I have a four week old leghorn chick who got attacked by a six week old puppy today. the puppy's mouth, of course, is small, and i'm pretty sure that none of the wounds hit an organ or anything. but the skin was broken on the top of the head, under the wing, on the back, and probably a couple of other places. the puppy thought he looked like something fun to chew on.
i clearly have too many babies at my house right now.
anyway, this chick is being raised only for meat, and he will be butchered at 12 weeks if he makes it through this.
he is very active and struggles against me a lot when i try to clean him, so that seems to reaffirm to me that he doesn't have any really major injuries.
i have washed his wounds with saline solution, and i will treat with neosporin and spray him down with blue kote.
i don't have pictures because i have 3 small children crawling around here right now, and i can't really manage all of it at this moment.
would you wait a couple days and see how he does?
i need moral support.
i clearly have too many babies at my house right now.
anyway, this chick is being raised only for meat, and he will be butchered at 12 weeks if he makes it through this.
he is very active and struggles against me a lot when i try to clean him, so that seems to reaffirm to me that he doesn't have any really major injuries.
i have washed his wounds with saline solution, and i will treat with neosporin and spray him down with blue kote.
i don't have pictures because i have 3 small children crawling around here right now, and i can't really manage all of it at this moment.
would you wait a couple days and see how he does?
i need moral support.