- Dec 1, 2014
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Hi all... started my little flock last spring... all was well until a visiting dog got into the coop on Friday after Thanksgiving. 1 hen was dead at the scene, 1 unscathed and the remaining 2 are very beat up... huge lacerations on one that we stitched immediately with needle and thread... the second also had a long laceration and also a deep puncture but relatively no bleeding... we were surprised though that she made it thru the night. Both have survived 4 days... are getting .3cc of Penicillin/daily and I'm bathing the suture lines with a dilute betadine solution... They can both stand but are reluctant... today I was home briefly at lunch and I'm afraid i detect some foul odor. They are alert and eating... loved the scrambled eggs they got for breakfast... thoughts?