One of my 3 month old chickies got out of the nursery yesterday, in with the 1 year olds, and got the stuffing beat out of her. We found her tangled in the electric net fence with her scalp peeled back.
Long, expensive story short...she's been stitched up, given injections of antibiotic and pain medication. She will begin oral antibiotics and pain medication this evening. She is resting quietly this morning, snacking on the occasional strawberry. She is indoors in a small crate with a towel floor, with vitamin/electrolyte solution (though I haven't seen her drink), some of her grower and oatmeal on the towel (of which she has eaten some).
My questions...while she's healing and on antibiotics, should I try to increase her protein intake? Will the antibiotics upset her gut? Should I offer her yogurt to try and counter that?
Any advice on how to minimize stress while giving liquid medications to a young pullet who does NOT like to be touched or held? She's seriously one of my "bristley" girls. I raised her with 5 others from a day old, but she and a few others HATE being touched. She won't even eat yummy stuff, like strawberries, from my hand.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Long, expensive story short...she's been stitched up, given injections of antibiotic and pain medication. She will begin oral antibiotics and pain medication this evening. She is resting quietly this morning, snacking on the occasional strawberry. She is indoors in a small crate with a towel floor, with vitamin/electrolyte solution (though I haven't seen her drink), some of her grower and oatmeal on the towel (of which she has eaten some).
My questions...while she's healing and on antibiotics, should I try to increase her protein intake? Will the antibiotics upset her gut? Should I offer her yogurt to try and counter that?
Any advice on how to minimize stress while giving liquid medications to a young pullet who does NOT like to be touched or held? She's seriously one of my "bristley" girls. I raised her with 5 others from a day old, but she and a few others HATE being touched. She won't even eat yummy stuff, like strawberries, from my hand.
Any advice would be appreciated!