My young chicken had its wing chewed off by a dog

[Alo]

Trim the protruding bone?

Ouch!!!!

No matter how much you trim it, unless you pull the skin back from around it far enough and tie it off around the stump after "trimming the bone... the bone will protrude when the skin heals.

And it'll hurt the chicken worse that the dog.

I'd dab penicillin on it, let it dry enough to act as a poultice and a scab, and study the situation more.

 

[Alo]

Maybe tie some dental floss on the nearest joint (the way you dock a puppy's tail painlessly), and when the bird grows, the wing will fall off.

 

[Alo]

I remove the antibiotics from a capsule, smash a tablet, or drip penicillin into the wounds when I treat animals with injuries.

The dried antibiotics make a scab that keeps out flies and works better than a bandage.

When the animal or bird licks or preens the wound, they get enough antibiotics that you don't need to administer them orally or via an injection.

Don't use antibiotics in petroleum jelly topically! The jelly rubs off, after it attracts a bunch of dirt, and flies dine on the wound.

 

[kidcody]

Yes, Fish antibiotics can and do work, (found at your local pet/fish store) but very important that you administer the correct dosage, which can be found on line. Chickens are extremely tough when it comes to injuries. If the wound is not wrapped the other chickens will peck at the injury and make matters worse. If you have to isolate your chicken by herself, make sure she can see and hear the other chickens. Isolated chickens all by themselves will stop eating all together and die. Best of luck... I hope she pulls through her injury.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

To give you hope: we had a chicken that had lost a wing at some point in her life and we didn't even realize it for months, until it was time to clip wings on everybody! She came to us in a batch of about 8 other hens we'd bought. She got along just fine without it until she died of old age. Good luck with your baby.

 

[winglesschicken]

Hey everyone. I don't know if this is where I should put this, or if anyone will be notified at all but...

She's doing great now! Her nub healed up nicely and she's been returned out to the rest of the flock. She hasn't had any issues with her wing since it happened. Of course beside sometimes trying to fly up and she ends up falling on her side. She's very optimistic and stays right with her dad, so she's usually safe. I have one of her eggs in my incubator right now, too!

Thank you to everyone here for giving me advice and for giving me good advice so she was able to heal up well!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's great news! So happy to hear, thanks for the update.

 

[Soy Milano]

If you don't get them to a vet, they are going to end up dying from the abundance of bacteria that live in dogs mouths, which are now probably in her blood. Here is a directory of vets. Please, I beg of you, take her to see a vet - http://www.poultrydvm.com/poultry-vets.php

 

[Eggcessive]

Hey everyone. I don't know if this is where I should put this, or if anyone will be notified at all but...

She's doing great now! Her nub healed up nicely and she's been returned out to the rest of the flock. She hasn't had any issues with her wing since it happened. Of course beside sometimes trying to fly up and she ends up falling on her side. She's very optimistic and stays right with her dad, so she's usually safe. I have one of her eggs in my incubator right now, too!

Thank you to everyone here for giving me advice and for giving me good advice so she was able to heal up well!

Thank you for the update, and so glad that she is doing well.

 

[winglesschicken]

If you don't get them to a vet, they are going to end up dying from the abundance of bacteria that live in dogs mouths, which are now probably in her blood. Here is a directory of vets. Please, I beg of you, take her to see a vet - http://www.poultrydvm.com/poultry-vets.php

We never took her to a vet and she's A-okay. Thank you for the advice, though!