Need advice/poop id after animal attack

Do0odle

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Apr 24, 2025
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A rottweiler attacked my chickens, and got this one real good. I have her quarantined in my basement, and have been applying a topical antibiotic to her wounds and using herbs for pain relief. I cant find a vet or any professional way to help. I'm trying to figure out if these are internal bleeding poops. It's been 3 days since the attack and all of her poops since have looked like this when they were healthy before. I'm concerned she's silently suffering with something i can not fix, and i have no idea what to do for her. She still laid eggs the first 2 days, nothing today yet and she usually lays by now.
Edit: The biggest wound is right above her tail.
 

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Can you describe all of her wounds, and post any close up pictures? The black dropping could be old blood. Do you have a dust bathing area where she might have eaten wood ash? That dropping looks like what eating wood ash would look like. But after 3 days, it may be old blood. Is she eating and drinking? What are you feeding? Is she alert and standing or walking? For wounds usually spraying with saline, a wound spray, or chlorhexidene is good, followed by plain antibiotic ointment twice a day to keep it moist.
 
Can you describe all of her wounds, and post any close up pictures? The black dropping could be old blood. Do you have a dust bathing area where she might have eaten wood ash? That dropping looks like what eating wood ash would look like. But after 3 days, it may be old blood. Is she eating and drinking? What are you feeding? Is she alert and standing or walking? For wounds usually spraying with saline, a wound spray, or chlorhexidene is good, followed by plain antibiotic ointment twice a day to keep it moist.
The pic I posted of the deep wound was about as good of a pic as I could get on my own. She really doesn't want me messing with it and is very mad about the cleansing sessions. Im using banixx for chixx to treat the wound, i originally used dililuted peroxide to flush it in a panic even though i had that specifically for chickens.
There's a deep puncture wound which is in the image above that is about 2" long and 1" or so deep. That wound is right next to the little nub of her tail. It looks like it took layers of flesh above that puncture wound to the meat. So there's also about a palm sized wound she has covered with her remaining feathers well that isn't through the muscle. It's very bruised around that one now which is closer to the end of her wing on her back.
My concern is that her poops have looked like this consistently since the attack on the 29th.
I did feed her fresh blueberries after documenting the poop I posted so I at least expect that one to be a bit darker than usual.
I am using the flock 911 for her drink along with regular filtered water. I feed her Purina layer feed, and lots of snacks like the trail mix for chickens, the dried bugs. I've been using herbs like rosemary, basil, and marjoram to manage her pain and boost her immune system because sadly I can not afford the vet care at the moment, because the only vet willing to see her is over an hour away and wants about $500 just to see her. No one responsible for the dog will help my pet.
Sorry this is a bit long just trying to give as much detail as I can think of. I'm very new to chicken keeping and have had 0 wild animal attacks so far, but I have had a pit bull and now Rottweiler attack. 😭
I.forgot to add she is still moving around I caught her politely pooping in the toilet last night so she's still jumping and all lol

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Thank you for the picture. I don’t know about herbs helping the pain. Normally I would recommend 1/2 of a baby low dose aspirin twice a day, but not while she is having the black droppings. I would stop the herbs in case those may be causing the color. I would try to get her to take mostly her balanced chicken feed, and you can make some of it watery and add chunks of scrambled egg or a spoonful of tuna. Let us know how she is getting along with another update soon.
 
Thank you for the picture. I don’t know about herbs helping the pain. Normally I would recommend 1/2 of a baby low dose aspirin twice a day, but not while she is having the black droppings. I would stop the herbs in case those may be causing the color. I would try to get her to take mostly her balanced chicken feed, and you can make some of it watery and add chunks of scrambled egg or a spoonful of tuna. Let us know how she is getting along with another update soon.
Thank you so much for the advice. I'll try to update on the progress when I can.
 
Little update: She's recovering well, poopies have returned to normal non concerning colors. Wounds are healing quickly, AND she toilet trained herself LOL
I think we're about out of the woods. Thanks again for the advice!
 

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Thank you for the picture. I don’t know about herbs helping the pain. Normally I would recommend 1/2 of a baby low dose aspirin twice a day, but not while she is having the black droppings. I would stop the herbs in case those may be causing the color. I would try to get her to take mostly her balanced chicken feed, and you can make some of it watery and add chunks of scrambled egg or a spoonful of tuna. Let us know how she is getting along with another update soon.
She's taken a turn for the worst again and almost completely stopped eating and drinking. She stopped laying 2 days ago, and then today I just caught this poo. Any insight? I read it could be a reproductive system defect or injury.
I think I messed up bad trying to get her back to her flock once her injury healed, i was trying a supervised visit since they seemed fine with each other and the rooster got her (mated) before I could stop him. She had a saddle on but now she's lethargic like the day she was attacked and getting less responsive. I feel so guilty and have no idea what I can do for her.
 

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