HELP! Pullet's skull is exposed

[Wyatt0224]

I added three others with her but there's only two hens attacking her, both RIR's, and they seem to be purposely attacking her. If they continue that behavior I will get rid of them. And unfortunately it seems my top hen was pushed off the roost bar last night and broke her neck. She was a good top hen, always kept everyone in line.

So far I'm pretty sure she is in shock, not really walking. She was acting the way she is in the pictures I posted. I have her food and water so we will see what happens.

 

[Wyatt0224]

This morning I went it to put neosporin on her and she was alive. Still in the same pose as she is in the pictures but alive. She also pooed last night which I'm assuming is a good thing. I gave her fresh water as well since it looks like she spilled it last night. I won't get home until around 3 this afternoon so what should I do to her when I get back? Put more neosporin on her?

 

[Eggcessive]

I added three others with her but there's only two hens attacking her, both RIR's, and they seem to be purposely attacking her. If they continue that behavior I will get rid of them. And unfortunately it seems my top hen was pushed off the roost bar last night and broke her neck. She was a good top hen, always kept everyone in line.

So far I'm pretty sure she is in shock, not really walking. She was acting the way she is in the pictures I posted. I have her food and water so we will see what happens.

This morning I went it to put neosporin on her and she was alive. Still in the same pose as she is in the pictures but alive. She also pooed last night which I'm assuming is a good thing. I gave her fresh water as well since it looks like she spilled it last night. I won't get home until around 3 this afternoon so what should I do to her when I get back? Put more neosporin on her?

Oh my goodness, that is sad. Sorry that you lost your top hen. It sounds like such a terible accident. I would try to separate the 2 agressive hens if possible. Sometimes it can be hard to integrate new chickens, and some breeds can seem very agressive. When you get home, try to get her to drink, and hopefully she will start eating. It is hard to try to take care of an injured chicken while working all day.

 

[Wyatt0224]

How can I help her drink? Is there a certain way or technique? Should I force it?

 

[Eggcessive]

I will hold a small bowl or spoon up to or to the side of the beak. You can also use a dropper giving them a few drops at a time, but easy to choke them so go slow. I also like to add a lot of water to a small bowl of chicken feed. Stir in a little plain yogurt and some raw or cooked egg, and stir it up. This sometimes is very appealing, but fluids are more important. Some people like to tube feed their sick chickens twice a day to help th m through a sick spell. The threads to learn is called "Go team tube feeding" if you go to the top of this page and do a search, or you can also Google it.

 

[Wyatt0224]

Terrible news. My pullet passed away. As I checked her over more closely it seemed to me she was a bit under weight. I think that could contribute to my older hens keeping her away from food but I don't know how much weight she could lose in just five days of getting a little feed everyday. Also her skin was gone almost all the way down her neck. Just above the base. In hindsight I guess there was no chance for her.

Another problem?: I noticed my Welsummer pullet, who is from the same place that I got my Delaware from has bubbles coming out of one of her nostrils. Should I be concerned about this?

 

[Eggcessive]

When it rains it pours unfortunately. Sorry about losing the pullet. She may have also suffered from a head injury and this may have made things easier in the long run. When there are lower pecking order chickens, I like to put water and food in multiple spots inside and outside the coop, just to give the meek ones a chance. Check the welsummer for watery or foamy eyes, sneezing, or noisy breathing. Those can be signs of possible respiratory diseases such as MG. Infectious bronchitis usually presents with sneezing and a runny nose.

 

[Wyatt0224]

I wanna say I heard noisy breathing but I'm not 100% sure. I'll have to check her tomorrow.

 

[Wyatt0224]

So this morning I checked the Welsummer and she still has stuff running down her nostrils with little bubbles. Also it appeared to me that she was trying to breathe out of her mouth while I was holding her. What do you think the problem could be?

If she is sick what could it be and how contagious is it because now my RIR rooster was crowing this morning and it was shorter then usual and more hoarse. Do you guys have any diagnoses?

 

[danielraspberry83]

We had a hen with her breast and neck ripped open by possums this past fall. She made it just fine, and we didn't do anything special for her. She is tough! I don't know about head injuries but I think chickens are pretty resiliant anyway. The best you can do is wash and treat it like a normal wound and keep her safe and separated. Just make sure she keeps drinking water. I wouldn't worry about lack of interest in food as much as making sure she is hydrated.

It wasn't a possum you might know chickens I know possums and possums don't eat live things they don't even like live they only eat things that don't move by the time possums reach adulthood the already have to illnesses that keep them from being a predatory animal things like cataracts which makes you blind most possums suffer from horrible arthritis from a calcium deficiency they just don't possess the necessary tools by the time they get big enough plus there scavengers granted other scavengers scavenge and hunt like dogs hyenas but they tend to do that in packs a raccoon is the 1 exception to this they are both scavenger and predator without being part of a pack but caulk to that for the wild raccoons their just mean pricks lol possums do like eggs but they still wont kill something just to get an egg your chicken got attacked by raccoon,fox,skunk,coyote don't over look skunks they are not all peppy lapues throwing cheesy pickup lines at your cat