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If it comes to that, I think I’d be most comfortable reaching out to a local vet.I’ve seen major injuries even into muscle that they can recover from, but I don’t like the green and I don’t like the fact that her abdominal wall has been completely compromised :/
Knowing that you are saving her from dying of an infection.... might help?
Otherwise, do you have a friend that would help, or, maybe reach out to a local small animal vet (even if not an avain vet if you don’t have access to one), and explain the situation and see if someone might help you in this case?
Also.
What is your coop/ run like?
I don’t mean to take you down a different bad rabbit hole.... but I find predators don’t tend to give up easy and often come back.
Is your coop secure?
Do you put them in at night?
If not, can you maybe add some 1/2” hardware cloth around the lower part of the run area so a predator (I’m guessing raccoon here) can’t reach through and injure anyone else?
I have since covered the bottom of the coop with hardware cloth on top of the existing chicken wire. The main problem is that since the gals are still young, they’ve recently been updated to a larger coop and have been perching outside at night again. They did this when I first put them outside and it took me a couple nights of putting them into the coop before they got it. I go out every night and move them into the larger coop now since they still haven’t quite figured that out yet. This injury happened before I got them into the coop and noticed it while I was moving her back to the coop. All my other ladies are fine and I’m hoping the new wire along the bottom solves this for future problems. I’m thinking raccoon or possible stray cat. We have lots of wondering cats in my neighborhood.