Hen scalped! Help! (Graphic pic)

[hzemag84]

Thank you so much for the replies!! I finally got the gauze off with lots of coconut oil and patience. Cleaned it up and applied a thick layer of antibiotic cream mixed with coconut oil. I have her in small cage alongside coop with a cover over top incase of rain. I decided not to do more gauze because i didn't want to have trouble again. I got a sterile pad and wrapped around her head like a bonnet and taped under her neck. She can probably get it off but I thought it would add a bit of coverage. Fingers crossed!

 

[roseyred]

Glad you got it off, I hope the sterile bandage doesn't stick is well. I think those kind of injuries really need to breathe in order to heal properly. If you put a nice thick layer of anabiotic and coconut oil on it it won't get dirty because that Will act as a protective layer

 

[Akrnaf2]

I actually believe very strongly in not applying anything over a wound unless they're going to be in a situation where to get dirty like outside, I think letting it breathe is the best way to heal it especially when all the skin is removed because it causes skin to grow back, if I were you I would just keep her area very clean and be sure that she doesn't scratch at it with her feet but I would leave the girls off of it for now and keep it very moist with coconut oil

You must remember that in this kind of wounds, were the substratum of the skin and the muscle is largely exposed,there is a big chance of secondary infection of yeast, fungi,maggots( the second stage of flays metamorphosis) and the most common bacterial infection. So I must emphasis the big important of covering the wound especially in the first few days.

 

[roseyred]

If she's being housed outside I do agree with you about covering the wound, however since I always how's my sick animals inside I don't see it necessary to cover them and I think heals faster without it covered

 

[hzemag84]

Does anyone have suggestions on what to wrap that won't stick? I'm going to the store today and maybe I'll ask pharmacist. I would keep her inside but I don't have anywhere to keep her and I also have a jack Russell and cat inside which would probably cause lots of drama and I don't want her to get scared and hurt herself more. Also, I have antibiotics to put in water for her, do you think that would be a good preventative or not necessary?

 

[roseyred]

Does anyone have suggestions on what to wrap that won't stick? I'm going to the store today and maybe I'll ask pharmacist. I would keep her inside but I don't have anywhere to keep her and I also have a jack Russell and cat inside which would probably cause lots of drama and I don't want her to get scared and hurt herself more. Also, I have antibiotics to put in water for her, do you think that would be a good preventative or not necessary?

If you go to your local feed store you can find something called vet wrap.looks like colored wrinkle Lee stuff on a roll, and it sticks to itself so you don't have to tape it or anything, and we used to use it on horses when we had to wrap a wound without any bandaging underneath sometime so that it wouldn't stick. Anything with cotton is going to stick to the wound, I think vet wrap is made of some kind of elastic. It'll hold the medication well and won't stick like cotton

 

[roseyred]

It's always good to feed injured people and animals some kind of anabiotic or probiotic for both to help strengthen their immune system when they're injured, you can also give her things like apples which contain lots of pectin which is like a natural medicine, bananas are also really good and yogurt of course has lots of probiotics, so does buttermilk.

 

[Akrnaf2]

It's always good to feed injured people and animals some kind of anabiotic or probiotic for both to help strengthen their immune system when they're injured, you can also give her things like apples which contain lots of pectin which is like a natural medicine, bananas are also really good and yogurt of course has lots of probiotics, so does buttermilk.

I don't recommend admitting antibiotics Without the need for if you do admit her antibiotics be ware about the condition of here crop. after you give here the antibiotics, she could develop a fungi infection in here crop because antibiotics disrupts the equilibrium between the fungi and the bacteria in the natural microflora in the chicken. If she will develop crop problems you can fix it by giving 0.5 grams of acidified Copper Sulfate per 1 liter of drinking water for 5 dayes. I will recommend to give here probiotic some ours after the antibiotics,it can be a probiotic yogurt or a capsule of human probiotic that you spread on here feed.do you ferment your feed? Fermented feed( lactic fermentation only!) is a great source for probiotics for chicken.