is normal.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
* Took baby inside and gave her a bath with Dawn, washing wound area thoroughly. Wrapped a warm towel around her and held her for about 30 minutes. Applied a liberal amount of Neosporin to wound area. Then wrapped her up like a papoose swaddling, to give Neosporin a chance to do it's thing without interference from baby's primping. Kept wrapped like that for an hour. Let her roam freely inside a makeshift hospital room. Flushed wound area and reapplied Neosporin and papoosed regularly since Friday.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
*Treat on my own.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
* The minute I noticed wound on Friday in the run.
After initial tubby...
A shot of under wing after initial tubby.
Random shots of wound throughout weekend.
Pic Monday morning. Caught pic during morning aerobics class.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
* Currently in hospital room as seen in last pic above. Planning on utilizing this broody jail with a floor insert and placing in the run during the day so the rest of flock can see her but not peck her.
Is what I am doing the right course of action? Wounds have no oozing or bleeding. She does peck (preen?) at them though...but doesn't draw blood.
How long until feathers grow back to cover bare skin?
