Please help, dog attack on 7 week old chicks.

[Hannahnic14]

Attached are pics of the survivors. The are in really bad shape....I'm going to give nutridrench by mouth since they are all in shock. Clean the wounds and apply poultry wound spray and antibiotic ointment. I'm putting them under a heat lamp in a small brooder. Put electrolytes in their water to help them heal. Anything I'm missing?? I'm devastated......5 are dead and I'm not sure these will make it...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry for your loss!

I hope these babies are able to make it.

Do provide them with the lamp, but make sure they have plenty of room to get to cooler spots too. You don't want them overheating.

It would be good to clean the wounds with Chlorhexidine if you have that, if not, then use saline or whatever you have on hand. Apply triple antibiotic ointment to the wounds.

Keep flies away from the wounds. If they lay eggs in the wounds that will complicate things.

 

[Hannahnic14]

I've dealt with wounds before but I'm just so devastated right now I can't think straight. All I have on hand to clean is beading, will that work?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I've dealt with wounds before but I'm just so devastated right now I can't think straight. All I have on hand to clean is beading, will that work?

Can you clarify what beading is?
Is it Betadine? If so, then yes, you can use that.

 

[Hannahnic14]

Can you clarify what beading is?
Is it Betadine? If so, then yes, you can use that.

Yes, betadine. Stupid autocorrect. Lol

 

[Hannahnic14]

How bad is too bad to treat? This wound is just fileted open and there is a puncture into the body cavity...

Edit:
It has a broken leg as well. I'm just going to keep it comfortable and warm until we can put it out of its suffering.

 

[Hannahnic14]

My bielefelder chick has a bad neck wound and he is coughing and gurgling.

Edited for typo

 

[Hannahnic14]

Just found another chick that has a body cavity wound and is gurgling when breathing...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Oh no!

 

[Hannahnic14]

Oh no!

Yea.....I don't want to unnecessarily put anyone down but also don't want them to suffer too much. Should I attempt to stitch/glue the cavity wounds? They aren't very big, about the size of a dime and smaller.