Question about Chicken recovery time after horrific attack

[newchickenmomma2021]

Our sweet chicken, Biscuit, was horrifically attacked last Sunday.
She is still alive and staying in a comfortable kennel in our garage. I am medicating her 2-3 times a day with vetericyn & coconut oil. She is eating chicken food, tuna, scrambled eggs & bok Choy and drinking water.
I have not seen any signs of infection. She walks around what little she can in the kennel & I have taken her out to visit with her flock mates. I usually just keep her in a smaller kennel and feed the other hens scratch so they will hang out around her and I feed Biscuit scratch at the same time so she doesn’t feel left out.
She walks slowly when out there but I think it’s because she is still sore and I also won’t let out of arms reach bc I’m just SO concerned for her getting her wounds dirty or getting away and trying to hide or just anything that would over stress her.
My question is what kind of recovery time are we looking at? Weeks? Months? When will her new skin and feathers grow back? There are two tail feathers that look like they are attached to a bone cartilage at the base of her tail bone and they are just hanging on by something. I’m not sure what. I called a vet and they said to leave it and just keep doctoring her and give her time to heal. Im so so worried sick for her.
She must be lonely, tho she seems in decent spirits. She doesn’t love being doctored but she allows for it. She enjoys feeding time and seems to be sleeping well. She basically is just sitting in a kennel tho.
Will she ever lay eggs again? Rn I’m keeping it dark for more than 12 hours because I am kind of hoping she doesn’t lay eggs bc I feel like her body needs everything it has to recover.
Will she have a good quality of life? I want to help her as long as she wants to live, and I’m assuming as long as she is eating she must want to live. She makes normal little chicken sounds. If it wasn’t for half her body being completely mauled, one might think she is perfectly normal! But she looks awful! She is definitely a fighter.
plz pray for her and any insight into recovery would be such a blessing of hope and understanding as to what to expect.
Thank you all in advance. I’ve added pictures from time of injury, pic of the bone sticking out, and pics of her recovery so far.
Sincerely,
April

 

[newchickenmomma2021]

@azygous

 

[azygous]

You left out what attacked her? Any puncture or bite wounds? Those would require an oral antibiotic.

It appears she was cleanly plucked with no skin flaps you could have laid over some of the wound as skin grafts. Those would always be a blessing since they help cover the wound and seed the area for new tissue. They should not be trimmed off as long as they seem pink and alive.

In the scalped areas, you likely will not see feather regrowth since the follicles were also stripped away with the outer skin.

Keep up the wound cleansing and keep the wound always moist to discourage bacteria. It also increases the rate of tissue replacement.

I've seen chickens recover from such extensive wounds with consistent wound treatment. There is no reason your hen won't as well.

 

[newchickenmomma2021]

You left out what attacked her? Any puncture or bite wounds? Those would require an oral antibiotic.

It appears she was cleanly plucked with no skin flaps you could have laid over some of the wound as skin grafts. Those would always be a blessing since they help cover the wound and seed the area for new tissue. They should not be trimmed off as long as they seem pink and alive.

In the scalped areas, you likely will not see feather regrowth since the follicles were also stripped away with the outer skin.

Keep up the wound cleansing and keep the wound always moist to discourage bacteria. It also increases the rate of tissue replacement.

I've seen chickens recover from such extensive wounds with consistent wound treatment. There is no reason your hen won't as well.

Thank you @azygous
I was not able to recover any skin to lay over her wounds. She was attacked by a Great Pyrenees puppy. We think he was playing too aggressively. He usually just meanders around with the chickens & sheep, but we had a busy few days and we assume he got bored. He is now not allowed to be around the chickens during the day when they free range. He is let out at night when they go to bed. We let him out sometimes when we are out with them to begin teaching him what is appropriate and what is not, but until he is olde and mellows out, he will likely only be allowed to range around with them when we are out.

Biscuit is still alive and doing well. No infections. My concern is still about her overall healing. It’s such a HUGE area that is missing skin. On both sides under her wings, you can see meat. Looks like chicken breasts under her wings and the skin from her back is gone as well. How can new skin regrow over such a large area? Am I still just delaying the inevitable? Sometimes I let her walk around with the other girls while I am at arms length of her and a chicken will try to peck at her large wound area. She bows her little head at the other chickens as tho she knows she is weak.
She is eating very well, tuna, Turkey, chicken feed, blueberries, garden veggies, and drinking plenty of water. I change her bedding daily and still spray her wounds with vetericyn. We have gone through 3 bottles and af $30 a bottle it’s expensive, but I don’t want an infection to set it.
I also coat her with coconut oil every evening to keep her wounds moist.
I’m just so confused as to what will happen. We are going on almost 3 weeks and the area under her wings is still just raw chicken breasts. Not infected, but skin & I don’t know where the skin can come from because the wound is from side to side
Any advice? Encouragement? Can she make it and have a normal chicken life?

 

[AfiafiAfi]

Thank you @azygous
I was not able to recover any skin to lay over her wounds. She was attacked by a Great Pyrenees puppy. We think he was playing too aggressively. He usually just meanders around with the chickens & sheep, but we had a busy few days and we assume he got bored. He is now not allowed to be around the chickens during the day when they free range. He is let out at night when they go to bed. We let him out sometimes when we are out with them to begin teaching him what is appropriate and what is not, but until he is olde and mellows out, he will likely only be allowed to range around with them when we are out.

Biscuit is still alive and doing well. No infections. My concern is still about her overall healing. It’s such a HUGE area that is missing skin. On both sides under her wings, you can see meat. Looks like chicken breasts under her wings and the skin from her back is gone as well. How can new skin regrow over such a large area? Am I still just delaying the inevitable? Sometimes I let her walk around with the other girls while I am at arms length of her and a chicken will try to peck at her large wound area. She bows her little head at the other chickens as tho she knows she is weak.
She is eating very well, tuna, Turkey, chicken feed, blueberries, garden veggies, and drinking plenty of water. I change her bedding daily and still spray her wounds with vetericyn. We have gone through 3 bottles and af $30 a bottle it’s expensive, but I don’t want an infection to set it.
I also coat her with coconut oil every evening to keep her wounds moist.
I’m just so confused as to what will happen. We are going on almost 3 weeks and the area under her wings is still just raw chicken breasts. Not infected, but skin & I don’t know where the skin can come from because the wound is from side to side
Any advice? Encouragement? Can she make it and have a normal chicken life?

She’ll make it as long as u can make sure there’s no change in her diet.You are,taking extra care for her.I give u and Biscuit my best regards.

 

[azygous]

New tissue will grow over the "raw meat". The indication that the tissue is growing is a ridge of new skin forming at the outer edges of the wounds. It's called "granulation" and resembles a volcanic crater in appearance. This ridge of new tissue will march toward the center of the wounds over the next couple of months. It's a very slow process and caring for the wounds is a long, arduous endeavor, but very necessary.

Keeping the wounds flushed to remove daily accumulations of bacteria, which are in the air and everywhere, and keeping the wounds moist always, will nourish the tissue and hasten healing.

You're doing fine. Just don't give up.