Hen lethargic after injury

[SaeedSh91]

Hi,
I'm new at keeping chickens so pardon the long post.
I got 10 chickens and a rooster 2 months ago in an out of town land (walled)
I spend half of my time there and they are in a 130 sqft enclosed area when I'm not there. Yesterday noon I came back after 2 days to see a little chunk from the back of one my hens missing but she is acting normally. After inspecting the run, it seems to me that high winds moved some wood plates around the area and a fox burrowed in but my roo is very good at defending his hens so no deaths.
After an hour or two I noticed another young hen-pullet (just started laying) being somewhat lazy and dosing off when free ranging which was strange. At first I thought she was in shock, she would peck at the ground but i didnt see her actually eating anything, seemed like she was somehow hurting and holding her neck stiffly. and since she was still very well a runner I couldnt catch her to inspect closely.
She drank water and ate some mashed feed I put for her. At night I inspected her and it looks like she was bitten around the head and neck. There are wounds in both side of her head but one side there is a gash under her ear to her wattles. I got some tetracycline ointment and put some on her this morning. But she is lethargic. She breathed heavily and there is a semi transparent viscous fluid coming down her beak sometimes. I didn't see her eat or drink anything today and she never left the run area to free range. Mostly she is, very sadly, putting her neck on a shelf or her head against something. I reapplied the cream (there is dark wet blood on the gash but i dont this she is bleeding still)
I don't know what to do more. She is a very big and lively girl. Some friend suggested putting her out of her misery but I dont want to if there is even a small chance she would be better.

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. What is your general location or country? Could your rooster have injured the two hens’ necks during mating? That can be a common area injured. But if a fox got them, they could have suffered internal injuries. Could you post a picture of the injuries? At this point I would give supportive care, helping them to eat and drink at least twice a day. Also wash or spray the wounds daily with saline or mild soap and water, and follow with the antibiotic ointment twice a day. Human vitamin E can be helpful with neck injuries or neurological problems from wry neck or injuries. 400 IU is a good dose daily. I would offer both some dry and wet chicken feed plus a little cooked egg daily. Chickens can amazingly recover from some very bad wounds. It takes days to weeks. Other chickens may peck the wounds since they are attracted to red color. So you may want to separate them inside a pen or cage, with food and water. Let us know how she is doing.

 

[SaeedSh91]

Welcome to BYC. What is your general location or country? Could your rooster have injured the two hens’ necks during mating? That can be a common area injured. But if a fox got them, they could have suffered internal injuries. Could you post a picture of the injuries? At this point I would give supportive care, helping them to eat and drink at least twice a day. Also wash or spray the wounds daily with saline or mild soap and water, and follow with the antibiotic ointment twice a day. Human vitamin E can be helpful with neck injuries or neurological problems from wry neck or injuries. 400 IU is a good dose daily. I would offer both some dry and wet chicken feed plus a little cooked egg daily. Chickens can amazingly recover from some very bad wounds. It takes days to weeks. Other chickens may peck the wounds since they are attracted to red color. So you may want to separate them inside a pen or cage, with food and water. Let us know how she is doing.

Thanks for your response. I don't think it was the rooster. He never hurt any of them before. I also found a small hole under the fence where the boards fell over.
I live in Tehran, Iran and right now is the morning of the second day after I found out. I just syringe fed her some wet food and a little water (with some antibiotics and supplements). She still wants to sleep all the time but is more responsive than last night.
The other hen is behaving as always but I'm afraid of infections since her wound is still fresh quite wide. She doesn't like to be touched, so it's a challenge to get ointment on her back.
I'll try to get a good picture of the wounds.

 

[Jodc]

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Hi,
I'm new at keeping chickens so pardon the long post.
I got 10 chickens and a rooster 2 months ago in an out of town land (walled)
I spend half of my time there and they are in a 130 sqft enclosed area when I'm not there. Yesterday noon I came back after 2 days to see a little chunk from the back of one my hens missing but she is acting normally. After inspecting the run, it seems to me that high winds moved some wood plates around the area and a fox burrowed in but my roo is very good at defending his hens so no deaths.
After an hour or two I noticed another young hen-pullet (just started laying) being somewhat lazy and dosing off when free ranging which was strange. At first I thought she was in shock, she would peck at the ground but i didnt see her actually eating anything, seemed like she was somehow hurting and holding her neck stiffly. and since she was still very well a runner I couldnt catch her to inspect closely.
She drank water and ate some mashed feed I put for her. At night I inspected her and it looks like she was bitten around the head and neck. There are wounds in both side of her head but one side there is a gash under her ear to her wattles. I got some tetracycline ointment and put some on her this morning. But she is lethargic. She breathed heavily and there is a semi transparent viscous fluid coming down her beak sometimes. I didn't see her eat or drink anything today and she never left the run area to free range. Mostly she is, very sadly, putting her neck on a shelf or her head against something. I reapplied the cream (there is dark wet blood on the gash but i dont this she is bleeding still)
I don't know what to do more. She is a very big and lively girl. Some friend suggested putting her out of her misery but I dont want to if there is even a small chance she would be better.

this happen to one of our hens. It was the rooster doing this to her. She had the same kind of injuries. He would constantly pick on this one hen. She was so traumatized she was twitching her neck and staying away from all the hens. Finally we just had to destroy the rooster. She recovered after several weeks and her injuries healed. We felt so bad for her. Before we destroyed the rooster we put him in solitude for a day thinking maybe that would make him stop but it didn't. We still have the hen that he hurt. She is fine and laying eggs.

 

[SaeedSh91]

We had

this happen to one of our hens. It was the rooster doing this to her. She had the same kind of injuries. He would constantly pick on this one hen. She was so traumatized she was twitching her neck and staying away from all the hens. Finally we just had to destroy the rooster. She recovered after several weeks and her injuries healed. We felt so bad for her. Before we destroyed the rooster we put him in solitude for a day thinking maybe that would make him stop but it didn't. We still have the hen that he hurt. She is fine and laying eggs.

Thanks for the info
I took care of her for about 2 weeks and she is better. Slowly she would peck and eat at first.
She almost as lively as was before.

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad that she is doing better.