Possum in my coop

[chikiechik]

My chicken gave a yell last night so I ran out to investigate to find a opposum poking his head out from the coop!! Ran inside to grab the gun and when I came out he was gone and so was one of the hens in the coop (only 2 hens in the coop total) the other hen was poking around at the egg and feathers - looked everywhere & couldn't find her or the possum anywhere, no blood, just a few feathers - anyways long story short ended up hearing her this morning, she hopped the neighbors fence and came back over this morning. Found a small wound on her I've attached a picture, I started to clean with vinegar - any other suggestions for wound treatment as well as keeping the possum away. TIA

 

[GitaBooks]

That looks like it has fly strike. Wash it really well and clean it out all the way and then put antibiotics on it. Keep her away from flies.

I'm glad she is alive, I hope she gets all the way better.

Best of luck!