hole in chickens side!!!

[chickensahoy96]

I will take a picture tommorow. Basically one of the roosters that i am giving away mated with this chicken and its spur punctured a whole in the chickens side. I stiched it together and it was healing but today it opened up and its bigger its about 3 cm long and 1 cm wide now. Im considering taking it to a farm vet where i live i dont know how much it will cost. What should i do this is my favorite chicken and my stupid rooster did this to her her name is big mike i have a picture



that was a couple of days ago under her wing you can see the white tape on her. shes seperated now

 

[tdgill]

how is the wound looking? I have only limited experience but did have success. Your hen might need more care....she definitely can't be mounted - good that you've got her away from him.

chickens are pretty tough and it's likely that she will recover just fine. I had a rooster hop out of my yard and into a neighbor's where their dog grabbed him. He had a deep puncture wound that I didn't notice till the next day when it had gotten nasty looking. I made a saline solution of warm water and table salt and squirted it in the wound until it was completely rinsed out. Then packed the hole with neosporin. I rinsed it out again with warm salt water again the next day and more neosporin. After that it, I just kept the wound packed with the antibiotic ointment and he healed up quick.

 

[Bad Wolf]

I think that is what happened to my chicken. I just started a thread asking what I should do. How did you stitch it up?

 

[kellypepperk]

stitching it up isn't usually advised... tdgill did the same thing that we did with several of our girls. Amazing at how quickly they healed!

 

[tdgill]

I'm not sure you want a bandage on the wound either. it needs to "breathe" I think. Just keep an eye on it, use the saline solution if it looks gunky or puss and put as much antibiotic ointment in there as you can daily.