WildCityMum
Chirping
- Oct 3, 2017
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Hello all,
I'm new to posting on here but am a bit desperate for help! I've only been keeping silkies for a bit over a year. I've been unwell myself this past week and the children have been letting the girls in and out for me. Today I noticed the hen at the bottom of the pecking order wasn't moving much. I brought her in and to my horror found a massive lesion on one leg. She's only a bantam but the wound is huge - perhaps 2.5 inches on one leg? It has a giant scab on it. I have no idea where it has come from or how long she's been suffering. A week ago she seemed very active. I feel terrible I've taken my eye off them. She does get bullied a little so I wonder if it's from pecking?
I've bathed her in antibacterial wash diluted in warm water (tcp ), then dried her with a hair dryer as she went very still and quiet. I tried removing the scabest but it started to bleed quite a bit around the edges and I was worried she might bleed out! It didn't seem to soften much from bathing? I've wrapped it up in a bandage soaked in tcp. She is very quiet and eating only a little. I find it hard to imagine a chicken could overcome such a massive wound but she is the children's favourite and my autistic son will be devastated if we don't at least try to save her. Any ideas?
I'm new to posting on here but am a bit desperate for help! I've only been keeping silkies for a bit over a year. I've been unwell myself this past week and the children have been letting the girls in and out for me. Today I noticed the hen at the bottom of the pecking order wasn't moving much. I brought her in and to my horror found a massive lesion on one leg. She's only a bantam but the wound is huge - perhaps 2.5 inches on one leg? It has a giant scab on it. I have no idea where it has come from or how long she's been suffering. A week ago she seemed very active. I feel terrible I've taken my eye off them. She does get bullied a little so I wonder if it's from pecking?
I've bathed her in antibacterial wash diluted in warm water (tcp ), then dried her with a hair dryer as she went very still and quiet. I tried removing the scabest but it started to bleed quite a bit around the edges and I was worried she might bleed out! It didn't seem to soften much from bathing? I've wrapped it up in a bandage soaked in tcp. She is very quiet and eating only a little. I find it hard to imagine a chicken could overcome such a massive wound but she is the children's favourite and my autistic son will be devastated if we don't at least try to save her. Any ideas?