My son, halfway across the country is taking care of some chickens fora friend who left state on an emergency. there’s 10 hens about one-year-old and there is one male guinea in with them., my guess is the guinea may have injured the back of this hens neck and then the other hens probably made it worse by pecking her. they are in an enclosed run , anyway he found her like this this morning in the corner. I told him to separate her, bring her inside put her in a safe place like a crate where it’s quiet and dark and to give her electrolyte water and to clean the wound with one of the good solutions, like chlorhexidine or povodine iodine or vetericyn spray, but he doesn’t have any of those, does not have saline either. I suggested making a saline solution with salt and water or making a hydrogen peroxide solution 20% with warm water and pouring it over the wound once, but then don’t keep using peroxide because it kills good cells too (?)
And then slathering on an antibacterial ointment non-pain relief. And cutting away any feathers that are getting in to the wound, so he is doing all that and he is going out to buy supplies like vetericyn spray, more ointment, perhaps a little dish that attaches to the crate so she doesn’t keep spilling it too. L O L. I am posting these pictures and this story in case there is any better advice than what I have given and also that hopefully some people with a lot of chicken wound experience can look at the pictures and give us assurance that this is not too horrible to heal well. I also told him to take the guinea out of the run. I don’t think he should be in with all those female chickens , because the possibility that it was him who started the injury - have you heard of such a thing happening before? He was just a stray Guinea who wandered into their yard last year. So they’ve been taking care of him. But being that it’s spring time his mating hormones may have got him going crazy., do you think?
And then slathering on an antibacterial ointment non-pain relief. And cutting away any feathers that are getting in to the wound, so he is doing all that and he is going out to buy supplies like vetericyn spray, more ointment, perhaps a little dish that attaches to the crate so she doesn’t keep spilling it too. L O L. I am posting these pictures and this story in case there is any better advice than what I have given and also that hopefully some people with a lot of chicken wound experience can look at the pictures and give us assurance that this is not too horrible to heal well. I also told him to take the guinea out of the run. I don’t think he should be in with all those female chickens , because the possibility that it was him who started the injury - have you heard of such a thing happening before? He was just a stray Guinea who wandered into their yard last year. So they’ve been taking care of him. But being that it’s spring time his mating hormones may have got him going crazy., do you think?
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