Hen badly injured

[Sommano]

This the damage.
I just sprayed with the poultry spray and put on a thick layer of triple antibiotic ointment and wrapped her up.

 

[Sommano]

 

[Sommano]

Also I am in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
New here about 8 months now.
And I still don’t know my way around but I’m learning the streets.

 

[micstrachan]

Aw, the poor dear. I would remove the gauze and just make absolutely sure to keep it moist with the ointment.

 

[Sommano]

Aw, the poor dear. I would remove the gauze and just make absolutely sure to keep it moist with the ointment.

I only keep her wrapped because I’m not home with her. But I will unwrap her when I get home.
I’m out running errands. And I’m trying to find fish mox as well.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Just to offer some comfort...
I had a 4 to 5 month cockerel go the same type of injury last summer. It appeared that a racoon got a handful of him through the fence and left this type of injury, or a degloving. The entire right side of his neck, top to bottom and halfway around. Everything was exposed.
He wasn't the tamest of boys so I took a more hands off approach and sprayed him daily with Vetericyn because I knew it would be very painful for him to clean daily and there would be no way I could keep any type of bandage material on it given the location and that he remained outside.
Vetericyn Wound Care

Someone here will probably know if your product, MicrocynAH is nearly the same as Vetericyn Plus, but it's what I keep on hand for all my animals and it does a good job while not causing the animal any extra discomfort. I also agree with Eggcessive and the others on not using peroxide.

I did not give my boy antibiotics because he didn't end up needing them, and other than a bald spot where the feathers are still trying to come in, you would never know how bad it was. In seeing how exhausted your girl looks in the bandage picture, it might be worth figuring out if less could be more, especially if you can get antibiotics on board.
It's tough now and the process will seem endless, but it's amazing what types of injuries chickens and farm animals can heal from.

 

[Sommano]

Just to offer some comfort...
I had a 4 to 5 month cockerel go the same type of injury last summer. It appeared that a racoon got a handful of him through the fence and left this type of injury, or a degloving. The entire right side of his neck, top to bottom and halfway around. Everything was exposed.
He wasn't the tamest of boys so I took a more hands off approach and sprayed him daily with Vetericyn because I knew it would be very painful for him to clean daily and there would be no way I could keep any type of bandage material on it given the location and that he remained outside.
Vetericyn Wound Care

Someone here will probably know if your product, MicrocynAH is nearly the same as Vetericyn Plus, but it's what I keep on hand for all my animals and it does a good job while not causing the animal any extra discomfort. I also agree with Eggcessive and the others on not using peroxide.

I did not give my boy antibiotics because he didn't end up needing them, and other than a bald spot where the feathers are still trying to come in, you would never know how bad it was. In seeing how exhausted your girl looks in the bandage picture, it might be worth figuring out if less could be more, especially if you can get antibiotics on board.
It's tough now and the process will seem endless, but it's amazing what types of injuries chickens and farm animals can heal from.

Did your boy start smelling?
I think I just have to unwrap her and keep her wounds lubricated with the antibiotic ointment.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Did your boy start smelling?
I think I just have to unwrap her and keep her wounds lubricated with the antibiotic ointment.

A little bit. Mine stayed outside though so it could be it was stronger than I was able to detect because I didn't put my face near to him (he's not nice.) Vetericyn has moisturizing properties so while I agree on keeping things moist, it could be that keeping things too goopy or soggy may contribute to smell or rot. It can be a fine line between a healthy moist and an unhealthy soggy.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I looked to see if I had any current pics of him sporting his bald spot but I don't. It basically just looks like he got a bad haircut or only one spot on his body decided to molt to nakedness while the rest didn't.

 

[Sommano]

I looked to see if I had any current pics of him sporting his bald spot but I don't. It basically just looks like he got a bad haircut or only one spot on his body decided to molt to nakedness while the rest didn't.

Got home. No luck on the fish mox.
I took off the bandage though.
She’s resting in my daughters room right now (they are best friends)