please help flesh is showing

[hundleychickens]

the red stuff is the iodine mixture and yeah i am supposed to put that on her head. in the picture she has some of it on and it looks and acts just like nesporin just red instead of clear. the Vet did say if i ever needed it refilled i could just come in. its better then neosporin as in i can eat her eggs if and when she starts laying :/ with the red stuff. she said with neosporin i would not be able to eat her eggs for a full 30 days after the last treatment

 

[mightymax]

Just thought I'd check in and see how your hens head is doing. Hopefully this post finds her regaining her strength and standing within the flock.

 

[hundleychickens]

she has a nice clean scab over her wound and is doing great i think. last night her brother was laying down right next to her while she was in the cage. i like to think he misses her

 

[hundleychickens]

I just went and checked on her since I just got off work and I noticed that her scab looked like it was slightly lifted so I got her out and looked AT it and sure enough it was loose. I'm thinking I might have to reapply some more goop under it since it has lifted so much. I can see moisture under the scab. Have to keep those flies from finding it and laying eggs in her.

 

[dawg53]

the red stuff is the iodine mixture and yeah i am supposed to put that on her head. in the picture she has some of it on and it looks and acts just like nesporin just red instead of clear. the Vet did say if i ever needed it refilled i could just come in. its better then neosporin as in i can eat her eggs if and when she starts laying :/ with the red stuff. she said with neosporin i would not be able to eat her eggs for a full 30 days after the last treatment

Thirty day withdrawal period after using neosporin? The next time you see your vet, let her know that you'd like a reference where your BYC friends can read where that is in writing. Thanks.
I've used neosporin for many chicken injuries over the years and have eaten the eggs afterwards....still here typing.

 

[hundleychickens]

Next time I talk to the vet I will sure ask!

 

[hundleychickens]

This is what it looked like about midnight last night

And this is what it looked like when I just went and checked on her. She must have jumped around and hit her head on the top of the cage since the scab came off.

 

[deacons]

From the pictures, it looks pretty good to me in the most recent one- perhaps the scab was just ready to come off. I don't see any puss or blood, so I would guess it's part of the healing process. How is she acting- still eating, drinking, moving around?

Good work on her recovery though- sounds like it could have been bad!

 

[hundleychickens]

From the pictures, it looks pretty good to me in the most recent one- perhaps the scab was just ready to come off. I don't see any puss or blood, so I would guess it's part of the healing process. How is she acting- still eating, drinking, moving around?

Good work on her recovery though- sounds like it could have been bad!

thank you . She is scarfing down her food as though i starve her and drinking just fine. she really wants out of her cage, always pacing. Her sisters and one of her brothers sit right next to her during the day when they are in the coop.

im calling her my little monk. she is going to be bald for a long time.

 

[Eggcessive]

For what it's worth, when my Polish hen was pecked so badly by an aggressive cockerel, she developed a thick scab which fell off, and then her head feathers started growing right in. Within a month of the injury, the feathers came back. But beware that those new feather shafts are very attractive to the others, and by keeping BluKote on her head every day, they didn't get pecked out.