Infected Pecking Wound

[SmiYa0126]

You did nothing wrong. You should have seen me debriding my badly burned legs every day for six weeks until new skin finally grew over the raw skin that looked wet and raw and oozing serum, defying your imagination to envision skin ever growing back. It's normal. The big secret is to keep the wound moist and never to let it dry out. It's most important to keep the wound clean and to keep the ointment on it at all times.

Every time you tell of your personal experience I just want to give you a warm tight hug

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi, today when I was treating it I was gently scrubbing and a lot of the dead tissue peeled off and left a lot of flesh showing. It barely bled but now I’m worried that I did something wrong. I was also able to squeeze pus out and I’ve been doing this since I learned about the infection and this is the first time the tissue peeled.
Is this bad? New tissue was beginning to grow on the bottom and its still there.

That looks really good!

 

[lmadeline146]

That looks really good!

Another update, I’m not sure if it’s getting much better. He somehow got pecked a bit through the fence that separated him from the flock. i’ve been treating it every day and now there is a spot that looks sort of green. is this normal? I still haven’t gotten all the pus out.

 

[IwuvMyChickens]

My chicks started picking on each other a few weeks ago but they have since stopped. They were just integrated into the flock but they’re doing better now. This chick is the only one that still has a wound. I’ve tried seperating him many times but every time I put him back with the flock, they peck and re open his wound. When I went to put Neosporin on it today, I noticed that it was oozing pus. I’ve never dealt with a wound like this before, so how do I clean it and dress it daily? It’s not a deep wound from what I can tell.

I feel so awful. I thought it would get better as I put Neosporin on daily but I was wrong.

VERY gently you can get a warm cloth and wipe. She will pull away and it might hurt but needs to be done. I wouldn't do soap just yet. You need to keep her separate from the others so they don't sense she might be weak, but a VERY clean environment so it doesn't get worse. I think the puss might be because it's getting infected or fighting an infection. If it's still looking bad after a day or two of warm cloth clean then you can poor hydrogen peroxide on it. It will hurt but work very well. Just make sure she isn't wo weak to handle it. also check for other wounds making sure this isn't a spreading problem. Take care and I will pray for you chicken!

 

[SmiYa0126]

I don't think that's pus. It looks like the covering of white blood cells to heal the wound. It's not red or puffy looking.