Injury on a chick

[squidwardlover21]

Sadly, this bird was snatched by a fox quite a bit ago, but I recently joined this thread and was wondering if anybody would know what these injuries were on her. We got her from a feed store, which thinking back on it, it probably wasn't a good idea. She was cramped in with a lot of other chicks the same breed. She was a lot smaller than the others, and I'm assuming she was picked on. She was an Australorp, and she walked, ate, and drank just fine - didn't seem to be in pain. She had a patch with no fluff on her in the front, and at the base of her tail was this strange purple looking wound? The red glare from the heat lamp did the picture no justice - the injury on her back was literally a shade of deep purple. I really regret not looking into her injury when I had her - I didn't have enough experience then. Does anybody know what this was and what might have caused it?

 

[_Moon_]

The other chicks striped the fluff at the wounded area. Then the heat lamp either burned or baked her wound.

 

[squidwardlover21]

The other chicks striped the fluff at the wounded area. Then the heat lamp either burned or baked her wound.

Thank you so much for letting me know! If I came across this situation again and the chick was too young to be away from the heat lamp, what could I do? Also, should I have put some kind of medicine on the wound? If so, what kind of medicine is usually best for wounds like that?

 

[_Moon_]

Thank you so much for letting me know! If I came across this situation again and the chick was too young to be away from the heat lamp, what could I do? Also, should I have put some kind of medicine on the wound? If so, what kind of medicine is usually best for wounds like that?

Your welcome. Next time you come across this just get a round pen a little larger than before and put the heat lamp on the side not the middle. treat the skin wounds with neosporin and for deeper wounds, like punctures, use hydrogen peroxide to clean, then put neosporin on it.

 

[squidwardlover21]

Your welcome. Next time you come across this just get a round pen a little larger than before and put the heat lamp on the side not the middle. treat the skin wounds with neosporin and for deeper wounds, like punctures, use hydrogen peroxide to clean, then put neosporin on it.

Thank you so much for educating me - I appreciate it!