I Got Impaled by a Hawk While Saving my Chicken!

[Abriana]

Oh my goodness! That's great that you were able to save her! I've read about that happening in books before (fiction), and I was shocked to read about it in real life!

 

[RabbitGirl]

Omg! You’re a hero for saving your baby! Seriously, such a cool story! How is she doing now? How’s your hand?

She's just resting right now, we gave her some mash (pellets + water)

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

WOW.. what an ordeal! Brave girl you ARE!
Im glad you're both ok!

 

[nursepinch]

You probably don't need to go the ER but you should check on or talk to your doctor about a tetanus shot. Keep your wounds clean and definitely don't wait if you have any signs of infection.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

She had her tetanus shot 2 years ago. The advice nurse didn't seem too worried. They are going to have the Dr.'s office call back later, but thinks that simply putting her on prophylactic antibiotics should be sufficient.

 

[RabbitGirl]

Update Comparison Photo!

 

[21hens-incharge]

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Stupid nasty hawk!

I wonder what story he will tell.......
Might start off with.....

So there I was sitting in the tree choosing my dinner....

 

[CindyinSD]

Antibiotics sound good. It doesn’t look deep. Thing is, you don’t know where those talons have been.

 

[MROO]

It was pretty dang crazy running outside and seeing my daughter in a death grip with a huge Red Tailed Hawk!

Pulling the hawk's talons out of her flesh was pretty intense! That thing was NOT going to let go! While prying it's claws apart, it dug into the tip of my finger... but not anywhere as bad as how deep it was into @RabbitGirl's palm!

I'll be honest, once I could ascertain that things weren't getting worse with her, the hawk, the chickens, etc., I was VERY tempted to pause and get my phone to take a pic.

... I mean, I'm pretty sure @RabbitGirl would have loved to share some super crazy pics of her talon-holding-hands with a giant hawk hanging upside down!

Awesome job ... BOTH of you (and Mom, too, of course!) While you're probably right about not needing the emergency room tonight, I highly recommend an appointment with the family doctor in the morning. There are many, many nerves and tendons in the human hand, any one of which can (and usually is) very painful when pierced. If you wait until signs of infection appear, you've waited too long. Recovery will be much more painful. At the very least, anti-inflammatory meds can help. Painkillers and antibiotics may also be in order. Trust me on this one ... been there, done that ... only with a temperamental African Grey parrot. Please, keep after that hand!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

It doesn’t look deep.

It's fortunately not super wide, but the talon was definitely deep. While I was taking 2 talons out from the top of her hand and next to her thumb, it dug in deeper in the middle.