Chicken can't walk after fox attack (no blood)

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If possible, please get photos of the wounds and of your hen.

She was attacked today, so you need to work her through shock first. Give sugar water (1tsp sugar, pinch of salt, pinch of baking soda to 1cup water) or electrolytes (the electrolytes do not have to be diluted).

Once she's drinking on her own, provide her with her normal feed or you can offer wet mushy feed, bits of egg, fish or meat.

She has puncture wounds, trim feathers from around the wounds, look for any other abrasions, tears in the skin, etc. All over her body. Foxes Squeeze their victims, so to have punctures, she's been squeezed and may have suffered some internal damage, bruising or nerve damage.

Treat the wounds, clean them with Saline, Chlorhexidine or Povidone Iodine, then apply triple antibiotic ointment to the wounds.

Continue to keep her calm, relative warm and hydrated. She could be shocky for a few days depending on how much stress and trauma she suffered. You'll also have a better idea after a few days of how well she may recover and how much bruising/damage she actually suffered.

Thank you so much. I will try to get a pic of the wounds, they look like they're related to feathers being pulled out and not from teeth or claws (unless I missed something). I suspect she has a broken leg, maybe both. When she's hydrated and has had some food she can flap her wings and if I hold her and also hold her feet (kind of like holding a cat), she can move her "toes" so thinking it's not spinal, but she cant walk. :-(

She survived the night and I have her in the coop with a light blanket on her, I'll keep checking back to give her food and fluids. She ate a little bit of egg this morning, but not as much as I anticipated/hoped.

thanks again