Dog bite on 15 week old

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

My dog was eating her food outside when ole Blackie the lowest in the pecking order decided he was gonna share a meal.

She looked at him and he took off and when I turned my back I guess he jumped back up on the porch to get her food and she snapped at him.

He took off then but I saw some feathers fly so I went to make sure he’s okay.

Of course he wasn’t.

I found one wound that’s pretty serious.

It goes all the way thru the skin and I can see inside his body.

Hes not panting and he IS eating/drinking.

I have him inside in a kennel with food and water.

What should I do???

 

[Vickischics]

I'm sorry your experiencing this..
Bring the chick inside. Trim all the feathers around each wound to visualize the extent of the damage.
If you have Chlorihexdine or Vet Rx clean the wound. Pat dry and Allow to dry. Pack the wounds with a Triple antibiotic oint.
DO NOT use any with Lidocaine in it. Its toxic to our chickens. Then put the chick in a secured area inside. You can't put the chick with open wounds outside because of potential Fly Strike and others will peck at the chick and the wounds.
Feed it hydro electrolyte/ Poultry Nutri-drench water and some scrambled egg.
Do not use hydrogen peroxide as this kills the good bacteria needed for healing.
Do the wound treatment inside until healed.
Don't use Blue Kot/the blue purple dye antiseptic spray on open wounds. Its for abrasions ect. Not open wounds. Plus be careful...it stains Everything!

 

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

I'm sorry your experiencing this..
Bring the chick inside. Trim all the feathers around each wound to visualize the extent of the damage.
If you have Chlorihexdine or Vet Rx clean the wound. Pat dry and Allow to dry. Pack the wounds with a Triple antibiotic oint.
DO NOT use any with Lidocaine in it. Its toxic to our chickens. Then put time chick in a secured area. You can't put the chick with open wounds because of potential Fly Strike.
Feed it hydro electrolyte water and some scrambled egg.

By secured area what do you mean?
like inside my house??

 

[Vickischics]

By secured area what do you mean?
like inside my house??

Yes, bring it inside. Treat the chick and keep in a quite area. The chick will more than likely be in shock. Hence, the reason for quite area. Preferably a dark one. You can use an old towel or chux to collect the poop. The shavings will stick to the triple antibiotic oint.

 

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

Yes, bring it inside. Treat the chick and keep in a quite area. The chick will more than likely be in shock. Hence, the reason for quite area. Preferably a dark one. You can use an old towel or chux to collect the poop. The shavings will stick to the triple antibiotic oint.

Is he going to have to live inside for a while though or can he go back outside

 

[Vickischics]

Is he going to have to live inside for a while though or can he go back outside

Inside until healed. The flys/nats will lay maggot eggs. Aka: Fly Strike. The others will pick on him.
Or, If you want to let him out supervised thats ok but, bring him back in. Its the flys thats the worse plus he'll need wound treatment daily.
The wounds heal fairly quickly with the simple wound treatment.
See how quickly it heals.

 

[Vickischics]

If you have the chance to let him outside, thats great but, supervise her so flys don't lay on the wound and the others dont peck at her since she's the lowest on the pecking order.

 

[Vickischics]

Please Post pictures of the wounds after you cut all the feathers away. You don't need to worry about a bad "hair cut" you just need the feathers away from the wounds to "see" the extent and to "see" how it looks daily.
Plus boost up your chickens protein (increases healing)with scrambled eggs. Offer grit/oyster shell too.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

I think it's a boy chicken so it doesn't need oyster shell. Look up wound care or deep wound here on BYC or Google and you should get some old threads with people who've experienced this. Sorry for your chicken, hope he heals up well.

 

[Vickischics]

I think it's a boy chicken so it doesn't need oyster shell. Look up wound care or deep wound here on BYC or Google and you should get some old threads with people who've experienced this. Sorry for your chicken, hope he heals up well.

The OP didn't say if its a Cockerel or not. I'm helping the OP based on experience, but, I'm telling her how to treat the chicken based on Evidence Based Veterinarian treatment.
But, you did make a good suggestion for seeking help.