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- Apr 30, 2023
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My almost 16 week old Plymouth Barred Rock injured her beak (we aren't sure how as we didn't witness the incident that caused the injury). She chipped off the very tip of the top portion of her beak and it bled a good bit. We finally got the bleeding stopped completely and we have her in isolation. Currently she's in her old brooder (it's a big tote with a lid that has a screen in it) and brought her into a room of the house since that was the safest place for her and would enable us to keep an eye on her since we don't have a garage.
I imagine she's in pain because of her beak but she isn't eating or drinking. We provided mash to her soaked in warm water to soften it as well as a jar of regular water and a jar of electrolyte water. I think I saw her take one little drink of electrolyte water and that's it, along with a few tiny bites of food.
As I'm writing this she now has her beak bleeding yet again because she keeps rubbing it in the pine shavings. I don't know what to do for her and there are no vets that take chickens anywhere close in my area. What can I do for her? We could not get styptic powder to stop the bleeding. Flour ended up finally stopping it and I held her wrapped in a towel for a while until we were sure the injury had clotted. Now after being in the brooder for about an hour she has it bleeding again. Will it stop on it's own? I'm kind of a wreck as I'm quite attached to my chickens and I'm new to this (have raised her and her three sisters from 2-3 days old). I desperately want to help her but I'm at an absolute loss.
I imagine she's in pain because of her beak but she isn't eating or drinking. We provided mash to her soaked in warm water to soften it as well as a jar of regular water and a jar of electrolyte water. I think I saw her take one little drink of electrolyte water and that's it, along with a few tiny bites of food.
As I'm writing this she now has her beak bleeding yet again because she keeps rubbing it in the pine shavings. I don't know what to do for her and there are no vets that take chickens anywhere close in my area. What can I do for her? We could not get styptic powder to stop the bleeding. Flour ended up finally stopping it and I held her wrapped in a towel for a while until we were sure the injury had clotted. Now after being in the brooder for about an hour she has it bleeding again. Will it stop on it's own? I'm kind of a wreck as I'm quite attached to my chickens and I'm new to this (have raised her and her three sisters from 2-3 days old). I desperately want to help her but I'm at an absolute loss.