One of my pullets escaped from the coop and got pecked at by my big girls. She has a pretty nasty looking wound on her back. Should I try to save her or should I just kill her? Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.[/URL]
I use a big enough gauze square to cover the wound, cover it with triple antibiotic ointment then coat it with granulated sugar which I also packed into the wound after it has been cleaned. Then I use an ace bandage to hold the gauze on and change out ever couple of days. Usually you only have to do it for a week. It is amazing. I have seen it grow skin over flesh..One of my pullets escaped from the coop and got pecked at by my big girls. She has a pretty nasty looking wound on her back. Should I try to save her or should I just kill her? Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.[/URL]
I use a 21% chick starter mixed with 28% game bird grower for most of my chicks.
Begin feeding baby chicks 'Medicated Starter Grower Feed' 18-20% up to 6 weeks of age. Change over to a non-medicated grower feed (high protein for feather growth 20+% protein) ' Game Bird Grower is very good. At 18 weeks change over to layer pellets 18% protein. This feed has the proper amount of calcium necessary for producing healthy egg shells. This will not harm the Roos in the flock. Pullets may begin laying at 20 week to 28 weeks old rain or shine.
No need to kill her! Looks like just the skin is gone. Their skin is so thin! My daughter's silkie was pecked on the neck and I thought it was worse but it just looked really bad. Healed very quickly. You will need to keep her from the others until it heals over. When you put her back make sure to keep an eye on her as they move her back into the group. You might just trim feathers around it so they don't get into the wound as it forms a scab. Also keeps it a little cleaner. Just keep applying Neosporin to it and it should be good! They will want to peck at red so there is a medicine (that I need to get to add to my chicken stuff) it is blue and will make the wound blue so they don't keep messing with it. I know someone on here can tell you what it is. We didn't have to use it on the silkie's neck but I know if there is anything larger on any of them I will need it. Chickens are VERY resilient. They surprise me all the time!One of my pullets escaped from the coop and got pecked at by my big girls. She has a pretty nasty looking wound on her back. Should I try to save her or should I just kill her? Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.[/URL]
LOL! Sounds like the cochin cockerel we have!
