Help needed please! Post-dog-attack hen smells like DEATH...cull?

[kgdubois]

Hello all

sooo...over a week later, I'm still dealing with the dog attack crud

I have a Partridge Rock hen that is not doing well at all, and now smells completely rotten

She isn't eating, and when I opened the coop last night, I thought there was something dead in there, it smelled so bad. I didn't want to pester her much (she is not one of my gentle girls) but it appears that the dog attack busted her croup (sp?). It is leaking a nasty, runny puss, and smells so horrible I can't even describe it.

Should I give her a chance, or just cull this one? I am hesitant to just cull it, but I work full time and have a 2 year old son, so I really don't have the time or energy to nurse her for weeks. I tried giving her some water & scrambled egg, but she wasn't interested in any of it. I don't want her to suffer needlessly...any advice, y'all?

Thanks in advance.

 

[speckledhen]

Sounds like putting her down might be the most humane thing to do right now. I'm so sorry.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

If you don't have the time to tend to her, and I'm not judging, I do understand...then the kindest thing is to cull her. She sounds like she's in bad shape and suffering. Sorry

 

[kgdubois]

That's what I'm thinking too...I just felt so bad about it I wanted some "reinforcement" on the decision. I get to spend time with my girls, but the only place I could keep her would be in my house, and honestly, she smells so horrible I don't know if I could stomach it. I called my vet, and he told me that if her croup is busted there really isn't much I could do, other than surgery. Now, I love my birds, but I'm not about to pay for chicken surgery...I guess tonight I'll send her on her way, poor thing.

Thank you for the responses!