Hens skin on neck sliced wide open on fence

[Birdielee]

Need to give her the antibiotic. This is dose 4 ?

 

[Birdielee]

She was busy when i went to give her the meds. !! She's Still laying every day. Now she took the antibiotic and i have a couple of photos.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

There is one area that i was a little concerned about, but as i worked on her, my hands turned the same color green, turmeric+purple gentian. Her exposed neck muscle looks a little more moist than it has been. Everything smells clean.
I poured iodine everywhere.

I’ve been working on understanding the husbandry of chickens from 1700s... the language of the book makes it a bit difficult at times, but the book discusses “Green Wound” remedies and on the Natural Chicken Keeping OT’s Welcome we discussed this type of wound in context of book and experiences... so first you should know other folks have had this stage of the wound occur in injured birds and their birds did heal... the treatments in the old book are using herbal remedies (that was the only option then) on the wound though the herbs suggestions are different they do the same stuff as what you are doing with what you are using. Your doing great. So expect the wound to look ugly, but as long as no smell, swelling, sudden redness, murky fluid starts developing you are good.

 

[Birdielee]

I’ve been working on understanding the husbandry of chickens from 1700s... the language of the book makes it a bit difficult at times, but the book discusses “Green Wound” remedies and on the Natural Chicken Keeping OT’s Welcome we discussed this type of wound in context of book and experiences... so first you should know other folks have had this stage of the wound occur in injured birds and their birds did heal... the treatments in the old book are using herbal remedies (that was the only option then) on the wound though the herbs suggestions are different they do the same stuff as what you are doing with what you are using. Your doing great. So expect the wound to look ugly, but as long as no smell, swelling, sudden redness, murky fluid starts developing you are good.

The green in this case was purple dye from the bluekote mixed with orange from the turmeric.

What in the world did they do for green wounds? (Gangrene? Or a different green?)

 

[Birdielee]

I sprayed more bluekote on her, on the lower area of her neck that is now exposed. She didn't want to eat, but i mixed up a bunch of yummy foods and she ate. She's lost some weight. I don't know her weight, but i can feel her keel bone sharper again. She had just recently started to put some weight on (before she got hurt,) and i was happy about that. At least she had a little reserve.
(My scale works sometimes, but not the time i tried to weigh her.)
She took her antibiotic happily.
Now I'm using a 500 mg capsule of only amoxicillin. No clavulanate. I divided it in 4 doses.

 

[Birdielee]

This is from midday today, same time as the other photos. The bottom margin of her bandage is gathering itself up.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

“What in the world did they do for green wounds? (Gangrene? Or a different green?)”

Well the same book specifically mentions Gangrene as a different condition with a different treatment... and based on us talking through the archaic language and people’s experience with wounds in chickens that also included pressure such as a fox biting, impact with piercing wounds. We decided it’s a wound that includes bruising with the laceration.

 

[Birdielee]

“What in the world did they do for green wounds? (Gangrene? Or a different green?)”

Well the same book specifically mentions Gangrene as a different condition with a different treatment... and based on us talking through the archaic language and people’s experience with wounds in chickens that also included pressure such as a fox biting, impact with piercing wounds. We decided it’s a wound that includes bruising with the laceration.

Very interesting. Who has this book? And where is the group?

 

[Birdielee]

She's sure chipper today. She just jumped down from her perch in the run to come see me, and she landed with a bounce. That was nice to see. She ate this morning, and i gave her her antibiotic. I haven't done much else for her. Haven't even changed the bandage yet today. I'm sick. Thought maybe it might be covid because i started with a dry cough, but I'm sneezing a lot so i think it's just a cold.
My blood oxygen level is fine, too.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

I'm happy to hear your chicken is doing well. I've been watching your thread and I thank you for giving us so many updates! Lots of valuable info can be found here if you have the time to look for it! Hope you don't have the covid and get well soon.