- Apr 4, 2011
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So yesterday morning I woke up a little earlier than usual and went and let my girls out (probably 7:15 or so it was light outside)... long story short I hear the rooster making some noise so I go outside and see a raccoon with my silkie girl in his mouth.... she looked totally dead.... I of course start screaming and trying to shoo him away... he drops her and she runs off... so amazing i thought she was dead! Anyways, he basically defeathered her back and she has some puncture wounds. She is walking around like she is normal, and she was actually broody at the time of the attack and has gone back to being broody ( I know this because I moved her egg to another nest box and she went over and made a nest around it and is now staying there) which i think is a good thing because she wants to stay in the coop all day anyways. I had brought her in for the night but my girls are all very nice to each other (she is a bantam silkie about the size of my hand and is at the top of the pecking order if that tells you anything) and I feel like she is so much happier when she is out in the coop. So I have been cleaning her wound and putting her on the ground a few time a day like I would if she were just regularly broody just to eat a little and stretch her legs, and she seems to be acting really normal which is just crazy considering her entire back has no feathers and was bitten pretty badly, My question is here is should I be giving her any oral antibiotics to stop systemic infections? I feel at this time since she survived the attack that infection is our biggest concern. The wound looks good have been washing it with bactine (an antiseptic + Pain relieving spray) and putting betadine ointment on it and covering it on and off so it could dry out a little bit. So if anyone has any advice about if she needs antibiotics it would be greatly appreciated. I will try to post pictures I am just trying to figure out how to get pictures from my phone to computer
