OneRedHenKevin
In the Brooder
- Feb 13, 2020
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Hey all,
Posting about Kevin, our lone standing hen. Coyotes got into the run and took all our hens but Kevin managed to get away, left her with what I thought was one puncture wound but when I brought her in I found the approx.8”long gash from side to side over her back spanning from under one wing to the other.
I’ve only ever had horses before so I did what I would have done with them which was to give it a good wash out with hot soapy water (added a little peroxide) then dry off Well and coat it with “red-kote” blue kote’s antiseptic sibling. I had to squeeze some liquid out of the puncture wound and then give it a nice wash. Boy was she a champ through this all!
I brought her into the house and made her a little bedding box by the woodstove because all her feathers on her back and sides are gone, even the down. Which is where she’s stayed the last three days.
I wrapped it the first night with gauze and a loose horse wrap bandage around her torso, which she didn’t mind at all. I it off the next, re-coated it with the antiseptic and left the bandage off during the following day so it wouldn’t fester or stuck to the injury. Tonight I washed it with saline solution and a soft tack sponge and did the red kote again.
she’s been drinking water and ive been doing what I’ve read here which is to give her some scrambled egg, but tonight she got a little regular scratch and seemed into it.
Her movement is limited, she stays in our house in her little box all day, even though the box is open so she could go out if she wanted. Which I suppose is good because I don’t want that wound tearing by her jumping around.
She seems ok, and though the wound is deep and seems like it would be hard pressed to come together and seal up, it’s not inflamed or irritated looking (yet, knock on wood) just still a little gooey and bloody looking in the middle, deepest part.
My big concern right now is that she seems to be shivering a bit. It’s not constant but I don’t know if that’s from the lack of feathers or pain or something bigger being wrong.
Any thoughts/advice would be great.
thanks!
Posting about Kevin, our lone standing hen. Coyotes got into the run and took all our hens but Kevin managed to get away, left her with what I thought was one puncture wound but when I brought her in I found the approx.8”long gash from side to side over her back spanning from under one wing to the other.
I’ve only ever had horses before so I did what I would have done with them which was to give it a good wash out with hot soapy water (added a little peroxide) then dry off Well and coat it with “red-kote” blue kote’s antiseptic sibling. I had to squeeze some liquid out of the puncture wound and then give it a nice wash. Boy was she a champ through this all!
I brought her into the house and made her a little bedding box by the woodstove because all her feathers on her back and sides are gone, even the down. Which is where she’s stayed the last three days.
I wrapped it the first night with gauze and a loose horse wrap bandage around her torso, which she didn’t mind at all. I it off the next, re-coated it with the antiseptic and left the bandage off during the following day so it wouldn’t fester or stuck to the injury. Tonight I washed it with saline solution and a soft tack sponge and did the red kote again.
she’s been drinking water and ive been doing what I’ve read here which is to give her some scrambled egg, but tonight she got a little regular scratch and seemed into it.
Her movement is limited, she stays in our house in her little box all day, even though the box is open so she could go out if she wanted. Which I suppose is good because I don’t want that wound tearing by her jumping around.
She seems ok, and though the wound is deep and seems like it would be hard pressed to come together and seal up, it’s not inflamed or irritated looking (yet, knock on wood) just still a little gooey and bloody looking in the middle, deepest part.
My big concern right now is that she seems to be shivering a bit. It’s not constant but I don’t know if that’s from the lack of feathers or pain or something bigger being wrong.
Any thoughts/advice would be great.
thanks!
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