Chicken with face injuries!!!

[TheHappyHen678]

Hi! I have a speckled sussex (8years old) and I'm not sure how but she got some face and neck injiries(neck is not bloody just red and some feathers torn out, but her eyes are swollen shut and her comb is bloody. Shes also having trouble keeping her head up, though she has tried to put her head under her wing but it keeps sliding out. I don't know what to do! Please help!
Here are some pictures: (warning, just a bit graphic)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

First, treat her for shock. Do you have any electrolytes or Rooster booster? If not, mix up a batch of sugar water. 1 tsp of sugar in 1 cup of warm water, (use measuring cup and spoon) plus a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking soda. Stir to dissolve. Put some in a little cup and hold it up to her beak or dip her beak in but don't get her nostrils in it. If she won't drink, put a drop on the crease of her beak and see if she swallows.

@Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive, what next?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also put her in a warm, dark room until you hear from the Educators I tagged.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi! I have a speckled sussex (8years old) and I'm not sure how but she got some face and neck injiries(neck is not bloody just red and some feathers torn out, but her eyes are swollen shut and her comb is bloody. Shes also having trouble keeping her head up, though she has tried to put her head under her wing but it keeps sliding out. I don't know what to do! Please help!
Here are some pictures: (warning, just a bit graphic)

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Poor girl.

Looks like she's been in a fight and been beaten up.

I'd work on hydration as mentioned. Electrolytes or warmed sugar water.

She has blood around her beak, this is usually normal when beaten up, but I usually take a wetted qtip and gently swab out the dried blood inside the beak and around the edges.

Her eyes will be swollen for a while. Use saline to clean around the eyes and flush them out a bit. If you have Terramycin eye ointment, put a dot of that IN each eye and the surrounding tissue. If you don't have Terramycin, you can use Original Neosporin - same thing, put a dot IN each eye, then on the swollen facial tissue.
In the morning, reclean out the eyes, likely they will have some bubbles, this is normal. Clean them out and reapply your ointment.

Tonight, work on getting drops of fluid into her. Tomorrow, see that she's hydrated, then offer a little mushy feed or scrambled egg, see if you can get her to eat on her own. With swelling of the eyes, you may have to hand feed her, but hydration is extremely important.

If you have vitamin E (400IU) I'd start that along with 1/4 tablet B-Complex as well.

Keep us posted on how she's doing.

Has she been unwell lately? Do you have a rooster?

 

[TheHappyHen678]

Thank you so much for the tips, though how would I go about cleaning out her eyes and getting neosporn in her eye?

 

[Eggcessive]

Just drip some saline or use a wet warm cloth on her face and eyes. Her eyelids may be swollen from pecking, but try to push down on the lower lid, and put a small dab of ointment into the eye pouch. Keep trying until you can get it in there twice a day. Has she been sick lately or sitting a lot? They may be picked on by the others if they are not acting normal. Separate in a wire dog crate or pen with food and water until she is better. Try feeding her twice a day with some wet chicken feed and scrambled egg bits up to her beak in a little tuna or cat food can while she cannot see.

 

[TheHappyHen678]

Update on chicken: the swelling on her face has gone down quite a bit, but she is yet to open her eyes back up. All wounds have stopped bleeding and are healing, and she is eating and drinking (albeit with slight difficulty cause she still can't see ) she is moving around, though a little lethargic, and I noticed 2 things though, her left waddle is unusually purple and swollen, and she isn't pooping very often, but when she does it's either small but normal looking, or this runny yellow sometimes paired with small black chunks. (The feathers beneath her vent are also clumped with the yellow feces)

 

[Gezellige_Poes]

Update on chicken: the swelling on her face has gone down quite a bit, but she is yet to open her eyes back up. All wounds have stopped bleeding and are healing, and she is eating and drinking (albeit with slight difficulty cause she still can't see ) she is moving around, though a little lethargic, and I noticed 2 things though, her left waddle is unusually purple and swollen, and she isn't pooping very often, but when she does it's either small but normal looking, or this runny yellow sometimes paired with small black chunks. (The feathers beneath her vent are also clumped with the yellow feces)

Does she have to compete for food? Has she lost weight, how does her breast bone feel, is it prominent? The yellow poo color and small poo volume could be because she is not eating enough and passing bile. @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock : please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Eggcessive]

Thanks for the update. Are you offering her a bowl of mushy wet feed and egg a few times a day? That is necessary to get enough fluids and food into them when they cannot see. Do you think she was attacked because she was acting unwell? Poop pictures and any others you have of her are welcome. Are the urates yellow? Do you have her separated near the other chickens so that she can see them when her eyes open? She may want to be near them in a wire dog crate, but still separated so she is not bullied.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Update on chicken: the swelling on her face has gone down quite a bit, but she is yet to open her eyes back up. All wounds have stopped bleeding and are healing, and she is eating and drinking (albeit with slight difficulty cause she still can't see ) she is moving around, though a little lethargic, and I noticed 2 things though, her left waddle is unusually purple and swollen, and she isn't pooping very often, but when she does it's either small but normal looking, or this runny yellow sometimes paired with small black chunks. (The feathers beneath her vent are also clumped with the yellow feces)

Thank you for the update.

Are you opening the eyes, rinsing with saline and putting eye ointment IN the eyes?

Photos of the wattles would be good. It may just be in the process of healing due to injury. Could be that it needs to be cleaned out, hard to know.

Was she sick or unwell before being beaten up? Was she laying eggs, eating/drinking and active/interacting with the flock or did she already show signs of aging a bit of decline?
Sometimes if a hen or rooster is attacked by the flock, they are not well. Could be she's struggling with some other condition in addition to trying to heal from her injuries.

I have a speckled sussex (8years old)

Has she been unwell lately? Do you have a rooster?