Please help need advice! Baby chick badly hurt

[Farmgirl283420]

Or should I take her away tonight? I’m so upset Enola is such a good little mommy a little young but fantastic!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

If mom is pecking, I would take away tonight. They will get over it.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

If mom is pecking, I would take away tonight. They will get over it.

I know I’m more emotional than them! Took Mira away and put Enola back in the coop she’s just sitting in a nest box. Baby is doing ok has her eyes closed but won’t lay down. She seems to almost be in shock but a lot has happened. I have a heat lamp over her and have her a safe stuffy that she can cuddle up to. I also have a few pinches of sav a chick in her waterer.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Do you have blue food coloring?

 

[Farmgirl283420]

How often do I need to flush and put more ointment on the wound?

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Do you have blue food coloring?

I think so if not I can get some.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Here’s a picture of the wound. You might have already seen it but just in case anyone missed it.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Twice a day is what I would recommend.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I haven't used that, I think this stuff is for feathers. Tea tree oil might burn on an open wound. @MysteryChicken would blukote work here?

I don't use blukote as it stings, & very messy.

I use blue food dye to disguise the wound.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How often do I need to flush and put more ointment on the wound?

Spray twice a day with sterile saline, blot dry with clean towel, and coat with triple antibiotic ointment afterward. Be sure ointment does not have pain reliever in it.