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Iodine is too strong. It will actually kill skin. Use diluted betadine. Make a solution with water that looks like weak tea. Clean her with that and pat dry. Apply neosporin (without pain medication) and keep her feathers out of the healing wound even if you have to clip them.


Up her nutrition with good food and yes...vitamins.

Hope she is well soon.
 
I had a hawk attack my bunny pretty bad once, it looked just like your chicken. The vet had me keep her warm, and apply childrens polysporin because the childrens kind has a numbing effect on skin to ease a bit of the pain while keeping the wound clean. I had to also make sure there was no bugs near the wound so I had her in the house. Hope this helps.
 
I had a hen get a much larger wound than that and survive. First, trim back the feathers sticking into the wound and clean with peroxide. Use a turkey baster so you can really blast some cleanser deep into those scratches. If you don't clean the wound it can end up infected and then you have REAL problems. Apply either Neosporin (no -caine ingredients because they will kill birds) or Blukote. Neosporin works well on smaller wounds, but with my hen her wound was so large that she got very cold with the wet Neosporin on her, so I opted for Blukote. Any future cleanings can be done with betadine tea (1 part betadine to 10 parts water) or saline- do not use anymore peroxide as it actually inhibits healing. Leave the wound open to air if you can. Keep her inside a confined area in a dim spot. I put mine in a cage in my basement with towels for bedding. Add vitamins to her diet and increase her protein intake until she heals. I used antibiotics with my hen for 10 days after she started showing signs of infection, but I would wait to see if you see any signs of infection before going that route. I also used electrolytes for the first 2 days after my hen was injured, but mine wouldn't eat anything initially, so I needed to get something into her. Chickens are amazingly resilient. It took 2 months to heal up a 4 inch by 8 inch wound on my hen's back that removed the skin down to the muscle. She never regrew feathers to the area, but frankly I was surprised she regrew skin to the area.

Good luck.
 
I will about getting a saddle - as there is a roo and I would hate to heal her to have him mess her up again - I will dilute the betadine - I may bring her into the house instead of the garage as I was reading the other thread and her girl had some maggots - ewwwww- I would hate that to happen . keeping fingers crossed
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hopefully she rest well tonight so she can handle the cleaning- poor little girl Silkies are so sweet
 
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NO! It will kill birds! Any medicine with -caine in them (lidocaine, novacaine) are lethal to birds.
 
I will use nothing with caine in it - I read what happened to speckeledhens roo - I read the label very carefully - it is Iodine -same as the Bedadine just not name brand and I will dilute it as suggested which was good cause I did not know to dilute .
Thanks
 
This morning cleaned her up - she would not eat her egg- but I got some electrolytes into her -she did not want to drink on her own at this time so I put her beak in the water and she took some
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She appears well got a little frisky when I put her back in the cage- tonight after work I'll try to trim the feathers like CMV said
keeping my fingers crossed - love all my chickens but the Silkies are special
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I agree with CMV. This sounds exactly like how my vet treated the wound Baby Bad Wings got on her underside. The only thing I would add is make sure you keep her warm while she recuperates. I kept a heat lamp on mine for a day to help her body temp rise after her intensive wound treatment. Baby Bad Wings loved canned dog food and would peck at that even when nothing else worked.

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I am glad to hear she survived the night. Get some Poly-Vi-Sol without iron to add to her regimen. It's marketed for children so any drugstore will carry it. Wet dog or cat food works well in moderation as a protein supplement. Plain yogurt was always a favorite for mine. I'll be subscribing to this topic, so keep us informed. I hope she makes it.
 

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