My chicken was chewed on by a skunk. Please help!

[MA chickngrl]

We free range our girls as our rooste is super vigilant but one was attacked by either a Cooper’s or Sharpshinned hawk. They’re not supposed to go after big chickens but we’ve got a problem with little sparrows going in and eating their feed. A few girls hid and came back at dusk but the one attacked didn’t. We looked all over but couldn’t find her. Later we went looking again and saw a skunk at the rear of our land. I think it took a bite of her by her tail. She came screaming up to the house and banged into the window. I sprayed the skinned areas with Poultry Wound Spray and the bloody areas with blood stop. Don’t kn what else to do. Please any suggestions? There are no avian vets here!

 

[DobieLover]

but one was attacked by either a Cooper’s or Sharpshinned hawk. They’re not supposed to go after big chickens

I'm not sure where you read this but both species of hawks will absolutely attack and kill a full size chicken. And the only thing a rooster can do about this is sound an alarm to give the girls a chance to get to cover. He may also try to attack the hawk but much of the damage done by a hawk occurs on impact.

Regardless, I would bring your injured bird inside and wash the injury thoroughly, pat dry then spray again with the Poultry wound spray. Look the rest of her over carefully for puncture wounds. The fact that she ran to you is good.
Put her in a quiet warm room inside a crate with an old towel on the bottom. I would give her some additional support with Poultry Nutri-drench or Rooster Booster in her feed and make a wet mash out of her feed. Offer her some sardines or tuna, maybe some scrambled egg.
Keep an eye on the injuries and spray them with the wound spray 2-3 times daily while she is inside.
I would keep her inside until the wounds close up and she is eating and drinking well and moving around well. Once she is fully mobile again and the wound is well on it's way to healing you can return her to the flock. If it's been more than 5 days, I would start by keeping her in the crate inside the coop to see how the others react to her presence before just letting her back out.

 

[MA chickngrl]

I'm not sure where you read this but both species of hawks will absolutely attack and kill a full size chicken. And the only thing a rooster can do about this is sound an alarm to give the girls a chance to get to cover. He may also try to attack the hawk but much of the damage done by a hawk occurs on impact.

Regardless, I would bring your injured bird inside and wash the injury thoroughly, pat dry then spray again with the Poultry wound spray. Look the rest of her over carefully for puncture wounds. The fact that she ran to you is good.
Put her in a quiet warm room inside a crate with an old towel on the bottom. I would give her some additional support with Poultry Nutri-drench or Rooster Booster in her feed and make a wet mash out of her feed. Offer her some sardines or tuna, maybe some scrambled egg.
Keep an eye on the injuries and spray them with the wound spray 2-3 times daily while she is inside.
I would keep her inside until the wounds close up and she is eating and drinking well and moving around well. Once she is fully mobile again and the wound is well on it's way to healing you can return her to the flock. If it's been more than 5 days, I would start by keeping her in the crate inside the coop to see how the others react to her presence before just letting her back out.

Thanks so much for the information! She’s making a few clucking sounds now but not eating

 

[MA chickngrl]

I'm not sure where you read this but both species of hawks will absolutely attack and kill a full size chicken. And the only thing a rooster can do about this is sound an alarm to give the girls a chance to get to cover. He may also try to attack the hawk but much of the damage done by a hawk occurs on impact.

Regardless, I would bring your injured bird inside and wash the injury thoroughly, pat dry then spray again with the Poultry wound spray. Look the rest of her over carefully for puncture wounds. The fact that she ran to you is good.
Put her in a quiet warm room inside a crate with an old towel on the bottom. I would give her some additional support with Poultry Nutri-drench or Rooster Booster in her feed and make a wet mash out of her feed. Offer her some sardines or tuna, maybe some scrambled egg.
Keep an eye on the injuries and spray them with the wound spray 2-3 times daily while she is inside.
I would keep her inside until the wounds close up and she is eating and drinking well and moving around well. Once she is fully mobile again and the wound is well on it's way to healing you can return her to the flock. If it's been more than 5 days, I would start by keeping her in the crate inside the coop to see how the others react to her presence before just letting her back out.

Thanks so very much for the info. I will try to get her to eat but she hasn’t so far. She is clucking so I take that as good .will keep you posted.

 

[MA chickngrl]

Thanks so very much for the info. I will try to get her to eat but she hasn’t so far. She is clucking so I take that as good .will keep you posted.

Took her to RI vet. Wanted to euthanize or major surgery but I took her home. Have a silver cream and antibiotic Drinking electrolytes , a little food, still talking. Doesn’t sit only stands. Bite near the tail , lost a chunk of muscle. Hopefully she will get better