Favorite EE had wing ripped off by predator. Recommendations to prevent infection?

[Geena]

Thank you for your concern. What’s being done for her is not worse than death.

No need to be snippy with me, I wasn't necessarily speaking about your specific situation, but more in general. Many people naively believe that death is the ultimate worst thing that can happen to a being, when that is far from the truth.

You have to be careful with birds in determining their level of suffering. They lack the ability to convey their pain to us through obvious facial expressions and vocalizations as mammals and humans do, so we can only guess at what they might be feeling.

Your chicken, your choice, but don't be surprised that others may not agree with cutting a limb off of a conscious animal, as that is pretty barbaric.

 

[ninja333pirate]

I have read about sugar in wounds, seems so odd to me but it was on a prepper site! So it must work.

if you look at the video I was talking about the method was shown to work in a small dog with a massive wound on its neck. the sugar and the antibiotics and a wrap around the wound was all they used and it healed up really well. The channel name is Vetranch and you can tell what video I am talking about if you look back at my first comment.

 

[ninja333pirate]

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bird is fully back to her normal self. Showing no signs of suffering, other than slight discomfort at dressing change time. Flesh on bottom is growing up past some of the dying flesh on top. Thinking the nub is looking pretty good so far

I would definitely say that it looks like nothing is going to grow over that bone, so you will have a perpetual opening into the birds body if you don't either cut it off at the joint or snip it back to where the skin level is so that the skin that is their can eventually grow over it. from what it looks like the skin is almost at the joint anyway might be a good idea to cut it off with a scalpel or a sanitized sharp blade and cut a way into the skin and cut out the bone at the joint that way you don't have a bone nub rubbing on skin irritating her after its healed. And then you would have any extra skin there that, while its wrapped, will be closer together to allow it to heal faster so it does not have to make a ton of new skin to fill in the gap.

 

[Hopeful homesteader]

if you look at the video I was talking about the method was shown to work in a small dog with a massive wound on its neck. the sugar and the antibiotics and a wrap around the wound was all they used and it healed up really well. The channel name is Vetranch and you can tell what video I am talking about if you look back at my first comment.

I know very little about sugar in wounds but I've read a few threads using it on chickens and it helps also with slough so you're not having to cut away dead skin and risk cutting into healthy new skin. Another user explained the sugar helps to absorb excess fluids, enough to prevent necrosis in healthy tissue but also maintaining enough dampness from ointment to promote new growth, it's kinda like the perfect spot in between wet and dry. Wish I could find the thread I was looking through that had all that info, she posted pictures almost daily and then switched to medical grade honey when it was healed up a bit more and stopped sloughing as often.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

How is your girl doing @m1chelle1?

 

[m1chelle1]

How is your girl doing @m1chelle1?

She is doing so well! Thank you for asking she spends everyday with her wrapping on, running around with her girls, out foraging for bugs and such, and is spry and has a lot of energy! Then she spends the evenings being pampered in hotel kennel with her own food and water away from the bugs and flies. Seeing healing on the wound and no smell or infection. Ill have to grab some updated pictures for everyone

 

[humblehillsfarm]

She is doing so well! Thank you for asking she spends everyday with her wrapping on, running around with her girls, out foraging for bugs and such, and is spry and has a lot of energy! Then she spends the evenings being pampered in hotel kennel with her own food and water away from the bugs and flies. Seeing healing on the wound and no smell or infection. Ill have to grab some updated pictures for everyone

I'm glad she's able to safely mingle with the flock and she's doing well! Any decision yet on the bone situation?

 

[Happy hen lover]

I'm so glad to hear she's gaining on her wound. I had to laugh about the bug free overnight hotel !

 

[McChooky]

I have read about sugar in wounds, seems so odd to me but it was on a prepper site! So it must work.

I put sugar on a bad cut on a horses leg years ago.It stopped the bleeding immediately, didn't get swollen or infected and healed quickly without stitches or any other tx.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Really that's amazing , glad to hear of first hand experience. Thanks