Injured two day old chick

[N F C]

Hi, it sounds like you're doing a good job with the little one...best wishes and keep us posted!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Sounds as though your doing everything right! It will take a month or two before the skin is replaced. It looks horrible but it will heal just fine, either with antibiotic creams or without, I've had many birds scalped that healed all on their own, without any assistance from me....they were too wild to catch and that would have just stressed them more, so I didn't try to medicate.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Tookie]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! So sorry about your chick, good luck with it.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

I don't know how much this would help but maybe clean the wound with saline? Keep using the antibiotic ointment.

 

[TSan70]

I don't know how much this would help but maybe clean the wound with saline? Keep using the antibiotic ointment.

Thank you

 

[TSan70]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! So sorry about your chick, good luck with it.

Thank you

 

[TSan70]

Hi, it sounds like you're doing a good job with the little one...best wishes and keep us posted!

Thank you

 

[TSan70]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Sounds as though your doing everything right! It will take a month or two before the skin is replaced. It looks horrible but it will heal just fine, either with antibiotic creams or without, I've had many birds scalped that healed all on their own, without any assistance from me....they were too wild to catch and that would have just stressed them more, so I didn't try to medicate.

Thanks for joining our community!

Thank you
I'm just glad I took her away from mom

 

[TSan70]

So sorry to hear about your sweet little chick! Glad you are joining us, though! I’m sure a lot of people have good tips for you. I’m still a newbie, so I don’t really have any advice.

Thank you

 

[TSan70]

I’m sure you’ve already found plenty of articles and threads about raising chicks, but here are some more. Links to a few articles about raising chicks if you want some light reading:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens.47691/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/brooding-chicks-the-first-6-weeks.74640/

Thank you
It's never too much to read when learning