Dog attack!

[mermaid_of_the_farm]

Is she in the house? If so, she should not need heat. In the coop, 39 - 40°F is not cold for chickens, she'll be fine without added heat.

She's in a small, cozy coop set aside for grow-outs and things like this. I thought about bringing her in though. I'll hold off on the heat then. Thank you!

 

[mermaid_of_the_farm]

Update: Sweetie survived the night. I sprayed blucoat on her this morning but I noticed a foul smell, kind of fishy. I gave her a warm water soak bath and made sure to rinse her wounds as best I could. It's so hard to see everything with all those feathers! Anyway, I blow dried her and did another round of blucoat. She's eating, drinking, walking around just fine. Should I be doing anything more? It's the smell that concerns me - is that normal?
Here is a better picture of her tail that looks like it's half ripped off.

 

[Anon112]

Poor thing. The eating/drinking/moving around is a great sign.

Continue to monitor the smell---can you tell how deep the injury is? (In other words, do you just sort of see muscle where the skin is ripped?).

That will start to close up, but it will take a lot of time. I'll just reiterate to keep an eye out for feathers starting to get stuck in the wound as it heals. It can cause infection and it's painful for them when you have to pull one out.