Fox attacked by Chicken - do I crate her, or put her out?

[Bird momma of 5]

I know many of you see this type of posts and I really tried reading through with shaky fingers. So a fox got to my hen. some gashes and puncture wounds. She "seems" ok. eating peas,we stitched up the deep gashes and put iodine on her. Should I crate her - is there something more I should do?

 

[Bird momma of 5]

I should add, with all my screaming and running, she (James Dean) came up the hill on her own. she's walking, ate some peas. She's drinking water. Except for the missing feathers on her back and side, the gashes and puncture marks, she seems o.k. Yet do I separate her and keep her inside?

 

[Nuffy]

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I know many of you see this type of posts and I really tried reading through with shaky fingers. So a fox got to my hen. some gashes and puncture wounds. She "seems" ok. eating peas,we stitched up the deep gashes and put iodine on her. Should I crate her - is there something more I should do?

I would keep her in a clean environment where you can monitor her puncture wounds, if a crate is what you have then use that,just be careful when you take her out for cleaning the wounds. Keep her out of drafts and make sure she is drinking.

 

[Bird momma of 5]

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I would keep her in a clean environment where you can monitor her puncture wounds, if a crate is what you have then use that,just be careful when you take her out for cleaning the wounds. Keep her out of drafts and make sure she is drinking.

Thank you so much for responding. Would you suggest keeping her in something else?

 

[Nuffy]

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I know many of you see this type of posts and I really tried reading through with shaky fingers. So a fox got to my hen. some gashes and puncture wounds. She "seems" ok. eating peas,we stitched up the deep gashes and put iodine on her. Should I crate her - is there something more I should do?

I would keep her in a clean environment where you can monitor her puncture wounds, if a crate is what you have then use that,just be careful when you take her out for cleaning the wounds. Keep her out of drafts and make sure she is drinking.

Thank you so much for responding. Would you suggest keeping her in something else?

If you have a large tote and you think she won't try to get out that is what I would use, I would kneel down to lift here out for treatment. With know way of knowing how deep the puncture wounds are they need to be monitored. They need to heal from the inside out.

 

[Conan]

Do you have photos of her wounds? If she's eating, that's always a good sign. Just be on the look out for infection. Puncture wounds can fester though it sounds like you got to her right away, which is great.

 

[llombardo]

I would think she should be on antibiotics of some sort for the punctures.

 

[Bird momma of 5]

Do you have photos of her wounds? If she's eating, that's always a good sign. Just be on the look out for infection. Puncture wounds can fester though it sounds like you got to her right away, which is great.

I did, and was lucky enough to see that freaking fox! The problem with her being crated - she HATES it. She may think she is in the "clink". It is the same kennel I use for my BO who is broody every other week
!!!! She also keeps pecking/scratching at her herself. I don't know if that is a natural animal instinct or what.
Uploaded pic isn't the greatest, but captured her last night - feeling ok. My DH thinks it was part of being in shock and we may see her in pain today. Any thoughts?

 

[Bird momma of 5]

Do you have photos of her wounds? If she's eating, that's always a good sign. Just be on the look out for infection. Puncture wounds can fester though it sounds like you got to her right away, which is great.

Thank you for posting, I think I replied with Hombardo??? Not so good at this forum thing. I will take more pics. is an antibiotic something I would need to take her into the vet for?

 

[Bird momma of 5]

Here are more pics. My DH ended up putting a piece of gauze to keep her from pecking at her bigger wounds. Also reapplied neosporin. Not sure what else to use to keep it clean. She still is loosing feathers as well. I can't tell if she is in pain, but she definitely wants to be with her sisters. Lost our Polish (Toppem Hat) to Mareks or something this past March.