Help, Dog Attack

Mikaela2016

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Can someone give me advice on the best way to take care of my poor Tyson? He was attacked my a dog today and his neck is completely skinned and so is his tail area. My husband tracked the feathers and found him upside down on the dirt road. Hes breathing calmly now and keeps trying to crow but nothing is coming out. I have him in a kennel inside the house with a heat lamp because hes shivering. Please let me know if theres something else I can do for my poor rooster.
 

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Would the spray from tractor supply work? It's in a blue bottle and has a chicken on it. We use it on our horses for everytime they get open wounds. His comb was completely purple/black color but now it has returned to normal but still a dark red. I'll sit a towel over part of the cage so less heat will escape and my cats will leave him alone.
 
Can someone give me advice on the best way to take care of my poor Tyson? He was attacked my a dog today and his neck is completely skinned and so is his tail area. My husband tracked the feathers and found him upside down on the dirt road. Hes breathing calmly now and keeps trying to crow but nothing is coming out. I have him in a kennel inside the house with a heat lamp because hes shivering. Please let me know if theres something else I can do for my poor rooster.
I would baby him. Maybe some comfort food, warm oatmeal, scrambled eggs. Get some water into him maybe with some electrolytes. Clean the wounds. Animals have dirty mouths. Put some antibiotic ointment on it. I like Bag Balm myself. Any time we got a cut or scrap my sister would say put some bag balm on it. The tin last for ever. If it works on cow's udders then it can fix most anything. I had a scrap the other day because my SLW isn't really ready yet for me to pick her up and she has very long toenails. When the weather warms up and they can scratch in the ground that might help I might have to do some trimming. I notice the cut was a little red. Dabbed some bag balm on it with a q-tip ( I never dip into it with my fingers ) band aid and then next day no redness. Good that you've put him by him self for the time being.

My ISA Brown got attacked ( hen) by a dog before I got her. She is missing about a 2x2 in patch of feathers on the back of her neck. I doubt the former owners did anything. When I asked about it they shrugged it off. The feathers never grew back but it doesn't seem to bother her. And the cold this winter hasn't seemed to bother her either.

Make sure he is eating and drinking. This was a shock to his system and he needs TLC too.
 
Any chance this stuff is safe for chickens?? I thought I had aspirin but this stuff and a small tube of neosporin is all I could find. I will go to the store here in a bit to get other items but I can tell hes in pain and I'd like to try to relieve some of it for him. Hes always kept his distance and I've always kept mine so it's different having him inside
 

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Get a thermometer and measure the temp under your heat lamp.
Do not over heat him.
 
Any chance this stuff is safe for chickens?? I thought I had aspirin but this stuff and a small tube of neosporin is all I could find. I will go to the store here in a bit to get other items but I can tell hes in pain and I'd like to try to relieve some of it for him. Hes always kept his distance and I've always kept mine so it's different having him inside
Can you get pictures of the wounds first.
Hold off on this spray.
 
This is the main wound I'm worried about. Hes plucked on his rump but it's not nearly as bad and I've treated a hen like that before just not the neck injury
 

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