EXTREMELY INJURED HEN: Please Help!!!

chicken19

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My hen was attacked by the other chickens. I didn't notice until it was too late. She is separated from them now but really injured. They pecked a deep cut in her neck and tried to peck her eyeball out. It looks really infected and was sealed shut with yellow goop. She is cut in a bunch of places, and her head is swollen and it looks like that eye is infected. Is there any chance she will survive? I can get her antibiotics but that might not help.
She barely drinks, doesn't eat and has been passing green diarrhea.
I love her so much so please help me!
I'll post photos later.
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I think she can survive if no one talk to you about how to cure it in a day take her to the vet in the mean time keep her in a place away from the other
 
Right now you need to focus on getting the wounds clean with a wet cloth and then coat them in non-pain neosporin. Support her with water plus electrolytes and keep her someplace safe, quiet and warm while the shock passes. The next few days will be focused around her comfort and recovery, chickens are very resilient and come back from all sorts of injuries with proper management.
 
You should clean all her wounds and put some blue kote on it, and to get her to drink try feeding her through a dropper or one of the medicine syringes like this (don't know what they're actually called).
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I don't know what to say about her eye or if she will get better, unfortunately. That's all the advice I have, best of luck though :(
 
Oh you poor things! Both of you. I am so sorry this happened to you. As Chickenlover2017 said, I am sure one of the experts on the forum will be along soon. In the meantime, don't panic. This forum is full of stories of chickens fully recovering from terrible injuries. I am *not* an expert but here is my 2 cents...
-You need to clean the wounds. Do you have epsom salts for a bath or saline solution?
-Once the wounds are clean, apply topical treatments. Do you have vetericyn, blu-kote, or antibiotic ointment (regular, not the kind with pain relief)
-She needs to be kept separate from the flock, somewhere you can keep an eye on her
-She needs to eat and drink. Try tempting her with cooked egg if she won't eat her normal food. Try electrolytes in the water. Do you have Poultry Nutridrench? or even Pedialyte, or Gatorade.

Hang in there, I'm sure more people will chime in soon. *hugs*
 

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