Chickens attacked by furry woodland creature, now wont eat or drink

[sourland]

Check her left earlobe. It sort of looks as if whatever attacked may have bitten that part of her head. You are doing all the right things and chickens are quite resilient to attack injuries. If you have any eye ointment with antibiotic, put some of that in her eye. If her skull has been bitten by the predator, the prognosis may not be positive. Good luck.

 

[nnbreeder]

It's not hard at all to use a crop tube. When the tube goes down their throat the only place it can go is in the crop and you can easily feel it when it is in place.

No matter how badly she feels though she will fight it so be prepared for that.

 

[rittschicks]

Update:

Her face is looking alot better, and we have been doing wound care on it every other day.

We have been crop feeding her for 3days now, she is looking and feeling better, but she will not eat or drink on her own. We tried putting all sorts of good food with her and she just turns the other way. she will just stand and stare at the side of her pen untill she goes to sleep at night.

Any ideas on how to get her to eat?
She still in shock?
Brain damage?

 

[Katydid2011]

It seems natural to me that she would still be in shock and need help with feeding for at least a few more days. Please continue to keep us updated. I'm sending good thoughts your way.

 

[BrattishTaz]

Ok, I just dealt with a similar situation with the roo in my avatar. My boy had damage to his eye so he is blind but I managed to get the nastiest infection I've ever seen cleared up and he is running around being a roo again. It took 4 weeks of treatment. That eye is going to look a lot worse before it gets better.

Try giving your bird a couple of spoons of red gatoraid (red seems to get their attention). This helped bring mine out of shock and he was eating again within minutes (he didn't want to eat for a few days before this). Have some scrambled egg with yogurt and a little crumble ready. Polyvisol without iron wouldn't hurt either.

I rinsed the eye at least twice a day with sterile warm water (just boil and cool). Hold a warm washcloth or bandage on the eye once a day to encourage drainage. A pharmacist and I sat in front of her work computer and searched for medications that would be safe for a bird's eye. Polysporin was what we found. Apply the polysporin to the eye daily.

I almost gave up at week 3 because it looked so bad. I am so glad I didn't.
I hope this helps.

Edited to add: It took a while for him to adjust to not having normal sight. He was fearful and just wanted to stand or lay under the steps for a week or so. He walked very carefully and wanted us outside with him while he ate. He also stopped flying for about a month after he had healed. He did get braver over time and just made his first flight onto the roof (his favorite hangout) the other day.

 

[toleninopa]

Hi... I have that problem to my chicken too and I cleaned the eye inside an out with a cu tips. I took out the white stuff and clean again the inside of the eye. I put some bacitracen on a cu tips and apply it inside the eye...It works but the eye can not be save.