HELP PLEASE...WOUNDED BANTAM SILKIE

[Eggcessive]

Can you find the crop and check if it is intact? It should be partially full if there was food in it before the attack? Will she drink water when you hold a lid or cup up to her beak? Check to see if any is leaking out of her crop. If the crop is intact and not leaking or open, I would try just treating her wound with chlorhexidene, saline, or Vetericyn, and then apply some plain antibiotic ointment twice a day. Keep her away from flies.

 

[azygous]

This is what I do when I find a wounded chicken:


1. Treat for shock as the number one step. Give warm Gatoraid or mix a half teaspoon of sugar into a fourth of a cup of warm water with a pinch of salt and baking soda. Have the patient drink it all or syringe it into the beak.

2. Flush the wound well with saline. This is better than soap and water as it maintains the PH of the tissues. But warm soap and water will do. You need to wash away the bacteria from the wound.

3. Inspect the wound carefully. If it has a skin flap dangling, keep that. Do not cut it off. Look for bite or puncture makes indicating a puncture wound. If you see this, the patient will need an oral antibiotic such as amoxicillin. https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/250mg once a day for ten days.

4. Spray with Vetericyn wound treament and let dry. Use a topical antibiotic ointment such as Neosporin or a generic without pain killer in it to coat the wound. If there's a skin flap, lay it across the wound that has just been coated with the ointment. Then smooth on a generous amount over the top of the skin flap to hold it in place.

5. It's useless to try to stitch a wound on a chicken. Don't even try. It's also useless to try to bandage a wound other than on the feet. The chicken will not tolerate it. It will be pulled off faster than you can blink an eye.

6. Clean the wound every day following the above steps. Keep the wound covered with the ointment. Never allow the wound to get dried out or it will not heal.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My silkie was attacked by something. Im pretty sure it is my rooster as Ive seen him attack her before and had to swat him off her. Idk why but he seems to go after her. He's only about 22 weeks old and asserting his dominance. But after this I think I'm going to get rid of him. We have given the silkie and shower to rinse the wounded area and bundled her up to male sure she doesnt get too cold but we dont know what else to do. Any advice? Please and thank you.

The wound is on the side like under where the wing would sit. Im not 100% sure but Im pretty sure as he attacks her frequently.

Can't really tell the location.

Once you get it cleaned up more and follow the other suggestions - more photos would be helpful.

 

[Krystal1983]

UPDATE: My silkie has made a full recovery! She is back to her normal chick self! Thank you to everyone who helped out!

 

[Buckingham Palace]

Yay.

 

[Chickeria]

UPDATE: My silkie has made a full recovery! She is back to her normal chick self! Thank you to everyone who helped out!

That's awesome news!

 

[Krystal1983]

Can you find the crop and check if it is intact? It should be partially full if there was food in it before the attack? Will she drink water when you hold a lid or cup up to her beak? Check to see if any is leaking out of her crop. If the crop is intact and not leaking or open, I would try just treating her wound with chlorhexidene, saline, or Vetericyn, and then apply some plain antibiotic ointment twice a day. Keep her away from flies.

I used the vetericyn you mentioned and it eorked wonders! Thanks for that!

 

[Krystal1983]

Hey, I've recently been treating a similar injury on one of my quail (that I believe was caused by a cat), so I can try suggesting a few things.

So I would keep her separated from the others until it's completely healed, and keep her in the house while it's still open and fleshy if possible.

Try to keep it clean (making sure bedding doesn't stick to it), and insure air can get to it (as some injuries don't do well being wrapped) .

And if you have/or can get any antiseptic suitable for birds, that will help, l've been using an antiseptic skincare spray (by Leucillin) that's been working well.

As long as it's not punctured anything important like the crop, then it should heal nicely, just look out for infections.

As for the rooster:

Are his spurs long? Due to the location of the wound, and the culprit likely being the rooster, it's possible he just fancies her, and has hurt her during an attempted mount, although he could be trying to be the top dog, it's unusual for a male to go after a female aggressively... so if she's definitely a she, then you could try trimming his spurs if they're on the long side.

Although, I can only really take a guess as to what happened, as I haven't seen his behaviour around her first hand... but it could be worth a try if you'd like to keep him.
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Trimming spurs is something my college does to provent injuries on their hens, but if you haven't done it before, I would suggest researching it first, as it's like a dog's nail with a wick, that will bleed when cut too short.

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If there is little to no bleeding, then I don't think the crop is damaged, it's hard to see where the wound is on her through the pictures, but definitely hold off on putting her down, as I would expect more bleeding, and not for her to try standing for such an injury.

And just to be sure, check her, and any other hens for injuries, I've often nearly missed injuries on other, or even the same bird because I've gotten so focused on one, that I forget to check for more.

... And sorry for the essay

I think you were right about him liking her. I think he is trying to mate. He jumps on her back and like bites her neck...I saw him do it a few days back and chased him away. He doesnt mess with my silkie roos. (I have 2) only 2 female silkies out of the 3. And mostly my buff. I try really hard not to let him get to them. I have also tried seperating him in the run while the others free range which has helped but he still occationally tries. Any suggestions on that?