EE attacked by a dog

[watchingtherain]

Thanks for the pattern. My hen is doing ok, she is eating and drinking, she isn't walking though. I'm going to trim her feathers tomorrow so I can monitor the wounds. Is it good to increase the protein to help with wound healing?

 

[chelsebell]

Are her legs injured at all or is she just still a little in shock? Increasing her protein will help in her recovery! Yogurt, hard boiled or scrambled eggs, oatmeal with peanut butter are a few of my girls favorites

 

[Canvasb]

You might pack the wound with honey and cover it with a non-stick wound dressing.  I haven't used honey on a chicken wound yet, but have had some horses with horrendous leg wounds that couldn't be sewn and they have healed amazingly well with no infection when packed with honey. 

When you say pack with honey, are you talking coat the inside topically or actually pour it in there? She has hole still on her back under her wing and it travels all the way down to her abdomen. It doesn't look like it's going to close very easily. When I would wash her wound out, the hole would fill up and I would have to turn her upside down to pour the solution out of her body. I noticed a little pus pocket that has formed inside the hole. Also, how many times a day or week did you repack the wounds? If anyone knows whether or not honey would be safe for the inside cavity of the chicken, please reply. I don't know what else to do and am willing to try anything. Annie is doing amazingly well right now and today, she noticed the wound and decided to taste it. So....we're back to dressing it again. Also, chelseabell, thank you for the info and saddle patterns! Those will come in handy now.

 

[Je33ieg]

I don't have any good advice, just sincere apologies for you. I had 5 EEs that i ordered from a hatchery and only have 1 left thanks to a wandering neighborhood dog luckily, mine died instantly. But it was so sad! I hope she makes it and good luck!

 

[mychickenbrood]

What does the honey do? Where I live, I would be afraid of red ants and honey bees finding her and torturing her to death, but just curious about the healing properties of honey, as I'd never heard of that before.

 

[watchingtherain]

She began standing Friday she walks with a limp.i cleaned out her wounds today and applied triple ABO. She is actually sleeping with her head tucked under wing, something she hasn't done in almost a week. Her wounds look pretty good. My one son was definitely squeamish. Some are deep, but there doesn't appear to be any sign of infection.

 

[chelsebell]

That's great about your hen mine is still healing wonderfully and had laid her 1st 3 eggs this week!!

 

[chelsebell]

As for honey it's not any honey there are particular raw honeys that have been known to prevent infection and support healthy tissue growth. I personally wouldn't pour honey down a puncture wound at least not without flushing it really well with lactated ringer's or saline or another irrigation solution. But on a surface wound I would make a honey dressing but once again this is only raw uncooked honey that has these properties not the honey in the plastic bear that people put in their tea. The amount you change the dressing completely depends on the state of the wound.

Here is a link to a great simple page about honey and healing of wounds:
https://wildhealingherbs.com/uploads/Using_Honey_for_Wound_Healing.PDF

 

[chelsebell]

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[chelsebell]

One last thing about honey the raw honey hasn't been heated and filtered so it has beneficial enzymes alive in it...the liquid honey that pours from a squeeze bottle is a completely different substance. Raw honey has much different look and texture and has to be scooped more like peanutbutter from a jar just trying to help otherwise you could have a really sticky mess on your hands that won't help any wound heal...