please help flesh is showing

[MistyMountain]

You'd be better off using a 50/50 betadine water mixture flushing the wound, do your best to avoid her eyes. Then pack the effected area with neosporin or triple antibiotic ointment. Continue to pack with antibiotic ointment until healed.
Keep her caged and provide her feed and water.

I agree with this. I had a hen with a similar injury from a hawk attack last winter. I took a tough love approach and simply sprayed the area with bluekote. The area was smaller than yours, but a deep gouge. I brought mine inside by the heat because she was clearly in shock. That lasted one day before she was ready to go back out. She is bottom of the pecking order and was then picked on by the other hens, but she was quick and rebounded well.

I would have done things differently knowing what I do now. I would have taken a more gentle approach as dawg mentions above and continued to keep her in a cage in the coop to protect her as she heals. If you can avoid infection, they bounce back well!

 

[HeatherO]

Raw honey will work well in healing process. Just keep her seperate from others while she heals.

 

[mightymax]

How is she doing today? Better I hope!

 

[hundleychickens]

she is doing better it seems although the neosprin has loosened up a flap of skin that flaps ever time she moves its so gross looking.
i have called around to different vets to see if anyone takes care of chickens and the one about 15 minutes from my house does! i didnt think of that one so i was looking at/ calling all the other ones around and most of them were pretty nice about it and gave me numbers to call other vets they thought might have some knowledge in chickens. i finally decided to go to my feed store i get the chicken feed from and ask them if they knew of a vet that takes chickens.
i am going to take her in tomorrow to see what can be done about the floppy skin since they dont have any spots open until then. the vet will be able to clean it up really good im hoping, i dont think i did a bad job at cleaning it though.
when i took her out this morning she wanted down so she is not as calm as she was last night. but that is her normal

 

[mightymax]

Well I'm glad to hear that she's doing okay and that you're taking her to the vet's. tomorrow. I'm sure he or she will fix her right up. At the very least the vet. can prescribe antibiotics in case of infection and who knows, maybe he'll even suture her floppy skin flap down. Good luck tomorrow and let us know how she does.

 

[hundleychickens]

i just got back from the vet she clipped off the floppy skin it was barely hanging on she said it looked nice and clean and gave me an iodine mix ointment that would have no waiting period to eat the eggs if she was laying and it works just as well.
as soon as i got the chicken back in the coop with her cage she was really wanting out so she hit her head a couple of times on the top. i put a cardboard on top so it looks more solid to help calm her down she has nearly scrapped all the ointment off jumping around

 

[mightymax]

Sounds like you did a wonderful job cleaning up the wound! I'm so happy for you both. As for her banging her head, hopefully she'll calm down a bit once she realizes that she's back home to stay this time. No more trips to the Vet. (hopefully) !!! You might have to end up putting a piece cardboard on the inside of the cage as well so she doesn't keep opening up the wound on the cage bars. Do you think it was the older hen you saw sitting next to her that may have caused the damage? If so, you'll really need to be on high alert whenever you try to reintroduce her to the rest of the flock. I'm no expert, but aggressive chickens (in my opinion) never seem to change. Once they've decided on a particular flock mate(s) it's like they're focused on them for life. That's one of the reasons I ended up with two separate groups of chickens...the 'mighty' and the 'meager'...lol !!! And never the two shall meet! Hope she continues on the path to wellness and kudos to you for a job well done.

 

[hundleychickens]

Sounds like you did a wonderful job cleaning up the wound!  I'm so happy for you both.  As for her banging her head, hopefully she'll calm down a bit once she realizes that she's back home to stay this time.  No more trips to the Vet. (hopefully) !!!  You might have to end up putting a piece cardboard on the inside of the cage as well so she doesn't keep opening up the wound on the cage bars.  Do you think it was the older hen you saw sitting next to her that may have caused the damage?  If so, you'll really need to be on high alert whenever you try to reintroduce her to the rest of the flock.  I'm no expert, but aggressive chickens (in my opinion) never seem to change.  Once they've decided on a particular flock mate(s) it's like they're focused on them for life.  That's one of the reasons I ended up with two separate groups of chickens...the 'mighty' and the 'meager'...lol !!!  And never the two shall meet!  Hope she continues on the path to wellness and kudos to you for a job well done.

thank you. It made me feel better with the vet saying she was cleaned up real good.
the chicken that was sitting next to her is a BR that was supposed to go to freezer camp last week. Unfortunately we had to cancel that trip but we do plan on sending her (the barred rock) next week when we were able to reschedule. Its hard saying with her because she is old and wrinkly and just looks mean.
as for her being calm she was fine when i just went and checked on her and the baby chicks. It's part of my rutine, get home really late for work, shut the coop door, go inside the coop, do a predator check, get a head count, check on chicks (if there is any), pet and talk to my favorite rooster, collect eggs. And I have added check on the injured chicken to the list.
Thank you again!

 

[hundleychickens]

 

[mightymax]

That reddish jam in jar looks scary! Is that what you're supposed to put on her head wound? I couldn't really see the wound in the picture, though I'm sure it looks gruesome. Hope she's doing even better now.