IndecisiveLizard
In the Brooder
- Mar 11, 2018
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Hi All,
I am looking for advice on what to do about a wounded hen. Last week, we had a hawk carry off two of our hens. Looked over the others and did not see any wounds at the time, but we just today noticed that one hen has a bad laceration below her right wing. It looks like it may have been a small wound missed, which was pulled open. She also has feather loss from a mean rooster and had been wearing a saddle for the past week or so. She is a concord black hen, approx. 7 months old, and she is eating, drinking, and otherwise behaving normally. For now I have isolated her so the other chickens don't exacerbate the problem.
Does anyone know if this is treatable? What are my options here? Anything I can disinfect or treat it with? I have no experience to know if this is infected or needs stitches... If the conclusion is that she is not treatable and in pain I will euthanize if necessary, but she is a very sweet hen and I would hate to lose her, especially having just lost two others from my very small flock.
I feel absolutely awful for not catching this sooner. We just had back-to-back nor'easters and it has been a rough time all round.
Thanks.
I am looking for advice on what to do about a wounded hen. Last week, we had a hawk carry off two of our hens. Looked over the others and did not see any wounds at the time, but we just today noticed that one hen has a bad laceration below her right wing. It looks like it may have been a small wound missed, which was pulled open. She also has feather loss from a mean rooster and had been wearing a saddle for the past week or so. She is a concord black hen, approx. 7 months old, and she is eating, drinking, and otherwise behaving normally. For now I have isolated her so the other chickens don't exacerbate the problem.
Does anyone know if this is treatable? What are my options here? Anything I can disinfect or treat it with? I have no experience to know if this is infected or needs stitches... If the conclusion is that she is not treatable and in pain I will euthanize if necessary, but she is a very sweet hen and I would hate to lose her, especially having just lost two others from my very small flock.
I feel absolutely awful for not catching this sooner. We just had back-to-back nor'easters and it has been a rough time all round.
Thanks.