Help chicken got attacked!

[John The Mailman]

My hen got attacked and her skin got torn really bad, to the point I can see some internals. What can I do to help her!?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Could you post some pictures of the wounds?
@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[John The Mailman]

Could you post some pictures of the wounds?
@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[Finding Grace]

We had a hen while was similarly attacked and had similar wounds. We gave her electrolytes and fed her a hard boiled egg before the initial shock wore off She greedily ate while we used saline to irrigate the wounds. It may have been overkill, but we sprayed colloidal silver in the wounds, too. This was followed by spreading neosporin into each wound. Then while I held her still, my husband sewed her skin back together. Daily I would spray the wounds with colloidal silver and reapply either neosporin over the wounds, keeping in a bit moist.

After the attack, she couldn't walk, and we also rigged a sling in a Rubbermaid tub to cradle her body. She didn't like that. We allowed her to lie in a crate and used rolled towels on each side to keep her a bit upright.

She healed nicely and to this day, I can see some of the thread still peeking out from her feathers. Two of the wounds already healed and expelled the thread. We're just waiting on the third to do so, too.

We didn't have suture thread on hand, and we just used the thickest thread and a needle from my sewing kit.

For pain, I gave her the dosage of baby aspirin recommended on this site. I can't remember off hand what that dosage is.

I credit her survival, in part to her eating so much in the time right after the attack. She became disinterested in food to the point that i was considering tube feeding. Once I took her back out to the flock (inside a small cage that i could carry easily) and began feeding all of the flock scrambled eggs, she took interest in participating in eating them, too (from within her cage so the more dominant girls couldnt pick on her - she still wasnt walking at this point).

 

[John The Mailman]

After the attack, she couldn't walk, and we also rigged a sling in a Rubbermaid tub to cradle her body. She didn't like that. We allowed her to lie in a crate and used rolled towels on each side to keep her a bit upright.

She healed nicely and to this day, I can see some of the thread still peeking out from her feathers. Two of the wounds already healed and expelled the thread. We're just waiting on the third to do so, too.

We didn't have suture thread on hand, and we just used the thickest thread and a needle from my sewing kit.

For pain, I gave her the dosage of baby aspirin recommended on this site. I can't remember off hand what that dosage is.

I credit her survival, in part to her eating so much in the time right after the attack. She became disinterested in food to the point that i was considering tube feeding. Once I took her back out to the flock (inside a small cage that i could carry easily) and began feeding all of the flock scrambled eggs, she took interest in participating in eating them, too (from within her cage so the more dominant girls couldnt pick on her - she still wasnt walking at this point).

I came outside and I thought she was dead but once the danger left she got up and wobbled to the coop, I tried my best to disinfect it I placed some gauze and used a tourniquet to keep the skin close together… I placed her in a brooder box with warmth and feed/water… I really hope she makes it

 

[Finding Grace]

I came outside and I thought she was dead but once the danger left she got up and wobbled to the coop, I tried my best to disinfect it I placed some gauze and used a tourniquet to keep the skin close together… I placed her in a brooder box with warmth and feed/water… I really hope she makes it

I hope so, too! She may need favorite foods to entice her to eat as the pain sets in. My hen had no interest even in black soldier fly larva or eggs until 1) she had an aspirin, and 2) she had her flock around her. It's so hard to tell sometimes what they need.

 

[John The Mailman]

I hope so, too! She may need favorite foods to entice her to eat as the pain sets in. My hen had no interest even in black soldier fly larva or eggs until 1) she had an aspirin, and 2) she had her flock around her. It's so hard to tell sometimes what they need.

I tried giving her grapes (her absolute favorite) and she kinda just tasted it but ate a few bites of feed.. hopefully it’s a good sign

 

[Finding Grace]

I tried giving her grapes (her absolute favorite) and she kinda just tasted it but ate a few bites of feed.. hopefully it’s a good sign

If she seems disinterested in food tomorrow, a baby aspirin may be enough to take the edge off her pain. If you've never had to administer a pill before: I just take a fingernail to separate her beak and slide my finger between her beak to wedge the beak open, and then pop the pill into her mouth towards the throat. Others recommend gently pulling down on the wattles to open the beak, but my girls would rather rip their wattles off than open their mouths for me.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My hen got attacked and her skin got torn really bad, to the point I can see some internals. What can I do to help her!?

I came outside and I thought she was dead but once the danger left she got up and wobbled to the coop, I tried my best to disinfect it I placed some gauze and used a tourniquet to keep the skin close together… I placed her in a brooder box with warmth and feed/water… I really hope she makes it

I'm sorry to hear about your hen.

I would clean the wound with Saline or Chlorhexidine. Trim the feathers away from the wound so it stays cleaner and the feathers don't stick into the wound.
Once cleaned and feathers trimmed, apply triple antibiotic ointment to the wound.

Don't cover the wound with gauze unless she's picking at herself. I'm not sure how a tourniquet was applied? Photos? I'd take it off. The wound will granulate and heal from the inside out, it will many weeks.

Work her through shock. Give her sugar water (1tsp sugar to 1cup water) or elelctrolytes. Once she's hydrated, then offer her her normal feed or wet mushy feed, whatever she likes. Bits of egg, fish (sardines, tuna, mackerel) or meat can also be given to entice her and give her a protein boost.

Keep her in a place where the other hens can't pick at her and where flies cannot get onto the wound, this will cause further issues.

Do you know what attacked her?

 

[John The Mailman]

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I'm sorry to hear about your hen.

I would clean the wound with Saline or Chlorhexidine. Trim the feathers away from the wound so it stays cleaner and the feathers don't stick into the wound.
Once cleaned and feathers trimmed, apply triple antibiotic ointment to the wound.

Don't cover the wound with gauze unless she's picking at herself. I'm not sure how a tourniquet was applied? Photos? I'd take it off. The wound will granulate and heal from the inside out, it will many weeks.

Work her through shock. Give her sugar water (1tsp sugar to 1cup water) or elelctrolytes. Once she's hydrated, then offer her her normal feed or wet mushy feed, whatever she likes. Bits of egg, fish (sardines, tuna, mackerel) or meat can also be given to entice her and give her a protein boost.

Keep her in a place where the other hens can't pick at her and where flies cannot get onto the wound, this will cause further issues.

Do you know what attacked her?

She got attacked by my dog , if I remove the tourniquet should I worry about her exposed bone and organs drying out? I have electrolytes in her water and high protein feed with her. She hasn’t drank anything, she’s barely ate but she did poop. Currently she’s beside the heat lamp dozing off