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Let me preface this by saying this hen is livestock. Sweet, loving, jumbo egg laying livestock, but still livestock, so a vet visit is out of our price range, and not practical for us. Our dog found a weak place in the wire, and had stuck her face into the coop. We didnt notice until she was prancing through the yard with one of our new hens in her mouth. Poor girl didnt make it, but we patched the wire up and I noticed one hen on the bottom of the coop. I brought her in and her injuries are extensive as well. She has the last section of her wing missing, a bite in her shoulder area, and the flock obviously picked her pretty hard as she does not have any tummy feathers and her face looks awful. I dont know how many days she was like this with the flock because the wound on her shoulder was well hidden by her feathers.
I immediately brought her in, cleaned her wounds, and put her in a crate in a quiet downstairs area of the house covered up to keep her warm. I know for a fact she is not eating or drinking. I had to force water this afternoon, but she only got 25ml of substance. She's in an incredible amount of pain, and she's not holding her head up anymore. Is there anything more I can do for her or should I just "pull the plug"? We've dealt with another hen getting hurt before like this, but I got to her immediately after the fact and she healed up in a month feathers and all. I just feel like this girl has lost this will to live.
Below are the pictures of her injuries
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Let me preface this by saying this hen is livestock. Sweet, loving, jumbo egg laying livestock, but still livestock, so a vet visit is out of our price range, and not practical for us. Our dog found a weak place in the wire, and had stuck her face into the coop. We didnt notice until she was prancing through the yard with one of our new hens in her mouth. Poor girl didnt make it, but we patched the wire up and I noticed one hen on the bottom of the coop. I brought her in and her injuries are extensive as well. She has the last section of her wing missing, a bite in her shoulder area, and the flock obviously picked her pretty hard as she does not have any tummy feathers and her face looks awful. I dont know how many days she was like this with the flock because the wound on her shoulder was well hidden by her feathers.
I immediately brought her in, cleaned her wounds, and put her in a crate in a quiet downstairs area of the house covered up to keep her warm. I know for a fact she is not eating or drinking. I had to force water this afternoon, but she only got 25ml of substance. She's in an incredible amount of pain, and she's not holding her head up anymore. Is there anything more I can do for her or should I just "pull the plug"? We've dealt with another hen getting hurt before like this, but I got to her immediately after the fact and she healed up in a month feathers and all. I just feel like this girl has lost this will to live.
Below are the pictures of her injuries
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