Hen attacked and injured

[Ariell]

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[Pyxis]

Ouch, those are some nasty wounds! Poor girl. But if she's eating and drinking, that's a good sign, and chances are she's going to heal up and recover.

Of course you want to keep her separated from your other chickens for now, until she heals. For pain, if it seems like she needs it, you can give her some aspirin in her water - you can dissolve five 5 grain aspirin in a gallon of water and give her that.

Sounds like you've already cleaned the wounds, so that's good. You've applied Neosporin, so that's also good. You may want to get ahold of an ointment called Derma-Clens to use. It helps stimulate new skin growth and I've used it for injured birds ever since my vet gave me some for an injured duck. It works great.

 

[Ariell]

View attachment 1196669

Ouch, those are some nasty wounds! Poor girl. But if she's eating and drinking, that's a good sign, and chances are she's going to heal up and recover.

Of course you want to keep her separated from your other chickens for now, until she heals. For pain, if it seems like she needs it, you can give her some aspirin in her water - you can dissolve five 5 grain aspirin in a gallon of water and give her that.

Sounds like you've already cleaned the wounds, so that's good. You've applied Neosporin, so that's also good. You may want to get ahold of an ointment called Derma-Clens to use. It helps stimulate new skin growth and I've used it for injured birds ever since my vet gave me some for an injured duck. It works great.

Where do I buy that

 

[Pyxis]

Where do I buy that

You can find it online. In fact I'm pretty sure Amazon carries it.

 

[rebrascora]

Hi

So sorry to see your poor hen was badly ripped up. I would be inclined to give her wounds a once only treatment of hydrogen peroxide just to clean out any bacteria/infection before you start the healing process, especially since it was a day or two before you found her. I would also trim away the feathers at the edge of the wounds so that they don't get stuck in the wounds.
I recently used raw honey on my horse's wound and was very impressed with how well it healed. I don't believe it needs to be manuka honey as long as it is a natural raw honey.... I'm a beekeeper so I used my own bees' honey.
I'm not sure where in the world you are (it really helps if people include that info on their profile page so that we can see it at a glance each time you post, below your avatar) but I would say that a fox is a more likely culprit than a feral cat(s) and whatever it is, will almost certainly be back, so you will need to take steps to prevent another attack. Knowing where you are also helps us to advise on locally available products/brands. Also, if you are approaching winter in a cold climate, she is going to need to be kept somewhere warm to prevent the risk of frostbite on those wounds or find something to cover them. Someone on another thread used stockingette to make a vest for her hen that was wounded and she used granulated sugar and honey on her hen's wound. I will try to find the thread and post a link.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/yikes-large-wound-on-hen.1141144/

For your information, bruising in chickens is green, so not necessarily a sign of infection and you may see more of it as the bruising develops in the next few days.

Good luck with her. Chickens can be incredibly hardy sometimes.

 

[Ariell]

Hi

So sorry to see your poor hen was badly ripped up. I would be inclined to give her wounds a once only treatment of hydrogen peroxide just to clean out any bacteria/infection before you start the healing process, especially since it was a day or two before you found her. I would also trim away the feathers at the edge of the wounds so that they don't get stuck in the wounds.
I recently used raw honey on my horse's wound and was very impressed with how well it healed. I don't believe it needs to be manuka honey as long as it is a natural raw honey.... I'm a beekeeper so I used my own bees' honey.
I'm not sure where in the world you are (it really helps if people include that info on their profile page so that we can see it at a glance each time you post, below your avatar) but I would say that a fox is a more likely culprit than a feral cat(s) and whatever it is, will almost certainly be back, so you will need to take steps to prevent another attack. Knowing where you are also helps us to advise on locally available products/brands. Also, if you are approaching winter in a cold climate, she is going to need to be kept somewhere warm to prevent the risk of frostbite on those wounds or find something to cover them. Someone on another thread used stockingette to make a vest for her hen that was wounded and she used granulated sugar and honey on her hen's wound. I will try to find the thread and post a link.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/yikes-large-wound-on-hen.1141144/

For your information, bruising in chickens is green, so not necessarily a sign of infection and you may see more of it as the bruising develops in the next few days.

Good luck with her. Chickens can be incredibly hardy sometimes.

I’m in Indiana, I rinsed it with alcohol today and discover three more wounds that are purple and green currently have neosporin on it and I’m spraying it once a day with poultry+aid which is an all natural topical spray. If it is infected what do I do?

 

[Ariell]

Hi

So sorry to see your poor hen was badly ripped up. I would be inclined to give her wounds a once only treatment of hydrogen peroxide just to clean out any bacteria/infection before you start the healing process, especially since it was a day or two before you found her. I would also trim away the feathers at the edge of the wounds so that they don't get stuck in the wounds.
I recently used raw honey on my horse's wound and was very impressed with how well it healed. I don't believe it needs to be manuka honey as long as it is a natural raw honey.... I'm a beekeeper so I used my own bees' honey.
I'm not sure where in the world you are (it really helps if people include that info on their profile page so that we can see it at a glance each time you post, below your avatar) but I would say that a fox is a more likely culprit than a feral cat(s) and whatever it is, will almost certainly be back, so you will need to take steps to prevent another attack. Knowing where you are also helps us to advise on locally available products/brands. Also, if you are approaching winter in a cold climate, she is going to need to be kept somewhere warm to prevent the risk of frostbite on those wounds or find something to cover them. Someone on another thread used stockingette to make a vest for her hen that was wounded and she used granulated sugar and honey on her hen's wound. I will try to find the thread and post a link.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/yikes-large-wound-on-hen.1141144/

For your information, bruising in chickens is green, so not necessarily a sign of infection and you may see more of it as the bruising develops in the next few days.

Good luck with her. Chickens can be incredibly hardy sometimes.

Does that look like a bruise or infection

 

[rebrascora]

If you are talking about the small greenish patch in the middle of that last photo, I would say bruise. It looks too clean for infection. I would be more concerned about the black gungy bits above that green spot. I'm guessing it is a mixture of dried blood and perhaps feathers. I would want that all cleaned off so you can see what is underneath. I have a little soft brush that I use for debriding wounds and I spray the wound with Hibiscrub (Chlorohexidine) and just gently work the brush over it to get it all clear of any debris, blood, scab etc. Once it is really clean, I flush with water and then diluted peroxide that first time to clear any necrotic flesh. After that first time I use dilute saline to flush it (a trigger spray is good for irrigating wounds and flushing out any debris) and then blot dry with lint and apply honey. Every 2-3 days I give it another gentle scrub with the soft brush and either saline or Hibiscrub. It is important to keep the site moist as wounds heal best in moist conditions.... which is one of the reasons why the honey works.

 

[Ariell]

 

[Ariell]

This is it today after soapy water and alcohol