Chicken with large head wound on back of head, how to wrap?

[Eggcessive]

That sounds like it works for you, as long as you are always home. Hens don’t need a rooster at all for egg laying, but the eggs just are not fertilized, and would not hatch. They look and taste the same. But I do like to have a rooster in the flock. The hens like to snuggle with him on the roost and they look to him for leadership, to do the warning call for predator, and to keep peace. They just are not necessary and I have a zero tolerance for hurting a hen. I have had a lot of roosters and most were chicken friendly and people friendly. Good luck.

 

[Taccuddles]

Hi guys, looking for some help here. I found one of my chickens with a severe head wound last night. It’s looks like the other chickens pecked her head down to the bone, there’s an open wound about the size of a half dollar and it looks like I can see the skull bones. As soon as I found her I separated her and brought her inside. She is eating and drinking normally...I’m giving her her regular layer feed and water with electrolytes. It’s really bizarre because she is acting like nothing is wrong, but she has a giant hole in her head I tried to flush the wound with water and sprayed it with Vetricyn which made her scream in pain. I then attempted to wrap it: put a gauze pad with plain Neosporin on it on the wound and then vet wrap to hold it in place, but it’s not working. In order to get it to stay in place it has to be wrapped tightly, but when I do that she gasps as if she’s choking. I tried wrapping it loosely but she is able to just shake it off if it’s not tight enough.
I would love some advice on how to wrap a head wound on a chicken and if you have any advice on what else I can do to help her. I have a poultry vet right next to my work so I will see if I can get her an appointment there today. I’ve attached pictures of the wound, beware if you are squeamish. She is a 27 week old Cochin/Silkie cross.

I wash with saline wound wash spray mine with Blue kote. When it gets a nice closed scab for a week or more, when it shows signs of lifting. I put antibiotic ointment no pain reliever. But my chicken had a hole I caught it early. The newest one is worse, I'll let you know. We got rid of our rooster. He lives on a farm on 9 acres.