Need Help Fast--Please!

[bluemusefarm]

Our adult hens got to a chick and pecked her RAW at her neck. Is there any action I can take to help her? Would it be more humane to just kill her? She's stumbling around a bit, and we'll be surprised if she lives. What am I supposed to do???? Please help...

 

[moomoodiddy]

chickens usually are pretty tough i would clean her up and put noesporne on it and keep it in an off ground pen by itself chickens are atrackted to red and probably perk it up with some electrolites

 

[leadwolf1]

Bring her inside. Make her a nice quiet, darkened bed to recover in. Clean the wound with soap and water and apply a generous layer of neosporin. You will need to keep her inside until it is healed. This time of year, not only do you have to worry about the other chickens but, flies will lay eggs in the wound and you will be dealing with maggots

You can give her some vitamins and electrolytes to help her through the shock period. Do not be surprised if she doesn't eat much for a while...just provide her with food and water and give her some space once you have her cleaned up. I don't see anything that says that she won't make it.

 

[LallyBrochFarm]

chickens usually are pretty tough i would clean her up and put noesporne on it and keep it in an off ground pen by itself chickens are atrackted to red and probably perk it up with some electrolites

This is good advice.

Wash your hands. Wear gloves, if you have them.

Gently clean the wound with warm water and sterile pad.

Apply neosporin to the wound. Diluted iodine is also an option.

Separate her until she heals.

Vitamins and electrolytes in water.

Keep her warm and draft free.


Let us know how she does?

 

[bluemusefarm]

Thank you SO MUCH for the advice. I found an old egg crate with good ventilation, wrapped screen around it to keep out the bugs, and put down a straw bed and some food and water (with electrolytes). I cleaned her wound with Neosporin. Her crate is in the garage now -- I will move it as necessary, depending on the weather. She now has a safe, comfortable, and protected space with food and water, and I've tried to clean the wound. I hope she makes it...but I'd like to know that I've done everything I can to help her.

Thank you again --- hopefully you all helped me save a cute, good chick today!

 

[bluemusefarm]

Here's her new digs:

 

[leadwolf1]

Looks very nice and it will keep the flies off of her and she will be safe. If it gets really hot in your garage, you may want to think about putting her somewhere cooler

 

[Leavingegypt]

If she has to stay in a warm garage, take a bag of ice and put it near the enclosure. It doesn't look big enough to go inside, but near it would give a little "air conditioning".

 

[Acefit411]

This same thing just happened to my 16 week old hen yesterday!!!
I guess she got in my 16 week old Rooster's way....

24 hours will make a huge difference!!!
I put Neosporin on it right away, and separated her from everyone. Today I put Hydrogen peroxide on it and went out to buy blue-kote, but was talk into buying Vetericyn (wound & infection spray). She's eating and drinking. My only 2 worries now are keeping the bugs off her (I picked up a wound powder for that) and not letting the other girls pick at the scab.

She looks so much better today

 

[bluemusefarm]

We have a nice screen porch where she can stay when the weather heats up. But it's gonna be in the 50's tonight, so I think she'll like the garage much better -- at least for tonight!