Possibly egg bound? Not sure

[TheStooges]

I think this is a predator attack -- the puncture wounds likely to be a bite from the dog

I agree with dark room and quiet for her care and also cleaning and treating the wounds. an alternative to chlorhexidine would be hydrogen peroxide which does not hurt and can flush dirt from inside the puncture wounds as it froths.

Dog bites are dirty -- but not actually as dirty as human bites. The wounds need to stay open and heal from the bottom up. I hope the wound didn't penetrate her abdominal cavity.

Poor duck: I hope she pulls through. I have a rescued pekin that has survived a raccoon attack. So take care of her and I hope for the best

Thank you!! She seems to be doing alright, we are hopeful. It also doesn’t seem to have penetrated too far, likely my husband is to thank for that. He disrupted a dog mid attack but he didn’t think it got anyone… now I guess we know it did. I really wish people would take care of their dogs.

 

[ruthhope]

Yup, HP works
I hadn't mentioned it because it has been said that hydrogen peroxide kills the healthy flesh. I have used it on myself but for animals I usually will use the saline or Chlorhexidine before using the hydrogen peroxide.

I am not a vet, but I can speak for use in humans!! Hydrogen peroxide is far less damaging to healthy skin than chlorhexidine. I would use it first on my own ducks to clean up a dirty wound or one with stale blood clot hanging around. Saline is always good if not made up too strong.

 

[Everose]

I am not a vet, but I can speak for use in humans!! Hydrogen peroxide is far less damaging to healthy skin than chlorhexidine. I would use it first on my own ducks to clean up a dirty wound or one with stale blood clot hanging around. Saline is always good if not made up too strong.

If I have a cut I'll usually go with the HP, but before my surgeries I always used chlorhexidine, so it feels safer to me. In my first aid kit I have a bottle of saline wound wash, I like having the sterile premade stuff in the easy to use bottle.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

A dog got hold of one our chickens this summer. We made up a batch of saline (1 tsp salt to a qt of sterile water and a pinch of baking soda) and put it in a spray bottle. Every day we thoroughly flushed the wound, which was deep, with the saline, then thickly gobbed it with Original Neosporin. Finally we sprayed it with Veterycin, which coated it with a gel-like coating to keep it moist. For about a week it seemed there was no change and I thought about putting her down. But then I noticed the margins of the wound were dry and healthy looking, not red and inflamed. Gradually we could see that healing was taking place from the edges; the wound was getting smaller. After three weeks we deemed it safe to put her in the grow-out pen next to the run to begin re-integration and a week later she was fully healed and back with the flock. Be of good courage, chickens are tough! Protect from flies, keep the wound moist, and she should do fine!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

If you use hydrogen peroxide, its recommended to dilute it. It dries out flesh and you dont want that to happen with deep wounds. It has never been recommended for deep wounds, just minor cuts.
A saline rinse and a cool water flush is much better for wounds to heal properly.

 

[ruthhope]

If I have a cut I'll usually go with the HP, but before my surgeries I always used chlorhexidine, so it feels safer to me. In my first aid kit I have a bottle of saline wound wash, I like having the sterile premade stuff in the easy to use bottle.

That is a good example. A wound is cleaned up by hydrogen peroxide as it is good for getting dirt and blood clot out from wounds. Prior to surgery, to kill all skin germs around the incision, one uses chlorhexidine.