EMERGENCY!!! DOG BITE WOUND TO CHICKEN

[McChooky]

@McChooky I'm really curios. How did you train your dogs to not kill?

I had both of my dogs before I got chickens so I had to train them both.They trembled at the sight of them for 6 months so I patiently waited until they calmed before I began training them.I also have audio so I can monitor everything that goes on outside from inside my home.My hounds love to chase predators and are extremely noisy if anything comes around.I haven't lost but 2 chickens free ranging since training them and neither one was out at the time

 

[TheGreatEscapees]

I think the black is just scabs. Is there any bad smell?
Try to watch tomorrow, make sure she's still eating well.

@coach723 No, there is no bad smell. I think she is starting to scab up, since her back looks crusty. She is still not eating well at all. I checked on her last night. She had drank just a little bit of water, and ate hardly any food the whole day. She will gobble up safflower seeds though.

 

[coach723]

Try some scrambled or cooked and chopped up egg. If she's not eating that would be concerning. What do her droppings look like? Do you have any antibiotics on hand? Amoxicillin would be good for this, to make sure there is not any infection that's been missed. Also, if you haven't already, go over her carefully again, inch by inch, make sure that there are no wounds that were missed.

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree, some of the wound may be scabbing. It is good the tissue is reconnecting. Some may slough off, but it sounds like she is healing. As far as feeding goes, I usually mix a small bowl of mushy wet chicken crumbles or pellets with a bit of egg or tuna, twice a day, and give vitamins. Torpedo feeding where you make small pieces of food with chicken feed and egg and squash them into bite size pieces to put into the beak. Offer water after. Check her crop often in case she is developing a slow or impacted crop. Tube feeding would be the third way to get more into her, but I prefer for them to eat on their own. If you have a kitchen scale, you can get a baseline weight to see if she is gaining or losing weight.

 

[TheGreatEscapees]

@Eggcessive @coach723 and @BigBlueHen53 We have a bigger problem now. I let my chicken go out into the run by herself. The first alarming thing I noticed was she is significantly lighter than the last lime I picked her up. The second alarming thing was that she refused to drink and only ate a few tiny pieces of bread. She has not eaten well for the past two days, and only drank a little yesterday. The third alarming thing was that she developed a serious limp on the side where her wounds are. She was not limping directly after the attack(last week) and was in fact, running and hopping around while I set up her isolation center. The fourth alarming thing was she kept hunching down and closing her eyes while standing. The fifth alarming thing was that she pooped what looks to be egg mixed with bright green poop(see below). She seems to be deteriorating quickly. Any advice would help. I also attached an updated picture of her back. Thanks.

 

[TheGreatEscapees]

Amoxicillin would be good for this, to make sure there is not any infection that's been missed.

@coach723 Would corid work? Do you think this could be Egg Yolk Petronitus or something else?

 

[coach723]

I do not think Corid would work. Corid is an anti coccidiostat, for coccidiosis, a parasite, not an antibiotic. My concern is that it's infection from the injuries. Externally I cannot see anything in the pictures that looks concerning, but I don't know what is going on inside, if there is infection there somewhere. Amoxicillin is getting harder to find, but still can be gotten as fish antibiotics, fish mox or aqua mox, online. If you have a vet that will prescribe that would be faster. It's usually very well tolerated, and that is what I would give if she were mine.

 

[Eggcessive]

The green dropping and the yellow are bile, and can be signs of her not eating and possible infection or liver issues. Amoxicillin can be found online but could take up to a week to arrive. You can try getting from here unless they now ask for a prescription:
https://hardypaw.com/products/fix-mox-amoxicillin-capsules-fish-antibiotics?variant=44787640008865

Here is a thread about torpedo feeding when one is not eating:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/