Hen got attacked by fox! Help!

[Rowsdower]

I am sooo not an expert but have done a lot of reading. Corn meal is supposed to stop bleeding.

Corn STARCH is what you want here. Corn meal is not really fine enough and would likely make the wound worse. I imagine any bleeding has stopped, however.

 

[Smokey2201]

I will try to post some pictures later today. She has a larger deeper one of her side back. I have some antibiotic ointment without painkillers. So I should clean the wounds and put the antibiotics on her?

 

[dekel18042]

I will try to post some pictures later today. She has a larger deeper one of her side back. I have some antibiotic ointment without painkillers. So I should clean the wounds and put the antibiotics on her?

Yes. Is she eating and drinking?

 

[Smokey2201]

Yes she is eating and drinking. She is also walking around outside with the rest of my chickens.

 

[Smokey2201]

I have had a lot of experience with bird wounds, you've gotten some good advice. Make sure the area is clean (I would pull out feathers in contact with the wound or at least cut them) and put antibiotic ointment on them. If they are not very deep they should heal well in no time. If you have any deep ones you are concerned about you could post a picture as that really tells a lot about how to treat a specific wound.

Sorry the pictures aren't the best. There is a cut on her side kinda her leg too. This one is big and yellow. What should I do with this cut?

 

[circesfire]

Looks like a pretty deep puncture. Make sure the area is very clean and put some antibiotic ointment (neosporin) on it, but make sure it doesn't have pain killers in it. If you have oral or injectable antibiotics I would also treat with those as a precaution because the wound is deep, but if you don't have them and she continues eating, drinking and acting normally I wouldn't worry too much. You may want to separate her from the other chickens though as they will peck at her wounds and make it worse.

 

[Smokey2201]

Ok Thank you! I put some antibiotics on her.

 

[bwauck]

Flies will infest those wounds really quick if you don't bring her inside the yellow one looks puffy and infected from the picture

 

[Smokey2201]

Really! how do I keep the flies from not infesting them? I hope its not infected! I'll try to get better pictures.

 

[Smokey2201]

Flies will infest those wounds really quick if you don't bring her inside

the yellow one looks puffy and infected from the picture

So when I went out and had somebody hold her so I could get a better look the wound that is yellow is not deep it is more of a tear. I put lots of ointment on that.