Infection or healing?

[Chickenandgreens]

Our pullet was attacked by a eagle a few days ago- OG thread
Thread 'Eagle attack aftercare! Advice and insight please!'https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/eagle-attack-aftercare-advice-and-insight-please.1599571/
chicken is eating active and drinking. I haven’t had a chicken injury before is this infected or healing

1st photo is this morning day 2
2nd is yesterday evening one day after attack
3rd is yesterday morning one day after the attack

 

[Wyorp Rock]

chicken is eating active and drinking.

Looks to be healing.

Just keep it clean, keep her where flies can't get into the wounds and apply triple antibiotic ointment to keep it moist.

Infection signs are bad odor, angry red skin, oozing pus. Generally, you can't mistake infection, you'll smell it...

 

[Chickenandgreens]

Looks to be healing.

Just keep it clean, keep her where flies can't get into the wounds and apply triple antibiotic ointment to keep it moist.

Infection signs are bad odor, angry red skin, oozing pus. Generally, you can't mistake infection, you'll smell it...

Thank you, only problem we are running into is she HATES being in the cage and is running at us with a wing flap to escape when we come to bring food water or clean here, catching her is getting more difficult as she just wants to bolt out, when can I put her back with the flock? Should I just clean it up good wrap it up with some triple anti biotic and put her back with flock and catch her every three days to clean and check wound for infection. I know if she’s stressed out it won’t heal as well and she’s definitely stressed in the large cage which like be grateful chicken most chickens don’t even get a cage this big haha.

 

[HollyWoozle]

Personally I would keep her separate until it has healed further. Can she see the other chickens?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I agree with @HollyWoozle
I'd wait until she's healed up more before putting her back with the others. You risk the wound getting picked at.

If you have a way to section off a portion of run or can place her in a temporary pen next to the others, this may calm her down a little more. I know it's hard, they don't like separation and it's stressful for her and she may even struggle with re-integration from being separated, but you also have to consider the wound needs to be healed fairly well to prevent infection and picking.

 

[Chickenandgreens]

She can’t see the other chickens but can hear them afraid she makes it worse wirh more movements and when she flys right at us when we go to open for cleaning and everything we have only had her for a month or so so she’s so flighty and use to live in a cage whole life and not used to humans etc. we took her roost because we want to limit her jumping. I know this may be stressful but I think with all the treats and only a week or so is better then killing her. It’s hard. It’s definitely scabbing over dosent smell bad or warm at all, I don’t think infection for for day 4 of healing

I agree with @HollyWoozle
I'd wait until she's healed up more before putting her back with the others. You risk the wound getting picked at.

If you have a way to section off a portion of run or can place her in a temporary pen next to the others, this may calm her down a little more. I know it's hard, they don't like separation and it's stressful for her and she may even struggle with re-integration from being separated, but you also have to consider the wound needs to be healed fairly well to prevent infection and picking.

 

[Chickenandgreens]

I agree with @HollyWoozle
I'd wait until she's healed up more before putting her back with the others. You risk the wound getting picked at.

If you have a way to section off a portion of run or can place her in a temporary pen next to the others, this may calm her down a little more. I know it's hard, they don't like separation and it's stressful for her and she may even struggle with re-integration from being separated, but you also have to consider the wound needs to be healed fairly well to prevent infection and picking.

 

[Chickenandgreens]

Should I just put her pen next coop during day? That won’t freak her out more?

 

[Chickenandgreens]

Looks to be healing.

Just keep it clean, keep her where flies can't get into the wounds and apply triple antibiotic ointment to keep it moist.

Infection signs are bad odor, angry red skin, oozing pus. Generally, you can't mistake infection, you'll smell it...

Day 4 is it looking ok?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks to be healing o.k.

You can try penning her near them, see how she does.