Hawk Attack......Should we just put her down???

[Appleby2003]

Yogurt.....we can do that! I'll research feeding an injured chicken today and feed her tonight. I'm not sure about pulling on her waddle as it was partially skinned in some areas. I think that would be painful. But hopefully like last night she beats me to the punch because I am not really interested in medical procedures for feeding although I'll do what I have to do for the kids. I do think it will need to be a nearly liquid meal like yogurt though. We tried watermelon last night and there was no interest at all. What about runny scrambled eggs???? I just don't see her eating solids yet.

Thanks for the continued advise everyone.

 

[ten chicks]

Has pain been managed,is she being kept warm? She needs food/fluids,otherwise she will not survive. No food,no energy for her body to heal.

 

[Appleby2003]

We are going to start aspirin tonight. I was nervous about blood thinning. But she is not eating anything at all. We've tried yogurt and eggs. I think I'm going to have to get a little more invasive about it tonight before her bed. We also have some other possible issues......photos coming. I'm concerned about infection and that I may be losing control of the situation .......as if I ever really had it.

 

[Appleby2003]

I took a few pictures. Two of the wound and one of the stool from today. Does the wound appear infected? Also the stool appears to have mucus in it..

 

[Appleby2003]

More questions......with the aspirin mixed at 5 tabs per gallon of water how do I know if she's getting enough to help. She's not exactly setting the world on fire with her drinking yet. Its tough just to get enough to keep her going.

 

[Appleby2003]

Dang what a fiasco that was! Once we got it all sorted out (2 person job) we ended up getting about 5 ML of yogurt into her and about 1/4 of a scrambled egg. That was enough for today I suppose. Now that we have it sorted out tomorrow we will go for at least a hole egg and 15-20 ML of yogurt. Boy that was tough for a first time though while not really being able to grab her head much.. Still VERY unsure about the condition of wound though.

 

[Beekissed]

To me that certainly looks like purulent exudate/drainage in that wound bed. I'd be flushing or cleansing it with Dakin's solution and using the castor oil on it.

 

[CMV]

That wound is way too mushy looking. It needs to be completely cleaned and dried out a bit.

Dakin's solution-http://www.virginia.edu/uvaprint/HSC/pdf/09024.pdf

 

[ten chicks]

You can use Dakins solution(basically diluted bleach)or vetericyn(safe to use around eyes/nose/etc) I would put her on antibiotics that wound is infected. Is any skull actually showing? I use one 325mg aspirin per gallon of water,this work out to approx 25mg per lb of body weight.

 

[CMV]

Should you choose to use antibiotics, the first impulse is to go with a water soluble one for ease of use. Don't. Pen G injectible is the antibiotic of choice on wounds. It can be picked up at your local ag store along with syringes. Very user friendly. Very effective.

I think you may be able to clean this wound out without using antibiotics, though. Beekissed has a lot of experience. I would be willing to put my bird's life in the hands of Beekissed. May be you try the castor oil route. I have never used it myself, but intend to try the next time I have a nasty wound (hopefully far, far into the future).