Newly hatched chick with wounds an bulging eye

[Kampe14]

Let me first state, I didn't want these chickens, lol its my husbands thing but I have taken over with this chick. Yesterday I went out to check on the nesting chickens and I found a ball off fluff at the end of the coop far away from mommy's. I couldn't let it be eaten by our giant flys so I scooped him up and took him inside. It has two wounds on either sides of head and one of its eyes is bugling out. He is fisty and chirps an moves around perfectly fine. What can I do to nurse its wounds and eyes. Here are pictures.

Please any advice would be great, we cant afford a vet.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC!! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

Oh I'm so sorry for your little chick! That looks so bad! I'm not much help with things like that. You can ask for more advice here https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

Hope she gets better and sending prayers you way!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! So sorry about your chick, X2 on posting in the Emergencies forum Mountain Peeps linked for you. For now be sure you have him in a brooder that is at least 95*, if you have ophthalmic ointment I'd use that on all his wounds including the eye, otherwise use Neosporin (without pain relief) on the head wounds.

 

[Kampe14]

Thank you, I have been putting neosporin on its wounds cuz thats all I really know to do. Thank you again. I posted on the other forum as well.

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Oh, how awful! I hope someone can help you in the emergency section.

 

[Kampe14]

Thank you. I couldn't let it die. I am too much of a softy. it walks around an stuff. Later tonight I will give him some sugar water to make sure it gets something

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

Take one raw egg yolk and mix it with a tablespoon of water. Give that to the chick to drink/eat. That will keep it going for a bit while it recovers. Best of luck with it and fingers crossed it will make a full recovery!

 

[drumstick diva]

Make sure flies don't lay eggs in the wounds - the maggots do horrible damage and are hard to eliminate them all. Poor thing is so lucky you spotted him and are giving him TLC.

You can give Polyvisol(NO IRON) infant drops - 2 drops 3 times a day, to give him a boost. If he won't eat it on food put the drops just inside his beak so he can decide to swallow or push it away.

Try tempting him with finely mashed hard boiled egg yolk, moistened with plain yogurt. Chickens seem to have great recuperative powers and often bounce back from horrendous wounds. I think with you on his side, he will have a good outcome

 

[gander007]