Flystrike..wound not healing?

[FlockFromPa]

So my rooster had fly strike about a month ago. I got that all taken care of. Now I need to know what I should do with this wound that is taking forever to heal..its draining alot! The smell is also not so nice. I'm worried its infected. Hes acting totally normal but I want to get him back in the flock soon. Should I start antibiotics? If so what? I have zero antibiotics for chickens at the moment. What should I be doing with his wound exactly? I rinsed it with saline and applied more blukote but that doesnt seem to be helping anything should I soak him to get all the drainage off? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'll attach pictures that arent the greatest but it's all I have for now. the black feathers are wet from all the drainage.

 

[sourland]

I would apply antibiotic ointment to the wound on a daily basis. The pinkish/puffy tissue around the outside of the wound is healing granulation tissue. Such wounds heal from the outside inward and take a long time to heal. The black tissue in the center is dead. It will be a long time before you can return him to the flock.

 

[coach723]

Honestly, I would not use blu-kote on this at this point. Blu-kote is good for superficial wounds and helps disquise them once healing well to prevent pecking sometimes, but not so good for deep wounds. With all the staining from it, it's very hard to see what the wound looks like. I would give it a good soaking in some saline water, and use a soft washcloth or piece of gauze and try to clean it up some. If there is dead tissue, then that will need to be debrided. Again, I just can't tell since it's so stained from the blu-kote, but I suspect that may be the case. I would flush it well with chlorhexidine (hibiclens, any drug store or walmart) or veterycin (any pet store) and then apply plain neosporin 2-3 times a day. The bad smell could indicate infection. Most feed stores carry injectible penicillin (penicillin G procaine-it's refrigerated) and you will need syringes for that, some will carry fishmox (amoxicillin) or you can order it online, that one you can give orally. Some pictures once it's cleaned up some might help, and if you can get a medication, then once we know what you are giving someone can help with dosing.

 

[FlockFromPa]

Honestly, I would not use blu-kote on this at this point. Blu-kote is good for superficial wounds and helps disquise them once healing well to prevent pecking sometimes, but not so good for deep wounds. With all the staining from it, it's very hard to see what the wound looks like. I would give it a good soaking in some saline water, and use a soft washcloth or piece of gauze and try to clean it up some. If there is dead tissue, then that will need to be debrided. Again, I just can't tell since it's so stained from the blu-kote, but I suspect that may be the case. I would flush it well with chlorhexidine (hibiclens, any drug store or walmart) or veterycin (any pet store) and then apply plain neosporin 2-3 times a day. The bad smell could indicate infection. Most feed stores carry injectible penicillin (penicillin G procaine-it's refrigerated) and you will need syringes for that, some will carry fishmox (amoxicillin) or you can order it online, that one you can give orally. Some pictures once it's cleaned up some might help, and if you can get a medication, then once we know what you are giving someone can help with dosing.

The black stuff is actually dead tissue and not blukote..its hard like a scab. I cant get penicillin here without a prescription so I'm probably gonna have to go with the fish mox