RockinFlock
Chirping
Hi, about two nights ago my husband couldn't find our smallest chicken. My daughter and I went to search and found her laying down, somewhat leaning, in a clearing. She was attacked by a hawk. My daughter saw the hawk earlier but didn't think that it would've just come from attacking the chickens.
Crowe has a few puncture wounds on her back. The biggest problem is a large hole, about 2 inches wide on her back under her left wing, close to the middle of her back. I do not have a picture of it because she was in too much pain and we were distraught. We have cleaned the wounds with wound care, used Neosporin and that blue bottle spray. Vetericin?? And Blu Kote. We have antibiotics but didn't treat her with it. She eats and drinks somewhat normal. I say somewhat because she ignored grapes which she usually loves. But she is eating and drinking fine. We put lots of supplements and electrolytes in her water.
Here is the problem: she is not using her legs. She can move them, she means on one side and one just sort of splays out. She can pull them in, somewhat, if we hold her up (we were talking her out of the crate to clean and dress her wounds). She does not seem to use her legs at all. She moves around by swinging her wings and using them to push off. It can't be painless.
What do we do? She is our runt. An Easter egger. A vet isn't possible. Is she paralyzed and the little movement we've witnessed is more like muscle memory?
Crowe has a few puncture wounds on her back. The biggest problem is a large hole, about 2 inches wide on her back under her left wing, close to the middle of her back. I do not have a picture of it because she was in too much pain and we were distraught. We have cleaned the wounds with wound care, used Neosporin and that blue bottle spray. Vetericin?? And Blu Kote. We have antibiotics but didn't treat her with it. She eats and drinks somewhat normal. I say somewhat because she ignored grapes which she usually loves. But she is eating and drinking fine. We put lots of supplements and electrolytes in her water.
Here is the problem: she is not using her legs. She can move them, she means on one side and one just sort of splays out. She can pull them in, somewhat, if we hold her up (we were talking her out of the crate to clean and dress her wounds). She does not seem to use her legs at all. She moves around by swinging her wings and using them to push off. It can't be painless.
What do we do? She is our runt. An Easter egger. A vet isn't possible. Is she paralyzed and the little movement we've witnessed is more like muscle memory?
