Chicken neck attack!! Help!

[Anabariful]

Another tip...

Penicillin is kept in the refrigerator, but you don't want to give a cold injection, so my vet taught to draw up my dose, then slowly warm it by gently rolling the syringe back and forth between my palms, kinda like you do when you rub your hands together to warm them up. Does that make sense?

Yes, absolutely! I will remember the get the bubbles up top and check for blood as well before injecting the penicillin.

 

[casportpony]

Yes, absolutely! I will remember the get the bubbles up top and check for blood as well before injecting the penicillin.

Excellent!

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

At bedtime checkup she was doing excellent! Very happy, clucking around, still eating and drinking great. Her stools are back to normal size and color. Her wound looks really good in color, still nice and clean. One part had a deeper red color to it than the rest. I'm not sure if it's bruised or where the skin was destroyed the most? I'm worried about it decaying. How do I know if the skin died? What are the signs to look for? (Probably smell, color, etc?) I can try to get a picture of it. I rinsed it and applied blue kote. Tomorrow morning I will rinse again and do neosporin.

Sounds like she is doing very well!
If it were me I think I would concentrate more on applying Neosporin than the Blue Kote. The Blue Kote might mask discoloration of the tissue. Others more familiar with Blue Kote can help you more with that.
If you can, please post a pic of the area that concerns you.
The signs of tissue death can vary with time---extreme paleness (tissue has very poor perfusion), cyanosis (blue color, also poor perfusion), very dark brown or black (necrosis---death of tissue), and on to various types of gangrene and rot. There wouldn't be much of an odor unless there was gangrenous or infected tissue. Infections are usually warm and reddened and eventually almost always have some sort of drainage associated with them.
You are doing a marvelous job---amazing!!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Such awesome care and advice being given here! Excellent stuff!

@Anabariful does this beautiful and lucky pullet have a name??

 

[KentuckyRooster]

That wound looks a lot better now. You did a good job. Keep us updated on her.

Above all keep it clean. If she gets too thick of a scab that dries out and starts cracking use an oily ointment (neosporin is fine, Entederm which is prescription only is really good, Corona ointment- all good ones I like and use for scab softening) to prevent it from coming off too overly soon. It's a balance on a deep wound. Too wet can fester but too dry is not great either. Best too dry than too wet, though.

 

[Anabariful]

Sounds like she is doing very well!
If it were me I think I would concentrate more on applying Neosporin than the Blue Kote. The Blue Kote might mask discoloration of the tissue. Others more familiar with Blue Kote can help you more with that.
If you can, please post a pic of the area that concerns you.
The signs of tissue death can vary with time---extreme paleness (tissue has very poor perfusion), cyanosis (blue color, also poor perfusion), very dark brown or black (necrosis---death of tissue), and on to various types of gangrene and rot. There wouldn't be much of an odor unless there was gangrenous or infected tissue. Infections are usually warm and reddened and eventually almost always have some sort of drainage associated with them.
You are doing a marvelous job---amazing!!!

I will take pictures and post in the morning Blue kote has purple gelatin violet so *hopefully* the staining comes off so I can get a clear shot of the skin color.

 

[Anabariful]

Such awesome care and advice being given here! Excellent stuff!

@Anabariful does this beautiful and lucky pullet have a name??

Yes, of course!! Her name is Gretchen!

 

[Anabariful]

That wound looks a lot better now. You did a good job. Keep us updated on her.

Above all keep it clean. If she gets too thick of a scab that dries out and starts cracking use an oily ointment (neosporin is fine, Entederm which is prescription only is really good, Corona ointment- all good ones I like and use for scab softening) to prevent it from coming off too overly soon. It's a balance on a deep wound. Too wet can fester but too dry is not great either. Best too dry than too wet, though.

Thank you for the advice!

 

[Ravynscroft]

I will take pictures and post in the morning Blue kote has purple gelatin violet so *hopefully* the staining comes off so I can get a clear shot of the skin color.

Ah, yeah... I would refrain from the blu kote for now... that stuff stains *forever*!

 

[micstrachan]

Holy moly! You are my hero for goingto such extreme lengths to save your precious girl!I think you've done everything possible, and I think she has a very good chance! Assuming she heals completely, I think infection is the greatest risk. Sounds like you have that under control with penicillin injection? Well done!!!