Help please!! Bobcat? Coyote?

[Kskiba]

We recently had a wild animal attack, ate one of our chickens and injured another.

It took a decent part of her wing. I have been washing and putting neosporin on it.. it may be infected.. not sure what antibiotics I can get quickly. Or what to give. She has been eating and drinking. She gets upset not being by her friends. Trying to keep her separated.

It looks gooey because I massively iodine scrubbed it, Vetericyn sprayed it and it has ton of neosporin on it as well

 

[Kskiba]

We recently had a wild animal attack, ate one of our chickens and injured another.

It took a decent part of her wing. I have been washing and putting neosporin on it.. it may be infected.. not sure what antibiotics I can get quickly. Or what to give. She has been eating and drinking. She gets upset not being by her friends. Trying to keep her separated.

It looks gooey because I massively iodine scrubbed it, Vetericyn sprayed it and it has ton of neosporin on it as well

 

[Bella the Chicken Lover]

https://www.amazon.com/Vetericyn-Pl...0d9b48cf364cd69d91ae79fe6&language=en_US&th=1

This could help with the wounds. Chlorhexadine would disinfect. @nuthatched

 

[Bella the Chicken Lover]

Also make sure she is eating and drinking well

 

[Bella the Chicken Lover]

I am also sorry for your chicks

 

[Kskiba]

https://www.amazon.com/Vetericyn-Pl...0d9b48cf364cd69d91ae79fe6&language=en_US&th=1

This could help with the wounds. Chlorhexadine would disinfect. @nuthatched

She is in a dog kennel next to her buddies, not sure if this is more stressful and should move her to a different room…

 

[Bella the Chicken Lover]

She is in a dog kennel next to her buddies, not sure if this is more stressful and should move her to a different room…

I believe that she will be fine, as long as they can't get to her. I also forgot to mention to give her the Vetericyn three times a day, and you could help ease pain by making this:

Mix 2 tablespoons of ground cayenne pepper with 1/2 cup of aloe moisturizing lotion then massage into affected area. (This works on humans too). Make sure you gently massage the cream in until it is absorbed. Then cover the area with clean dry gauze or an ace bandage to concentrate the heat to the affected area and to prevent your bird from eating it.

Best of luck for your birds!

 

[MyParadiseFalls]

bobcat or coyote would have killed, it was likely a raccoon or possum both of which tend to injure some birds for fun, kill others

 

[Eggcessive]

I would get some Hibiclens (chlorhexidene) at Walmart or a pharmacy for under $10. It is a great disinfectant used in hospitals and surgery. Apply some with a little water, and then rinse it off. Use plain Neosporin antibiotic ointment thereafter on the wound once it is dry. I am a fan of keeping chickens close to their flock, so the dog crate with food and water is fine. Once her wound heals some, then let her have some supervised visits with them more and more until she can spend most of the time with them. Do you have older birds who could hurt her?

My remaining old flock was attacked in mid-day by a bobcat, and it killed all 3 old hens, and carried them away over the fence one by one. We saw it coming back for the last one. The only one who lived was hiding back inside the barn. Were the chickens inside the coop and run, or outside? Raccoons, cats, hawks, dogs, and all sorts of animals will attack birds. Did you find remains or just feathers of the other chicken?

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

When did this happen, and was she confined or free-ranging when it occurred?

I had something very similiar happen two years ago. Noticed a hen strolling nonchalantly by one summer morning, except her right wing was nearly entirely missing.

In her case the culprit turned out to be an opossum that had gotten into the nest boxes before dark, and at dusk I had locked the possum inside with the chickens. Later that same eve I checked the coop thoroughly before locking the gate, and discovered the possum inside a nestbox again. My hen's wing was its last chicken dinner.

In her case, the wound was not bleeding, the flesh was bitten clean off and not punctured, and her demeanor was completely normal. I disinfected with hibicens, topically applied triple antibiotic ointment and vetericyn spray, and also applied blue-kote so the flock didn't notice the pink skin. I never separated her from her flock. Her injury healed with no issues, and later that fall after she molted and her feathers regrew, it was nearly impossible to tell she was missing most of her wing.