Rhonda Floyd
In the Brooder
- May 5, 2018
- 5
- 4
- 16
I was slowly integrating new chicks to older hens and rooster. I had them separated. My idiot roommate opened the door allowing them to mingle. This is what happened. I got home from work at 10 pm, went to check chickens and found her almost dead, massive blood loss and bloody flaps of skin in some places. Her skull had been completely scalped.
I brought her in, cleaned the wound, cut off the hanging skin flaps with a scalpel, cleaned it again with saline wash, applied a triple antibiotic to her whole head. I used colloidal silver in the deep wounds then added a layer of NFZ to her head.
As you can guess, she was in shock. I gave her probiotics mixed with poultry electrolytes water and a baby aspirin for pain ( all I had for pain relief).
The next day I hard flushed her wound and repeated the regiment. She had to be syringe fed water and food. I pureed spinach, probiotics, and egg yolks, and baby aspirin.
She is going to vet tomorrow. Today at 2 pm she actually started eating and drinking on her own. I am so proud of her strength.
I am fairly new to chickens, so to have this happen was devastating. Killing her was not an option.
Thank you for this website, it helped save my Amelia!
Rhonda
I brought her in, cleaned the wound, cut off the hanging skin flaps with a scalpel, cleaned it again with saline wash, applied a triple antibiotic to her whole head. I used colloidal silver in the deep wounds then added a layer of NFZ to her head.
As you can guess, she was in shock. I gave her probiotics mixed with poultry electrolytes water and a baby aspirin for pain ( all I had for pain relief).
The next day I hard flushed her wound and repeated the regiment. She had to be syringe fed water and food. I pureed spinach, probiotics, and egg yolks, and baby aspirin.
She is going to vet tomorrow. Today at 2 pm she actually started eating and drinking on her own. I am so proud of her strength.
I am fairly new to chickens, so to have this happen was devastating. Killing her was not an option.
Thank you for this website, it helped save my Amelia!
Rhonda