strangeanimal
Songster
Bright day , just bright day , sun shining , chickens having a nice dustbath and having lots of joy untill that moment I could here that one hens scream that I'll NEVER get out of mind , this is the first time it ended up like this , still shocked we all are I'm now holding my other hen and typing you this message , probably to find some hope , maybe some of you ever had a chicken with same kind of injuries and I don't know but this is the situation than :
all older hens went to neighbour / farmer for a fifty-fifty deal because I couldn't cull them ( those were the hens of my passed father I admired , adored , * one day I 'll find my prince , but my king will always be my father * ) , only a few of them stayed because of the fact I was going to get babychicks by two hens , those hens are both alive , one is still somewhat in shock but not injured and ' ok ' , now the real problem , which IS a problem ...
This hen kept hyperventilating and I blamed just and only the fact she could have been one of the rest that is no longer , but it's worse , it is really bad .
I was lifting her up and she felt extremely hot on the flank and belly , now I took her inside for a nice warm/cold bath to make her become calm and spoil her so she d be better untill I noticed this :
The FLESH on her tigh is naked ! all skin is ripped away :'( !!! she was already ' naked ' there since she is a broody hen ( or was ? ) so I didn't pay much of attention , but it looked so red so I said ' hey girly you have to start to stop with those feathers you pluck or you are going to be like that cat from the neigbours here ! ' while I wanted to put some cream on it for burnwounds so it would cure a bit better but like written before now i knew she had been struggling too and came out alive yes but for how long .....
I also have to confess I have worked with a veterinarian , specialized in exotiques , that means lots of reptiles and birds , yet a lot of small pets too like chickens , cats etc . I have experienced this kind of wound enough to realize how often it can be fatale especially depending on the weather , so very bad timing because flies are EVERYWHERE looking for some piece of ... what she now has exposed , yes meat indeed and it does look exactly like you buy that raw meat in the supermarket yet still has that small thin layer on it , altough it is rupturud ...
My experience in these wounds now is quite good but still ...
I'm not having all I need right now !
plus I do not know about a chicken having these injuries , here is what I till so far have done :
bathing her is NOT an option so I didn't do it at last , I only cleared the wound out with antibacterial water ( oxigenwater ) but now another issue ; I only have the one you can use oral wich means low percentage of oxigensulfade , not enough , normally it starts to foam all the bacteria out , it didn't , but I continued with the usual steps ' isobetadine gel ' , also just the veryyyy last bit out of the tube just enough to lay a thin layer , not thick enough in fact , it has to be really covered so all can heal and no fly can start laying eggs , final step looking for bandages ( for after surgery sterile compress but big ones , last patch used , not big enough ) ,
now closed it of with bandages for woman and taped it with some small plasters in the aid kit ...
Now she is having a fevere which is to expect , she needs antibiotics ofcourse and the ivermectine is also ran out ...
My ex boss the vet is now with his wife on holiday so he can't forsee me in her needs and just told me two things :
a : I'm afraid she is not going to make it BUT I said that about those last 6 animals you took home too and they turned out into huge crocodiles while they were dying so I'm believing in you and in what you have already learned , just use the knowledge you gained from with that cat that almost survived ! this chicken does not have maggots in there yet , that is why you should try it and if you see that she is not even moving anymore or drinking , you know ' tha drill ' good luck there and I'm sorry .
I didn't ask for any other advice due the fact I got shocked too much and only kept repeating in my head what I indeed used to do in the practice , now I see I do have questions and he's not available by whatsapp or anything ( newly weds ha ? )
My questions : if you ran out of ivermectine , can you use any kind of antibiotics from your own ?? I'm having a lot of that anyone with that kind of experience ? or just knowledge ??
Is there any online store in any of your countries that could deliver very fast for all the other supplies as well ?? she can't wait a full night now since the wound is not sealed of and can easily get maggots and if so , it is done with her ...
last of my questions : who else experieced a chicken where skin was off ?? how long does it take for her to cure / get a crust or atleast some skin again and if she gets the antibiotics , where do I leave her eggs now that are fertile , is there a problem if I 'd put them other the other hen or are the embryos able to be normal ? ( never treated a chicken with this and in most cases they had to be put down , officially the vet calls this a lost case .... but she is tooooo much a living reminder of my dad and I'm very attached to all those chickens in fact , her in particular and she is the one needing the 24/24h help now which I'm willing to give ...
Thanks for any answered question and toughts and been there done that stories ! all helpfull right now !!!
kind regards , from someone with only 4 hens left as if it s the slaughterhouse outside :'(
all older hens went to neighbour / farmer for a fifty-fifty deal because I couldn't cull them ( those were the hens of my passed father I admired , adored , * one day I 'll find my prince , but my king will always be my father * ) , only a few of them stayed because of the fact I was going to get babychicks by two hens , those hens are both alive , one is still somewhat in shock but not injured and ' ok ' , now the real problem , which IS a problem ...
This hen kept hyperventilating and I blamed just and only the fact she could have been one of the rest that is no longer , but it's worse , it is really bad .
I was lifting her up and she felt extremely hot on the flank and belly , now I took her inside for a nice warm/cold bath to make her become calm and spoil her so she d be better untill I noticed this :
The FLESH on her tigh is naked ! all skin is ripped away :'( !!! she was already ' naked ' there since she is a broody hen ( or was ? ) so I didn't pay much of attention , but it looked so red so I said ' hey girly you have to start to stop with those feathers you pluck or you are going to be like that cat from the neigbours here ! ' while I wanted to put some cream on it for burnwounds so it would cure a bit better but like written before now i knew she had been struggling too and came out alive yes but for how long .....
I also have to confess I have worked with a veterinarian , specialized in exotiques , that means lots of reptiles and birds , yet a lot of small pets too like chickens , cats etc . I have experienced this kind of wound enough to realize how often it can be fatale especially depending on the weather , so very bad timing because flies are EVERYWHERE looking for some piece of ... what she now has exposed , yes meat indeed and it does look exactly like you buy that raw meat in the supermarket yet still has that small thin layer on it , altough it is rupturud ...
My experience in these wounds now is quite good but still ...
I'm not having all I need right now !
plus I do not know about a chicken having these injuries , here is what I till so far have done :
bathing her is NOT an option so I didn't do it at last , I only cleared the wound out with antibacterial water ( oxigenwater ) but now another issue ; I only have the one you can use oral wich means low percentage of oxigensulfade , not enough , normally it starts to foam all the bacteria out , it didn't , but I continued with the usual steps ' isobetadine gel ' , also just the veryyyy last bit out of the tube just enough to lay a thin layer , not thick enough in fact , it has to be really covered so all can heal and no fly can start laying eggs , final step looking for bandages ( for after surgery sterile compress but big ones , last patch used , not big enough ) ,
now closed it of with bandages for woman and taped it with some small plasters in the aid kit ...
Now she is having a fevere which is to expect , she needs antibiotics ofcourse and the ivermectine is also ran out ...
My ex boss the vet is now with his wife on holiday so he can't forsee me in her needs and just told me two things :
a : I'm afraid she is not going to make it BUT I said that about those last 6 animals you took home too and they turned out into huge crocodiles while they were dying so I'm believing in you and in what you have already learned , just use the knowledge you gained from with that cat that almost survived ! this chicken does not have maggots in there yet , that is why you should try it and if you see that she is not even moving anymore or drinking , you know ' tha drill ' good luck there and I'm sorry .
I didn't ask for any other advice due the fact I got shocked too much and only kept repeating in my head what I indeed used to do in the practice , now I see I do have questions and he's not available by whatsapp or anything ( newly weds ha ? )
My questions : if you ran out of ivermectine , can you use any kind of antibiotics from your own ?? I'm having a lot of that anyone with that kind of experience ? or just knowledge ??
Is there any online store in any of your countries that could deliver very fast for all the other supplies as well ?? she can't wait a full night now since the wound is not sealed of and can easily get maggots and if so , it is done with her ...
last of my questions : who else experieced a chicken where skin was off ?? how long does it take for her to cure / get a crust or atleast some skin again and if she gets the antibiotics , where do I leave her eggs now that are fertile , is there a problem if I 'd put them other the other hen or are the embryos able to be normal ? ( never treated a chicken with this and in most cases they had to be put down , officially the vet calls this a lost case .... but she is tooooo much a living reminder of my dad and I'm very attached to all those chickens in fact , her in particular and she is the one needing the 24/24h help now which I'm willing to give ...
Thanks for any answered question and toughts and been there done that stories ! all helpfull right now !!!
kind regards , from someone with only 4 hens left as if it s the slaughterhouse outside :'(