Dog bite at crop **Graphic Pictures** Update and Question

[kentuckyblue]

i should have look at your last post before making my last one but the nfz is a good thing to have for cuts,but i would make a round pin with just a pice of fence not big just enough for her to walk around ,and put it in the yard with the other chickens cover the top so they dont fly in or out and give her and you a break then bring her in at night ,thats what i did with my baby silkies

 

[CTChickenMom]

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You could like also get some Blu-kote (sp?) for the wound. No sense taking a chance. It might be that little bit of insurance to keep others from picking and to keep dirt, shavings and other grit from the wound.

 

[bantybev]

Just found this post tonight and I am so glad it had a happy ending. After seeing what looked like a terminal injury, I am amazed at the resilience our little feathered friends seem to have at times.
You are so lucky to have found such a caring, wonderful vet. It is rare to find a reasonably priced avian vet, let alone one that goes above and beyond. I'd say this vet is a keeper. I wish we could find one like him in our area.

 

[socalchicks]

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I didn't think of that! I have her inside in a dog exercise pen that I just made smaller. I clipped a blanket over the top so she wouldn't fly out. I can just put that out in the yard during the day and move it back inside at night. I'll try that tomorrow. She'll be so happy to be back out with her peeps!

Bantybev - I have been totally amazed by this little girl throughout this whole episode! If you were to judge by the way she acted, you would never even know she was injured at all. And now, just about two weeks later her skin is almost completely healed and feathers are quickly growing back. It almost like her brain didn't recognize the injury so her body is just following suit! I don't know, but she certainly has taught me a lesson!

 

[dmccann]

my hen pecked at her wound also we made her a coat with a thin layer of card board between the fabric it also has velcro closers so it does not slip the vet told us we could also use press and seal over the bandages good luck

 

[socalchicks]

I started reintroducing her yesterday. At first I put her out in the yard with them, but stayed right there just in case. It did not go well. I can't believe how brutal those girls can be! It was like watching a gang initiation where they all jump the new guy and beat the crap out of him. I swear one of the silkies pulled a switchblade out from under her wing and whispered "I'm gonna cut you"! That little silkie does NOT want to go back to her spot as low man on the totem pole.

So, she ended up spending the day in the yard, but in her pen so the other girls can't get to her. The silkie does still try to peck her through the fence every once in a while though. I'm hoping that if I do that every day for the next week or so it will be a little easier for everyone. If the silkie doesn't calm down after a week I was thinking of pulling her out for a day or two, let Ginny reestablish her place in the flock and then putting her back in. Would that work or would it make things worse?

I felt so bad for Ginny yesterday, she got rejected by everyone! When I brought her back in for the night I let her and the bunnies roam around the room while I cleaned out the pens. I turned my back for a minute, heard a little commotion so I turned back and saw Ginny run across the room with a bunny hanging off her tail feathers! She usually gets along fine with the bunnies, I'm not sure what happened. Poor girl. Although it was kinda funny!

I'll try mixing her in with the other girls in few days after their used to her being around again. Hopefully that will do it!

 

[CTChickenMom]

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This is a good plan, take that Silkie out but keep putting Ginny out in her pen so she can be with the others without getting beaten. They will get used to her again. You will have some scuffling I think, because the original pecking order has been upset. By taking out the Silkie for a few days to a week and then putting her back in, she will start at the bottom again. That sounds so uncharacteristic of Silkies. I heard they were so mild-mannered.

 

[RedfogsFlock]

Our first experience with our chickens and dogs was when our standard poodle got ahold of every single girl, and my DH actually thought they were all dead! I rushed home to find that even though they weren't dead they were really tore up! I had one girl with a cut under her wing, so I put a stitch in it. Had another girl that couldn't even walk her spine had this huge crease in it that looked like a raised bridge. So I brought them all in, put em in a warm quiet room in dresser drawers with hay in them. I started them on antibiotics and went to watching! I was amazed at how quickly most of the girls made a recovery, but I had to that had to fight. The one girl didn't even start to walk for close to a month. we thought she was paralyzed really. The other girl, well it took her about 2 weeks to be well enough to come out of her drawer! But anyways it looked like a blood bath in the coop, and on all our girls! They were sore, and I felt that as long as they were eating and drinking that was a good sign.

EVERY SINGLE one of our girls recovered from that, and the dog went on a chain! (he goes to his new home this weekend)

So I hope your little baby makes a full recovery. They are hardy birds, and good at fighting. GOOD LUCK!

The little man is meditating for ya!

 

[eastbaychicks]

I love happy endings!

 

[socalchicks]

I was surprised by the silkie also. But, she seems to be opposite of what I thought silkies were like! She's not real friendly (not mean, but doesn't ever come up to me like the others), she was the first one to start laying and she lays almost every day. Nothing like what I expected!

But, things seems to be settling down a bit now. I haven't taken the silkie out yet, I don't have a place to put her other than Ginny's pen and I don't want to do that! I will give it a few more days and if the silkie doesn't relax, she'll come out when Ginny goes in permanently.

Thank you, everyone for your help!