Chicken attacked, can't stand up, recoverable???

[MA Mama]

It is Sulfamethazine Sodium. It says "antibacterial" on the bottle and I had origianlly used it to treat coccidia. It says it treats

Infectious Coryza (Avibacterium paragallinarum)
Coccidiosis (Eimeria tenella, Eimeria necatrix)
Acute Fowl Cholera (Pasteurella multocida)
Pullorum Disease (Salmonella Pullorum)

I am hoping the sulfer component of it will prove to be a good broad-reaching anti-b.

 

[oliv]

I'm sorry but i don't know if that will be OK, possibly but not sure, a call to the vet would fix that though just ask if sulmet will help with bacterial infections,, until then continue treatment.. i appreciate your not knowing what caused the injury and the wound itself in not too bad, the problem is the bacteria carried in the mouth, we get a lot of cat injuries in through wildlife rescue and even when the its just a scratch unless given an injection in the first few hours most will die through infection.. perfectly health baby birds on their first flight and one little scratch.. gone.. it could have been a rodent or an animal I'm not acquainted with.. give them a call and ask keep up the topical ointment until the sulmet or other anti b kicks in, 3 days after beginning treatment

 

[oliv]

im off to bed, will check back in tomorrow to see how your going

 

[MA Mama]

Ugggghhhhhh! "Broccoli" is going to make me have to make a hard decision. He is eating, drinking, not in pain, and very alert. The vet (who I think knew less about chickens than me, and I don't know much) said that there are no broken bones and that it is probably neurological. The wound is doing really, really well. He just can't really move because he is seemingly paralyzed in that leg. He can't even seem to get up properly on the good leg. I don't think the other leg is damaged, it's just not strong enough. She also said that one-legged chickens NEVER do well. What do you all think? Can a healthy bird survive (without me having to have a house chicken) with one good leg?