New to chicken raising-pecked head on our baby chick

[aluttrell]

HI! We are relatively new to raising chickens. We live in the city and have 4 adults and 1 baby(got her in March). She got attacked by our duck and I just wanted to share what I did to help her out. She had pretty bad injuries on her head and was bleeding pretty bad when we found her. My husband cleaned her up and brought her in the house. We put her under a heat lamp in a bedroom with the heat cranked up. She was VERY lethargic and wouldn't eat for a day. I purchased Critical Care Apple Banana, Nutrical and a product called Viyo. I mixed them together and tube fed her for 2.5 days and sprayed her wounds with Vetericyn and her recovery is amazing. She's eating the mush on her own now and is picking at chicken feed granules that we added water to. She's up walking around, drinking water and appears to be on the road to recovery! Whew!

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and from Ohio. So glad you joined. Thanks for sharing. I hope she continues to get better.

 

[kidcody]

from washington state glad you joined us!

 

[The Red Rooster]

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

Good job

 

[aluttrell]

Thank you to all! So nice of you and we are excited to be joining you all!!

 

[Kevin565]

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Great job! Best of luck that she continues her fast recovery

 

[greymane]

 

[silkymom1986]

Always love hearing stories like this with happy endings! Glad you joined and shared!