chicken injury

[plhall2]

I went out to check on my flock (8 hens) and one of them is injured. : She has a bloody wing at the base that looks like it may have an infection. I am goingto try to post pictures. She is about 16 weeks old. I have separated her from the rest of the flock. She is moving around slowly. I plan to rinse the injury with a saline solution. Any other thoughts or ideas?
Patty

 

[faykokoWV]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2494688#p2494688


this thread has a great post on wound care. It should help you alot.



sorry your chicken is injured, but

 

[M To The Maxx]

 

[emvickrey]

Remove her from the rest of the flock until she is better. When chickens see red they pec at it.

 

[texasgal]

A big Texas size

 

[horsejody]

I would put some neosporin on it.

 

[b.hromada]

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ditto what horsejody has said!

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from S. Florida! Glad you joined!

 

[al6517]

 

[Kittymomma]

b.hromada :

Quote:
ditto what horsejody has said!

and

from S. Florida! Glad you joined!

Be sure to use the kind without pain releiver in it.

From WA​

 

[mypicklebird]

It is hard to tell what is going on there. It may just be a broken blood feather (pin feather), the flight feathers are large and will bleed alot if broken while growing in. I would separate her, wash the area gently and find out where the blood is coming from (or came from if it has stoped). If this is just a broken bleeding feather- you need to pull it out. If there is a tissue wound, then do searches for wound care on this site. I have a silkie that had her whole back covered with blood recently- I saw that, chased her down in a panic- when I cleaned her- it was ONE bleeding blood feather, broken off at the base.