Hello

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you.

Sorry about your hen. My first suggestion would be to carefully clean and examine the wound. Use water, hydrogen peroxide, and a wet wash cloth to remove dirt and debris from the area. That way you will be able to determine the exact severity of the issue. After that is done, try to get some clear, well lit, close-up photos of the area and post them here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

 

I would isolate her from the flock before they do worse damage. In the interim you can clean her wound with saline solution. Hydrogen Peroxide can burn healthy tissue. After the wound is clean, you can put Neosporin oint.(NO CAINE product) to aid healing.

Chickens generally have great recuperative powers IF, the wound doesn't get infected. Be on the lookout for increased redness, swelling, odor as that would call for antibiotics to heal. Also don't let the victim outdoors if you are in a warm climate, flies love to lay eggs in a wound to feed the soon to hatch maggots. Maggots can cause much more damage that the original wound and are hard to eliminate.

 

Hello from Kansas and welcome to BYC. Great to have you aboard. Heed the advice of Misha and Diva. Good luck and thanks for joining BYC!

 

I hope the ER folks can help you out with your girl.

Best wishes!

 

G’Day from down under Kcschickies Welcome!

Sorry to hear about your girl and best wishes for a full recovery.

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you would like to share pictures and stories of your flock, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out