O my lord... I have nothing else to say... Chicken an turkey injurie *GRAHPIC TO THE MAX*!!!!!!

[redneck farmer]

Thanks!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Vetericyn is good stuff. I bought some last week because my rabbit had a wound. She is doing so much better.

 

[redneck farmer]

Where could I buy that

 

[sarahswank]

Where could I buy that

Here is a store finder
http://vetericyn.com/locator/

Dont be too shocked for the price (a bottle here cost $22). I have used it on pretty much everything from a cow to a horse to a dog. (LOL, and myself...)

Only cavet, DONT use it with other topical wound care products, you can alternate them, just dont apply at the same time (you risk making both ineffective). You can use it with internally taken antibiotics.

 

[BackYardFlocks]

I think once they are older, and I would introduce them slowly, they should be ok to flock together. So glad they are doing well!

 

[farmboy22]

I think ointment with a gauze pad woul protect it better from possible infection.

 

[redneck farmer]

Ok so new problem the Neosporin ain't sokeing in her head.... It did before but here head is just as slimy with Neosporin as it was when I put more on this morning... Should I put more on or should I just wait it it sokes in

 

[sarahswank]

I dont have a perfect answer, but when I started trying to find research on leathal amounts of neosporin in chickens or open wounds, I did learn something else that might be helpful to you.

Dont let the bone dry out! Bone that dries out will die, and significantly slow the healing process. Once she gets a layer of "meat" over the bone, then you can potential let it dry out to scab, but not before! (feel free to do more research on this, but all the papers I was reading about other animal injuries suggest it would be the same in chickens), They usually recommend using petrolium jelly to keep the bone moist.

Now this is just my opinion, not something I found online, If you worry about using too much neosporin, you can just add some petrolium jelly on top to help retain moisture, but in general, you dont want it dry anyways, so maybe "topping it off" isnt a terrible idea.

 

[redneck farmer]

Well I let them into the grass today to stretch an get some sun

But when I turned my back to take tht pic they dust bathed an got dirt up in all the wounds.!!!! but I had some wipes near me an cleaned it off pretty good.

 

[Kernel Cluck]

I dont have a perfect answer, but when I started trying to find research on leathal amounts of neosporin in chickens or open wounds, I did learn something else that might be helpful to you.

Dont let the bone dry out! Bone that dries out will die, and significantly slow the healing process. Once she gets a layer of "meat" over the bone, then you can potential let it dry out to scab, but not before! (feel free to do more research on this, but all the papers I was reading about other animal injuries suggest it would be the same in chickens), They usually recommend using petrolium jelly to keep the bone moist.

Now this is just my opinion, not something I found online, If you worry about using too much neosporin, you can just add some petrolium jelly on top to help retain moisture, but in general, you dont want it dry anyways, so maybe "topping it off" isnt a terrible idea.

Excellent point. Bone is a living, growing thing. It needs moisture to continue to produce new bone and replace old bone. Most people think bone is static.. wrong. Bone is in a constant state of destruction and construction. If the bone dries out, you have little hope of new flesh growing over and knitting to it.