Attack happened 9/22 between 12 am and 5am ish
Had chickens for 3 years and a raccoon finally got into the coup. It took me an hour to find out how it got in but I will repair it later. I only have 3 chickens left and of those 2 are severely wounded. I do not have $ to take them to the vet as I am currently in between jobs. Each hen is in its own dog crate in the garage, they are all very close so they are able to talk to one another and see each other. I take them outside and watch them so they can get some fresh air and they do not peck at each other's wounds though they have closely looked at each other's wounds. I keep them separate just cause its the right thing to do otherwise.
Cruella (my polish) Is missing almost her entire upper beak. I can't tell how bad it is. There is no blood and her nostrils are intact. I use a dropper to give her water but I'm needing to know what the odds are for her with her beak mostly gone. She does nap (she is an older hen only laying once every 3 days) her right eye is closed and she wont open it. I want to try to give her a few days before jumping the gun to put her down. I did put a little proxide on the end of it (i know its way harsh) but infection from raccoons is my worst fear. she still has her full tongue. Though the bottom looks damaged it is intact. She does have very large nostrils and though it doesn't look it, they are not effected but the beak is missing up to the start of the nostrils.
The only thing that was eaten on the dead chickens were the heads. I have placed a live trap in the coup but nothing has returned yet despite the tuna in it.
Peepers is still eating on her own and drinking on her own. Yellow runny poop all over her hind end. The back of her skull is almost exposed, she has lost quite a bit of flesh. Again i cleaned it with some proxide and rubbing alcohol to clean it before applying neosporine. She is active in the backyard but does seem a little... off and misses her food occasionally. The dark spots are some feathers not fresh blood. Sorry it was blurry she kept trying to escape her crate while I took photos. A lot of "yellow" flesh. She laid an egg in the crate yesterday and is again still eating and drinking. she seems a little disoriented but overall doing better than Cruella. There is so much flesh missing that I can't sew it.
Thank you for reading I'm open to any replies I'm no doctor so I certainly don't know everything. I just don't want to use proxide or alcohol on them any further and its too harsh but i'm worried if i put ointment on the wound it will trap bacteria? again any words are appreciated. I've never had something like this happen in my years of raising chickens (where they survived to need care so to speak)
Had chickens for 3 years and a raccoon finally got into the coup. It took me an hour to find out how it got in but I will repair it later. I only have 3 chickens left and of those 2 are severely wounded. I do not have $ to take them to the vet as I am currently in between jobs. Each hen is in its own dog crate in the garage, they are all very close so they are able to talk to one another and see each other. I take them outside and watch them so they can get some fresh air and they do not peck at each other's wounds though they have closely looked at each other's wounds. I keep them separate just cause its the right thing to do otherwise.
Cruella (my polish) Is missing almost her entire upper beak. I can't tell how bad it is. There is no blood and her nostrils are intact. I use a dropper to give her water but I'm needing to know what the odds are for her with her beak mostly gone. She does nap (she is an older hen only laying once every 3 days) her right eye is closed and she wont open it. I want to try to give her a few days before jumping the gun to put her down. I did put a little proxide on the end of it (i know its way harsh) but infection from raccoons is my worst fear. she still has her full tongue. Though the bottom looks damaged it is intact. She does have very large nostrils and though it doesn't look it, they are not effected but the beak is missing up to the start of the nostrils.
The only thing that was eaten on the dead chickens were the heads. I have placed a live trap in the coup but nothing has returned yet despite the tuna in it.
Peepers is still eating on her own and drinking on her own. Yellow runny poop all over her hind end. The back of her skull is almost exposed, she has lost quite a bit of flesh. Again i cleaned it with some proxide and rubbing alcohol to clean it before applying neosporine. She is active in the backyard but does seem a little... off and misses her food occasionally. The dark spots are some feathers not fresh blood. Sorry it was blurry she kept trying to escape her crate while I took photos. A lot of "yellow" flesh. She laid an egg in the crate yesterday and is again still eating and drinking. she seems a little disoriented but overall doing better than Cruella. There is so much flesh missing that I can't sew it.
Thank you for reading I'm open to any replies I'm no doctor so I certainly don't know everything. I just don't want to use proxide or alcohol on them any further and its too harsh but i'm worried if i put ointment on the wound it will trap bacteria? again any words are appreciated. I've never had something like this happen in my years of raising chickens (where they survived to need care so to speak)
