chicken attacked by dogs

[FlyingNunFarm]

You can give her a 81mg aspirin in a quart of water. A chewable orange flavored one can help with the flavor. If not a little sugar or honey to mask the taste will work. Keep her calm and quiet. She needs warmth but not overheated.

 

[AllenK RGV]

she ate a little but she isn't moving a ton. also she has some dangling skin so should i cut it or leave it?

Can you get us a photo of this "dangling skin" from what I see she has minor wounds.

 

[AllenK RGV]

You can give her a 81mg aspirin in a quart of water. A chewable orange flavored one can help with the flavor. If not a little sugar or honey to mask the taste will work. Keep her calm and quiet. She needs warmth but not overheated.

I would never advocate ASA personally at point of injury for pain managment as you have to always consider the possibility of blunt force trauma and internal injuries. Slowing down a step in the clotting factor isn't something I support with injuries of this nature.

Regardless, OP has Vetrecin on hand and has done everything right so far! Great Job!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I wouldn’t think in a quart of water it would be enough to slow clotting. If she were mine, and most injuries seeming to be surface wounds, if I thought she were in severe pain I would try that. If I saw large bruises or thought she had internal injuries I would not.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Also she appears to be grazed around her oil gland, is it possible this is where the smell comes from? I have never processed a chicken before so do not know if it has a strong odor going to phone a friend or two. @aart @lazy gardener @Folly's place

 

[AllenK RGV]

I wouldn’t think in a quart of water it would be enough to slow clotting. If she were mine, and most injuries seeming to be surface wounds, if I thought she were in severe pain I would try that. If I saw large bruises or thought she had internal injuries I would not.

It is just my opinion and yours anyway. OP will decide which information serves their practice best

And for the record if you have a heart attack the first thing the EMT's will administer after oxygen is 81mg of Asparin.

 

[Boonie Stomper]

Keep the scabs and skin from drying out and shrinking too much will algo reduce pain. Betadine is a good antiseptic alternate to hydrogen peroxide.

 

[lazy gardener]

Aspirin is administered in the event of a heart attack because the heart attack involved blood clotting, which the aspirin would counteract.

I'm not up to speed regarding animals and pain killers which are safe for them, but to my knowledge aspirin is safe for chickens. In my own flock, if a chicken is ill enough to need pain medication, I'd be culling her.

She looks like there are some puncture wounds around her right shoulder and wing. Any others? Can you clean the wounds with normal saline, then apply triple antibiotic to them? I would avoid the hydrogen peroxide. It is very hard on broken skin and not recommended for wounds, other than initial cleaning. even so, saline would be better IMO. Saline can be bought in a spray bottle which can be used to irrigate the puncture wounds.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Aspirin is administered in the event of a heart attack because the heart attack involved blood clotting, which the aspirin would counteract.

I'm not up to speed regarding animals and pain killers which are safe for them, but to my knowledge aspirin is safe for chickens. In my own flock, if a chicken is ill enough to need pain medication, I'd be culling her.

She looks like there are some puncture wounds around her right shoulder and wing. Any others? Can you clean the wounds with normal saline, then apply triple antibiotic to them? I would avoid the hydrogen peroxide. It is very hard on broken skin and not recommended for wounds, other than initial cleaning. even so, saline would be better IMO. Saline can be bought in a spray bottle which can be used to irrigate the puncture wounds.

Yes reviewing the one photo I was concerned with the one puncture appearing wound to the rear of its wing.

 

[aart]

I'll repeat that hydrogen peroxide makes a good initial cleaning agent for killing germs. But only one application as it can also damage healthy, newly healing skin.
Flushing with saline is good too, especially puncture wounds.
I would not bathe bird, could introduce other bacteria and be stressful.
Other than that keep her calm and quiet, let her rest, hopefully she will eat and drink. Best of cLuck!