FuzzyCritters
Crowing
I noticed yesterday one of my Delaware pullets had an injury on her wing. It looks to be a really bad peck injury. I think she must have gotten a small scratch on her wing, and the other chickens started to peck the blood and caused a lot of damage. I trimmed the wing feathers around the wound and washed it with Vetricyn, applied antibacterial ointment, wrapped her wing, and separated her into a crate.
Today it looks a lot worse. It is a lot more swollen, and some of skin has turned green. I have no idea if that is bruising or infection or something else. I pulled a couple of feathers out of the wound, and they slid right out. The inside of feather had pus in it, I assume from the wound. Does this mean it has abscessed, or gotten infected? I washed the wound and applied the same treatment as yesterday.
Other than her injury, she is healthy. She is still acting normal, eating and drinking, no lethargy.
I am really worried her wound is infected and might become septic. What kind of antibiotics can I give her to prevent that? Vet care is not an option, but I will do everything else I can to help her.
Here are the pictures from today:
View from the bottom of the wing
Wrapping method. I made sure that wrapping didn't inhibit her normal functions very much. I don't want to have to wrap her, but otherwise she eats the ointment off and pokes her wound.
Thanks for reading all the way through.
Today it looks a lot worse. It is a lot more swollen, and some of skin has turned green. I have no idea if that is bruising or infection or something else. I pulled a couple of feathers out of the wound, and they slid right out. The inside of feather had pus in it, I assume from the wound. Does this mean it has abscessed, or gotten infected? I washed the wound and applied the same treatment as yesterday.
Other than her injury, she is healthy. She is still acting normal, eating and drinking, no lethargy.
I am really worried her wound is infected and might become septic. What kind of antibiotics can I give her to prevent that? Vet care is not an option, but I will do everything else I can to help her.
Here are the pictures from today:
View from the bottom of the wing
Wrapping method. I made sure that wrapping didn't inhibit her normal functions very much. I don't want to have to wrap her, but otherwise she eats the ointment off and pokes her wound.
Thanks for reading all the way through.