Please help! Something attacked my hen!

[ANiceKaren]

Hi friends! Thought I’d touch base with an update about Lilac. It’s been three weeks now with this wound and I can’t believe how long it’s taking! I continued for three weeks 2x a day spraying with Vetericyn and neosporin. She is acting normal, no smell from wound but it still looks so yucky to me! She is fully integrated back into flock and much more confident,however keeps her distance from Mildred. (Smart girl) Mildred herself has been behaving too. I haven’t seen any mounting in three weeks Lilac is molting unfortunately as well so maybe it’s slowing down the healing? Or does this seems normal as far as healing? Should I continue with neosporin or just do Vetericyn only? Sometimes I wonder if it were to scab that would help and the neosporin keeps it moist and wet? Thoughts? Thanks everyone! I’m happy she is behaving normal!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Are you still spraying it thoroughly twice a day with sterile saline solution to cleanse it before greasing it up with the Neosporin?

ETA: I'd like to see you trim the feathers away more on the left side. She may be getting dirt in it from the feathers, idk. Also it looks a little red to me on those right margins. @Wyorp Rock, what do you think? Is it okay for it to be all yellow and granular in the middle like that?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

A deep severe wound like that is likely going to take a couple of months to heal over.
I'd clean it well - flush with Chlorhexidine. Granulation looks o.k. to me, but it does look a bit irritated and maybe even picked at a bit, either from her or from another hen.
I agree, I'd trim the feathers away from it.

 

[ANiceKaren]

A deep severe wound like that is likely going to take a couple of months to heal over.
I'd clean it well - flush with Chlorhexidine. Granulation looks o.k. to me, but it does look a bit irritated and maybe even picked at a bit, either from her or from another hen.
I agree, I'd trim the feathers away from it.

Thank you!

A deep severe wound like that is likely going to take a couple of months to heal over.
I'd clean it well - flush with Chlorhexidine. Granulation looks o.k. to me, but it does look a bit irritated and maybe even picked at a bit, either from her or from another hen.
I agree, I'd trim the feathers away from it.

Thank you! I’m still cleaning 2x a day with saline, veterycine and neosporin. I gave the neosporin a break for a day but I’ll start back tomorrow morning on it. She is constantly pecking at it! I assume that red is from her. I can tr feathers… I’m not quite sure how…it won’t hurt? I’ll get some chloroxidine. She tries to dust bathe too so that may be irritating it? As far as yellow it’s always been yellow.. bottom deep spot is part that had me more concerned. :/ is this the stuff?

 

[ANiceKaren]

A deep severe wound like that is likely going to take a couple of months to heal over.
I'd clean it well - flush with Chlorhexidine. Granulation looks o.k. to me, but it does look a bit irritated and maybe even picked at a bit, either from her or from another hen.
I agree, I'd trim the feathers away from it.

Also.. I was considering bathing her to clean better but would you advise that with this wound and molting? She already hates me

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Feathers are much like hair. She shouldn't feel anything when you cut them.

 

[McChooky]

Also.. I was considering bathing her to clean better but would you advise that with this wound and molting? She already hates me

Molting is stressful and painful. A bath would make her feel miserable. Removing a few feathers would be the better option.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

When I put Neosporin on my hen, she would often eat some of it. She is doing fine, however it seemed like it took forever for her skin to grow back over her thigh. the yellow is probably fat from what I can see with some muscle tissue in the center that still needs to finish the granulation process. Keep filling that area with Neosporin so that it can heal and skin can grow over it.
If she is molting as well, you may want to give her extra protein as the healing and the molt both require protein.
Good luck, thoughts and prayers and please keep us posted. Thank you

 

[ANiceKaren]

When I put Neosporin on my hen, she would often eat some of it. She is doing fine, however it seemed like it took forever for her skin to grow back over her thigh. the yellow is probably fat from what I can see with some muscle tissue in the center that still needs to finish the granulation process. Keep filling that area with Neosporin so that it can heal and skin can grow over it.
If she is molting as well, you may want to give her extra protein as the healing and the molt both require protein.
Good luck, thoughts and prayers and please keep us posted. Thank you

Yes! My girl tries to eat it as well! The neosporin! Googled that a few times… sounds like it won’t hurt her She does like to peck at this wound because I assume it is healing and with the molting is making her uncomfortable. Glad to here your girl is better! Neosporing and extra protein coming up this morning! She is quite over me

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Yes! My girl tries to eat it as well! The neosporin! Googled that a few times… sounds like it won’t hurt her She does like to peck at this wound because I assume it is healing and with the molting is making her uncomfortable. Glad to here your girl is better! Neosporing and extra protein coming up this morning! She is quite over me

We fed our girl a layer pellet omelet in the morning. She would scarf it down.