Help! Injured hen turkey-warning graphic pics

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Hen severely injured. Assuming from toms being too rough. However I didn’t notice right away and wound is already very warm.

Flushed, Cleaned and bandaged as best I could. Have veterycin and manuka honey on wounds.

Is the green bruising or a very bad sign?

Antibiotics? I only have chloratetracyclin and amoxicillin on hand. Neither injectable.

I’m worried about the deep portions as they appear older. (Circled in red)
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Oh gosh good person you are!
I've had success with Amoxicillin it was 250 mg per normal size chicken. about 3.5 pounds, in "AQUAMOX" form sprinkled on food. I don't know if this helps. Turkey being bigger given more.
good luck. THANK you for helping her I hope it works out
 
Amoxicillin dose is 57 mg per pound of body weight, twice a day (every 12 hours), for 5-7 days. You can give orally, you don't need injectable. If she'll eat you can mix it in a small amount of moistened feed (so it will stick) or you can pop in beak and she'll swallow. Sometimes I divide doses up and mix in a small bit of softened coconut oil, freeze it, and it will go down easy like a custom pill.
Is there any bad smell from any of the wounds?
I would flush them all out well with chlorhexidine (hibiclens, any walmart or pharmacy will have), let it dry and then apply plain neosporin, plain triple antibiotic ointment, or your honey, to keep it covered and moist. Reapply as needed to keep it covered in the ointment. The black stuff you circled may be necrotic and you may need to debride that. Soften it up and remove gently by rubbing with a cloth or use some tweezers to try to remove it, then cover with your ointment. Keeping the area's moist with the ointment will help with healing. The rest of the area's appear to be normal scabbing, with some bruising (and bruising often looks greenish). I would crate her on puppy pads or clean bath towels to help keep things clean so loose bedding isn't sticking to wounds. You can also trim back feathers if needed to keep them out of wounds. Don't try to bandage anything.
I will attach a link that has some pictures of wounds healing, for reference, so you have an idea of how things will look.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wounds-pictures-of-how-they-heal.1325817/
 

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