Hens Attacked please help!

[Lorigerl]

Good day all,
I am happy to have found this forum and am looking for some help. First off Vet isn’t a choice as we live in the middle of nowhere and no Vet around works on chickens. Anyway, I live with my sister and her husband and 2 kids. We got chickens this past mid May and have raised them all along. Built a beautiful chicken coop and run. The kids absolutely love them. The other day while I was home alone I walked across the window and saw a dead hen I ran outside and saw the run gate open, not sure what happened there if it wasn’t latched properly or what. Anyway we had 13, I found 2 dead in the yard and one still haven’t found and am assuming is dead. This is so traumatizing sad and feels my heart with great sadness, I have such a huge heart for them I instantly had tears in my eyes and started shaking. This is where I need help! I found a hen right beside the coop that I thought was dead, I went to pick her up and she made a noise, to my surprise she was alive. I isolated her and have her in a large bin with hay and food and sugar water,
Wet bread and watermelon. She has spent 2 nights in there now. She had hardly moved, she is eating and drinking but very little. She appears to have something broken but I cannot find any fracture. She does limp when getting up and trying to move. I have cleaned her bum and oiled it as she doesn’t move when pooping and I want to keep her clean and happy the best I can. Today she stood up for 10 seconds and appeared to be okay but she still has something wrong. This same day I went out there and found a Hawk bouncing in the coop - we have a roof and no freaking idea how it got in. Anyway got the hawk out, had a roo dead and murder scene it was awful and the worst day ever!! We have never had issues with any animal getting them or anything before so to have all this happen in one day while I was home alone was the worst! Today I checked on the coop and saw a hen limping and laying down, I checked her out and saw an open wound on her back. I have her also isolated in the heated garage. Cleaned the wound with part hydrogen peroxide and water then washed the wound with water then applied kids polysporn on the wound. With the loss, with everything that happened the last few days I need these 2 hens to survive not just for my heart but for the kids as they love them and their all such good friends. I have one hen no open wounds but limping and hardly moving and another that moves but not well and an open wound. What should I do? I am trying the best I can and I check on them, fresh food and clean hay etc. When will they get better and is there anything else I can do for them? I have no idea what attacked them... the first one I think I spooked the predictor and maybe was just shook by maybe a coyote and this second one could be from a hawk. The second hen was in the coop and the other hens didn’t seem to be pecking at it but it did not look content in there. I need them to be okay!! My heart is ya too soft for this. The loss of 3 hens and 1 roo in one day already has broken me. Please HELP!! The open wound pic is the second hen I refer too and the first hen is the picture where she has her back facing her food. I Ben if I turn her around this is the position she goes back too.

 

[azygous]

I understand fully the trauma and stress you're feeling. Many of us have had numerous predator attacks and have lost chickens. We learned from them, mostly, and have mitigated coops and runs with better fencing and in my case, hot wire to teach predators this isn't their corner grocery store.

For the two victims, they are both likely suffering shock which can last for days and eventually kill if not treated. You did right by giving them sugar water, but to make it complete, you also need to give them electrolytes. Warmed Gatoraid will do the trick or add a tiny bit of salt and baking soda to your sugar water and give it every hour to both chickens until they fully revive.

The open wound is treatable, and infection is the biggest danger. Peroxide isn't productive after the wound has been initially cleaned since it inhibits new tissue growth. Use soap and water or Betadine each day to clean any new bacteria from the wound. Then be sure to keep it moist with the antibiotic ointment, not letting it dry out until it completely heals.

 

[Lorigerl]

Thank you so much for your reply! You have no idea how much it means. I attached pictures of our coop, there’s a solid/wired roof and sides. Even have the wire going under the grass on the sides so can’t be dug up.
I just want to make sure they’re not suffering and that they will be okay! The Hen (named her Koa, means warrior in Hawaii) she has no open wounds, I’m most worried about her as this is day 3 of her in there and she’s still hardly moving. She’s drinking some and eating some (watermelon and wet bread) but not a lot. When I pick her up to clean her bum her head falls forward. I put her down and she stands up but not for long. I can’t find what could be wrong with her. The second hen (names Trudy) she’s the one with the open wound she is a fighter and I think she will be okay once the wound is healed, I only used the peroxide once for the initial clean. I will use warm water n soap moving forward and polysporn. I didn’t know about the warm Gatorade so thank you for that, I will give them both some. Thank you. Do you know if I can put these 2 injured ones together to heal and have each other for support or should I keep them separated?
thank you again!

 

[Lorigerl]

Update: with supervision they were okay together, I took them out to the side of the house together. This also allowed me to asses them both. It appears that Koa the hen I thought had nothing wrong with it, the one on the right does have puncture wounds on the back side as shown on the left. The hen on the left also puncture wounds. This is awful I feel so bad for them! Anyway I washed them both down with warm water and put polysporn on them. They are both separated and IN the garage warm in totes with hay, gaterade, sugar water and good.