Hawk was eating my hen alive...

[Nif]

If you search my thread "hen has some kind of maggots, need advice quick".
I just had a hawk attack as well. Threehorses gave me the info I needed, I followed it but did not use any antibiotics besides colloidal silver. My hen had a pretty decent chunk out of her breast meat too, and she is all healed with no scar!
I didn't even discover the injury until she had maggots all over her, check my thread it has a pretty graphic photo of the wound about 4 days after I treated it like threehorses suggests.
Clean it really well
Pack with neosporin
Do not cover wound, leave it open to dry out.
Put her in a box or crate with clean towels and if you want put paper towels on top of your towel bed.
If she makes it through the shock then she has a pretty good chance. Keep smelling the wound everyday and make sure it isn't getting infected. (make sure you read my thread...it should be helpful)
and good luck!!

 

[limpychick]

Thank you all so much for your advise and hope. My little turken mamma didn't make it through the night. Thankfully, I hatched a couple of her eggs this spring. A hawk actually got one of those, now I have all of my younguns locked up, and her little turken daughter included. She will be missed, she was soooo sweet.
thanks again

 

[jjthink]

Sooo very sad. Poor thing. I'm so sorry.
JJ

 

[horsejody]

I would also consider some supplemental heat for her.

 

[jojo@rolling acres farm]

Yes, horsejody is right...you need to make sure she has a heat source. Several years ago a coon damaged my rooster with very deep wounds on his side and back. Lots of missing skin, tissue and feathers. I put him in a dog kennel with heat after cleaning the wounds. I gave him a crushed baby asprin mixed with water administered with an eye dropper for his pain. I gave him injectable baytril that I had on hand - each day for five days. He healed and went on to live a normal rooster sort of life. Good luck with your little hen...I do think she has a chance.

 

[jojo@rolling acres farm]

I didn't see your latest post until after I posted. I'm so very sorry for the loss of your sweet girl.

 

[b.hromada]

Poor baby girl.

I hope she will heal, and come out of this well.

 

[Nif]

Sorry about your little hen! I lost my favorite rooster Chinito to the same hawk that attacked Hazel...he died defending her, I am pretty sure. We always lose our favorite ones...it sucks!